Report - Post Views Counter 1.3.8

Does Post Views Counter work with WordPress 5.8.2 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2021-11-10 20:39:43 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: 176.67 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	5.8.2
PHP version	7.4.8
MySQL version	8.0.21
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 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=6ebc9316a2
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.518 s
Memory usage	3.23 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	0.502 s
Memory usage	3.18 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	0.175 s
Memory usage	3.18 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.294 s
Memory usage	3.01 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	0.364 s
Memory usage	3.28 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	2.005 s
Memory usage	4.64 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.332 s	0.339 s	+0.007 s	3.08 MiB	3.28 MiB	+ 199.54 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.187 s	0.281 s	+0.094 s	3.11 MiB	3.37 MiB	+ 260.59 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.794 s	0.974 s	+0.180 s	5.27 MiB	5.41 MiB	+ 142.58 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.384 s	0.306 s	-0.078 s	3.03 MiB	3.21 MiB	+ 185.02 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.153 s	0.156 s	+0.003 s	3.02 MiB	3.19 MiB	+ 168.94 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.485 s	0.297 s	-0.188 s	3.01 MiB	3.19 MiB	+ 185.2 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.195 s	0.253 s	+0.058 s	3.04 MiB	3.22 MiB	+ 186.1 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.670 s	0.675 s	+0.005 s	5.26 MiB	5.4 MiB	+ 141.59 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.249 s	0.272 s	+0.023 s	3 MiB	3.18 MiB	+ 185.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.230 s	0.232 s	+0.002 s	3.04 MiB	3.22 MiB	+ 185.01 KiB
/	0.284 s	0.209 s	-0.075 s	2.91 MiB	3.01 MiB	+ 103.32 KiB
Average	0.360 s	0.363 s	+0.003 s	3.43 MiB	3.61 MiB	+ 176.67 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	89.7%	7,299	2,755	27
	CSS	6.0%	485	44	4
	JavaScript	4.4%	356	48	6
Total			8,140	2,847	37

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	7,263
Total complexity	1,655
Median class complexity	45.5
Median method complexity	3.0
Most complex class	Post_Views_Counter_Counter
Most complex function	pvc_get_views()

Classes	26
Methods	280
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 1.3.8