Report - Post Views Counter 1.7.6

Does Post Views Counter work with WordPress 6.9.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-02-10 15:48:00 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: 453.9 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	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=5737333c53
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.411 s
Memory usage	4.19 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	0.326 s
Memory usage	4.15 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	0.277 s
Memory usage	4.15 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	0.284 s
Memory usage	4.15 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	0.323 s
Memory usage	4.15 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	0.365 s
Memory usage	4.15 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	0.293 s
Memory usage	4.15 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.236 s
Memory usage	4.3 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	0.416 s
Memory usage	4.24 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	1.015 s
Memory usage	6.54 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.412 s	0.582 s	+0.170 s	3.78 MiB	4.24 MiB	+ 471.01 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.332 s	0.348 s	+0.016 s	3.78 MiB	4.29 MiB	+ 520.54 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.807 s	0.848 s	+0.041 s	6.31 MiB	6.85 MiB	+ 561.65 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.645 s	0.467 s	-0.178 s	3.74 MiB	4.17 MiB	+ 441.03 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.313 s	0.448 s	+0.135 s	3.71 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 444.71 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.467 s	0.276 s	-0.191 s	3.7 MiB	4.14 MiB	+ 452.91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.312 s	0.293 s	-0.019 s	3.72 MiB	4.17 MiB	+ 463.55 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.852 s	0.614 s	-0.238 s	6.3 MiB	6.84 MiB	+ 555.45 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.329 s	0.606 s	+0.277 s	3.71 MiB	4.14 MiB	+ 441.21 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.303 s	0.338 s	+0.035 s	3.73 MiB	4.16 MiB	+ 440.71 KiB
/	0.248 s	0.195 s	-0.053 s	4.11 MiB	4.3 MiB	+ 200.14 KiB
Average	0.456 s	0.456 s	-0.000 s	4.23 MiB	4.68 MiB	+ 453.9 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	98.7%	9,480	3,875	29
	JSON	1.0%	94	0	2
	JavaScript	0.3%	29	0	13
	CSS	0.1%	6	3	6
Total			9,609	3,878	50

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	9,503
Total complexity	2,091
Median class complexity	38.5
Median method complexity	3.0
Most complex class	Post_Views_Counter_Settings_API
Most complex function	Post_Views_Counter_Settings_API::render_field()

Classes	26
Methods	339
Functions	11

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 1.7.6