Report - Post Hits Counter 2.8.23

Does Post Hits Counter work with WordPress 6.9.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-02-11 21:06:12 UTC.

Summary

Errors

1	PHP fatal errors
1	Database errors
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 10.85 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment

WordPress version	6.9.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2023-08-18T17:26:00+00:00
Active installs	<10
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/hits-counter/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 5

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=hits-counter%2Fhits-counter.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=a4793325f3
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.352 s
Memory usage	3.75 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Hits Counter

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=post_hit_counter
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.288 s
Memory usage	3.71 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Hits Counter → Hits Counter Setting

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=hit_counter_setting
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.274 s
Memory usage	3.71 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Hits Counter → Keyword Searches

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=keyword_searches
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.137 s
Memory usage	N/A
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.204 s
Memory usage	4.11 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.402 s	0.393 s	-0.009 s	3.78 MiB	3.79 MiB	+ 17.05 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.351 s	0.412 s	+0.061 s	3.78 MiB	3.8 MiB	+ 17.05 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.837 s	0.920 s	+0.083 s	6.31 MiB	6.33 MiB	+ 21.45 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.690 s	0.390 s	-0.300 s	3.74 MiB	3.74 MiB	- 40 bytes
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.326 s	0.285 s	-0.041 s	3.71 MiB	3.71 MiB	+ 3.64 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.517 s	0.324 s	-0.193 s	3.7 MiB	3.71 MiB	+ 11.84 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.450 s	0.504 s	+0.054 s	3.72 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 22.51 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.659 s	0.704 s	+0.045 s	6.3 MiB	6.31 MiB	+ 17.31 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.316 s	0.378 s	+0.062 s	3.71 MiB	3.71 MiB	+ 144 bytes
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.323 s	0.314 s	-0.009 s	3.73 MiB	3.73 MiB	- 368 bytes
/	0.270 s	0.191 s	-0.079 s	4.11 MiB	4.12 MiB	+ 8.79 KiB
Average	0.467 s	0.438 s	-0.030 s	4.23 MiB	4.25 MiB	+ 10.85 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	99.5%	561	58	7
	Markdown	0.5%	3	0	1
Total			564	58	8

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	433
Total complexity	81
Median class complexity	24.0
Median method complexity	3.0
Most complex class	PostHitCount
Most complex function	ShowPostListing::timePeriod()

Classes	3
Methods	20
Functions	3

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Database Tables 1

wp_hitsCount

Options `wp_options` 1

phc_version_

PHP Error Log 10 lines

[11-Feb-2026 21:06:32 UTC] WordPress database error Table 'wordpress.wp_hitscount' doesn't exist for query SELECT `id`, `post_id`, `hit_count`, `hit_date`, `desktop`, `mobile` FROM wp_hitscount WHERE DATE(hit_date) BETWEEN "2026-02-11" AND "2026-02-11"ORDER BY `hit_count` DESC made by do_action('toplevel_page_post_hit_counter'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, PostHitCount->phcRecordAdmin
[11-Feb-2026 21:06:34 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function handlePostData() in /wp-content/plugins/hits-counter/admin/PostHitCountClass.php:261
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/hits-counter/admin/PostHitCountClass.php(212): PostHitCount->fectchKeyword()
#1 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(341): PostHitCount->phcKeywordSearches()
#2 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(365): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#3 /wp-includes/plugin.php(522): WP_Hook->do_action()
#4 /wp-admin/admin.php(264): do_action()
#5 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/hits-counter/admin/PostHitCountClass.php on line 261

Post Hits Counter 2.8.23