Report - Simple Author Box 2.3.20

Does Simple Author Box work with WordPress 5.6.2 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2021-02-22 20:42:54 UTC.

Summary

Errors

1	PHP notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 552.34 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.062 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment

WordPress version	5.6.2
PHP version	7.4.8
MySQL version	8.0.21
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-05-21T19:32:00+00:00
Active installs	90,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-box/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 11

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=simple-author-box%2Fsimple-author-box.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=7456daf7a0
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.380 s
Memory usage	3.36 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple Author

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple-author-box-options
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.509 s
Memory usage	3.55 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple Author → Appearance

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple-author-box-options
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.378 s
Memory usage	3.55 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple Author → Colors

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple-author-box-options
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.359 s
Memory usage	3.55 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple Author → Typography

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple-author-box-options
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.370 s
Memory usage	3.55 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple Author → Misc

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple-author-box-options
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.551 s
Memory usage	3.55 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple Author → Upgrade

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=sab-upgrade
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.222 s
Memory usage	3.17 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple Author → Support Forum

URL	https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-box/
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple-author-box-options-wp-support-forum
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.272 s
Memory usage	N/A
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple Author → Upgrade ➤

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple-author-box-options-pricing
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.410 s
Memory usage	3.54 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.321 s
Memory usage	2.96 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	0.980 s
Memory usage	3.28 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.272 s	0.430 s	+0.158 s	2.79 MiB	3.42 MiB	+ 637.8 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.174 s	0.217 s	+0.043 s	2.84 MiB	3.47 MiB	+ 642.99 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.915 s	1.471 s	+0.556 s	4.94 MiB	5.52 MiB	+ 593.1 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.515 s	0.363 s	-0.152 s	2.67 MiB	3.2 MiB	+ 540.38 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.172 s	0.158 s	-0.014 s	2.69 MiB	3.18 MiB	+ 508.35 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.242 s	0.180 s	-0.062 s	2.65 MiB	3.18 MiB	+ 541.17 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.188 s	0.207 s	+0.019 s	2.68 MiB	3.22 MiB	+ 546.95 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.838 s	0.953 s	+0.115 s	4.93 MiB	5.5 MiB	+ 587.48 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.240 s	0.302 s	+0.062 s	2.65 MiB	3.18 MiB	+ 541.8 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.280 s	0.215 s	-0.065 s	2.75 MiB	3.37 MiB	+ 635.8 KiB
/	0.295 s	0.316 s	+0.021 s	2.67 MiB	2.96 MiB	+ 299.92 KiB
Average	0.376 s	0.437 s	+0.062 s	3.11 MiB	3.65 MiB	+ 552.34 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

JavaScript

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	87.3%	34,004	16,324	124
	JavaScript	8.3%	3,242	196	12
	CSS	2.9%	1,126	33	15
	Sass	0.9%	337	0	1
	Markdown	0.5%	214	0	1
	JSON	0.1%	27	0	1
Total			38,950	16,553	154

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	24,697
Total complexity	5,939
Median class complexity	19.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	Freemius
Most complex function	FS_Plugin_Info_Dialog::install_plugin_information()

Classes	57
Methods	1,217
Functions	101

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.

Options `wp_options` 6

fs_accounts
fs_active_plugins
fs_api_cache
fs_debug_mode
fs_gdpr
widget_simple_author_box_widget_lite

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID	Name
simple_author_box_widget_lite	Simple Author Box LITE

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[22-Feb-2021 20:43:10 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/simple-author-box/freemius/includes/class-freemius.php on line 7771

Simple Author Box 2.3.20