Report - Post Views Counter 1.3.12

Does Post Views Counter work with WordPress 6.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2023-03-29 20:35:08 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: 157.33 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	6.2
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

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 6

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?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=0ff00812e9
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.443 s
Memory usage	3.2 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
Load time	0.394 s
Memory usage	3.17 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Settings → Post Views Counter → Display

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=display
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.156 s
Memory usage	3.15 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.245 s
Memory usage	3.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/index.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.307 s
Memory usage	3.26 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect	new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.651 s
Memory usage	5.17 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.279 s	0.322 s	+0.043 s	3.07 MiB	3.26 MiB	+ 196.68 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.190 s	0.217 s	+0.027 s	3.1 MiB	3.28 MiB	+ 187.24 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.940 s	0.956 s	+0.016 s	5.02 MiB	5.15 MiB	+ 133.13 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.518 s	0.484 s	-0.034 s	3.02 MiB	3.17 MiB	+ 161.32 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.151 s	0.158 s	+0.007 s	3.01 MiB	3.16 MiB	+ 148.02 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.289 s	0.157 s	-0.132 s	2.99 MiB	3.16 MiB	+ 173.51 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.175 s	0.191 s	+0.016 s	3.01 MiB	3.18 MiB	+ 178.68 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.605 s	0.642 s	+0.037 s	5.01 MiB	5.08 MiB	+ 64.13 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.204 s	0.242 s	+0.038 s	3 MiB	3.16 MiB	+ 161.75 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.207 s	0.192 s	-0.015 s	3.03 MiB	3.18 MiB	+ 161.31 KiB
/	0.295 s	0.207 s	-0.088 s	2.97 MiB	3.13 MiB	+ 164.91 KiB
Average	0.350 s	0.343 s	-0.008 s	3.38 MiB	3.54 MiB	+ 157.33 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	86.5%	4,698	2,076	16
	JavaScript	7.9%	428	130	7
	CSS	5.7%	307	3	3
Total			5,433	2,209	26

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	4,721
Total complexity	1,146
Median class complexity	54.0
Median method complexity	3.0
Most complex class	Post_Views_Counter_Counter
Most complex function	pvc_get_views()

Classes	15
Methods	179
Functions	8

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` 5

post_views_counter_activation_date
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 Counter",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Post Views Counter 1.3.12