Report - Post Views Counter 1.7.3

Does Post Views Counter work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-01-26 21:34:41 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: 440.48 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
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 10

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=ff80c2d9b0
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.476 s
Memory usage	4.18 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Post Views

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=post-views-counter
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.355 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Post Views → Display

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=display
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.318 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Post Views → Display → Counting

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=general
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.311 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Post Views → Reports

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=reports
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.470 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Post Views → Integrations NEW!

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=integrations
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.284 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Post Views → Other

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=other
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.280 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.280 s
Memory usage	4.29 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	0.386 s
Memory usage	4.22 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	1.130 s
Memory usage	6.53 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.388 s	0.562 s	+0.174 s	3.77 MiB	4.22 MiB	+ 456.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.355 s	0.354 s	-0.001 s	3.78 MiB	4.27 MiB	+ 503.77 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.868 s	0.904 s	+0.036 s	6.3 MiB	6.84 MiB	+ 548.23 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.637 s	0.489 s	-0.148 s	3.74 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 427.61 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.323 s	0.324 s	+0.001 s	3.71 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 431.29 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.488 s	0.316 s	-0.172 s	3.7 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 439.48 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.465 s	0.307 s	-0.158 s	3.71 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 450.13 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.677 s	0.700 s	+0.023 s	6.29 MiB	6.82 MiB	+ 542.02 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.360 s	0.479 s	+0.119 s	3.71 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 427.79 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.332 s	0.346 s	+0.014 s	3.73 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 427.29 KiB
/	0.261 s	0.192 s	-0.069 s	4.1 MiB	4.29 MiB	+ 191.33 KiB
Average	0.469 s	0.452 s	-0.016 s	4.23 MiB	4.66 MiB	+ 440.48 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	95.3%	9,228	3,731	27
	JSON	2.4%	230	0	6
	JavaScript	2.2%	217	8	17
	CSS	0.1%	7	3	7
Total			9,682	3,742	57

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	9,251
Total complexity	2,031
Median class complexity	44.5
Median method complexity	3.0
Most complex class	Post_Views_Counter_Settings_API
Most complex function	Post_Views_Counter_Settings_API::render_field()

Classes	24
Methods	328
Functions	10

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` 7

post_views_counter_activation_date
post_views_counter_settings_display
post_views_counter_settings_general
post_views_counter_settings_integrations
post_views_counter_settings_other
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 1.7.3