Report - Simple Author Box 2.4

Does Simple Author Box work with WordPress 5.7.2 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2021-07-14 20:43:58 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: 124.96 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	5.7.2
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 13

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=aba4fe2b06
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.450 s
Memory usage	2.92 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.374 s
Memory usage	3.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Elements

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.631 s
Memory usage	3.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Appearance

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.654 s
Memory usage	3.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Author Box Tabs

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.630 s
Memory usage	3.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Colors

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.598 s
Memory usage	3.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Typography

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.621 s
Memory usage	3.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Guest Author

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.638 s
Memory usage	3.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Advanced

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.592 s
Memory usage	3.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Support

URL	https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-box/
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.115 s
Memory usage	N/A
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Get PRO

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.079 s
Memory usage	3.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.288 s
Memory usage	2.69 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	0.721 s
Memory usage	2.98 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.264 s	0.389 s	+0.125 s	2.82 MiB	2.96 MiB	+ 147.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.183 s	0.226 s	+0.043 s	2.86 MiB	3 MiB	+ 145.45 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.893 s	1.050 s	+0.157 s	5.02 MiB	5.13 MiB	+ 106.61 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.473 s	0.272 s	-0.201 s	2.7 MiB	2.84 MiB	+ 145.2 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.255 s	0.167 s	-0.088 s	2.71 MiB	2.82 MiB	+ 113.18 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.227 s	0.417 s	+0.190 s	2.67 MiB	2.82 MiB	+ 146 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.195 s	0.229 s	+0.034 s	2.77 MiB	2.91 MiB	+ 146.28 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.226 s	0.673 s	-0.553 s	5.01 MiB	5.1 MiB	+ 93.62 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.322 s	0.229 s	-0.093 s	2.67 MiB	2.82 MiB	+ 146.31 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.240 s	0.266 s	+0.026 s	2.78 MiB	2.92 MiB	+ 145.19 KiB
/	0.256 s	0.351 s	+0.095 s	2.65 MiB	2.69 MiB	+ 39.16 KiB
Average	0.412 s	0.388 s	-0.024 s	3.15 MiB	3.27 MiB	+ 124.96 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

CSS

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	43.9%	4,434	272	15
	JavaScript	33.8%	3,419	173	11
	CSS	18.9%	1,907	24	4
	Sass	3.3%	337	0	1
	JSON	0.1%	13	0	1
Total			10,110	469	32

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	4,204
Total complexity	628
Median class complexity	40.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	Simple_Author_Box_Social
Most complex function	Simple_Author_Box_Admin_Page::generate_setting_field()

Classes	11
Methods	91
Functions	3

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` 2

sab_version
widget_simple_author_box_widget_lite

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID	Name
simple_author_box_widget_lite	Simple Author Box

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Simple Author Box 2.4