Report - Post Views Counter 1.2.12

Does Post Views Counter work with WordPress 4.9.6 and PHP 7.0.16? A smoke test was performed on 2018-05-25 08:34:17 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors
	Looks good! No problems were detected.

Performance

Memory usage: 129.24 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	4.9.6
PHP version	7.0.16
MySQL version	5.7.17
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-02-26T17:50:00+00:00
Active installs	200,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-views-counter/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 5

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=post-views-counter%2Fpost-views-counter.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=f0b49e2efd
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200 OK
Load time	0.232 s
Memory usage	3.17 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Settings → Post Views Counter

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=post-views-counter
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200 OK
Load time	0.045 s
Memory usage	3.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200 OK
Load time	0.082 s
Memory usage	2.88 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/index.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200 OK
Load time	0.054 s
Memory usage	3.23 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect	new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status	200 OK
Load time	0.116 s
Memory usage	3.2 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.162 s	0.041 s	-0.121 s	3.09 MiB	3.23 MiB	+ 134.27 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.120 s	0.052 s	-0.068 s	3.12 MiB	3.25 MiB	+ 133.57 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.189 s	0.073 s	-0.116 s	3.19 MiB	3.32 MiB	+ 133.23 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.123 s	0.120 s	-0.003 s	2.96 MiB	3.08 MiB	+ 123.41 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.097 s	0.072 s	-0.025 s	3.04 MiB	3.12 MiB	+ 83.89 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.048 s	0.066 s	+0.018 s	2.94 MiB	3.06 MiB	+ 123.59 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.091 s	0.081 s	-0.010 s	2.98 MiB	3.16 MiB	+ 188.49 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.118 s	0.120 s	+0.002 s	3.19 MiB	3.31 MiB	+ 125.23 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.103 s	0.073 s	-0.030 s	2.94 MiB	3.06 MiB	+ 123.85 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.084 s	0.090 s	+0.006 s	2.98 MiB	3.17 MiB	+ 187.4 KiB
/	0.126 s	0.118 s	-0.008 s	2.82 MiB	2.89 MiB	+ 64.66 KiB
Average	0.115 s	0.082 s	-0.032 s	3.02 MiB	3.15 MiB	+ 129.24 KiB

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_post_views

Options `wp_options` 4

post_views_counter_settings_display
post_views_counter_settings_general
post_views_counter_version
widget_post_views_counter_list_widget

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID	Name
post_views_counter_list_widget	Most Viewed Posts

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "pvc_dashboard": {
            "title": "Post Views",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Post Views Counter 1.2.12