Report - Post Views Counter 1.7.9

Does Post Views Counter work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-03-23 21:02:28 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: 503.72 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	6.9.4
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-04-24T07:43:00+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=c0cfff93d6
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.446 s
Memory usage	4.25 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	0.356 s
Memory usage	4.2 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	0.299 s
Memory usage	4.2 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	0.301 s
Memory usage	4.2 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	0.473 s
Memory usage	4.2 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	4.2 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	0.272 s
Memory usage	4.2 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.273 s
Memory usage	4.35 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	0.375 s
Memory usage	4.29 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	1.069 s
Memory usage	6.61 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.483 s	0.530 s	+0.047 s	3.78 MiB	4.29 MiB	+ 522.73 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.365 s	0.363 s	-0.002 s	3.78 MiB	4.34 MiB	+ 572.2 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.886 s	0.948 s	+0.062 s	6.31 MiB	6.9 MiB	+ 606.55 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.623 s	0.636 s	+0.013 s	3.74 MiB	4.22 MiB	+ 492.73 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.349 s	0.336 s	-0.013 s	3.71 MiB	4.2 MiB	+ 496.41 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.540 s	0.326 s	-0.214 s	3.7 MiB	4.2 MiB	+ 504.61 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.317 s	0.329 s	+0.012 s	3.72 MiB	4.22 MiB	+ 515.25 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.690 s	0.713 s	+0.023 s	6.3 MiB	6.88 MiB	+ 600.35 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.340 s	0.547 s	+0.207 s	3.71 MiB	4.2 MiB	+ 492.91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.321 s	0.354 s	+0.033 s	3.73 MiB	4.22 MiB	+ 492.41 KiB
/	0.290 s	0.213 s	-0.077 s	4.11 MiB	4.35 MiB	+ 244.76 KiB
Average	0.473 s	0.481 s	+0.008 s	4.24 MiB	4.73 MiB	+ 503.72 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	97.6%	9,653	3,934	30
	JSON	2.0%	202	0	7
	JavaScript	0.3%	30	0	14
	CSS	0.1%	6	3	6
Total			9,891	3,937	57

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	9,675
Total complexity	2,143
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	345
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 1.7.9