Report - Simple Author Box 2.59

Does Simple Author Box work with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-05-21 00:34:35 UTC.

Summary

Errors

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

Performance

Memory usage: 145.28 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	7.0
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

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=2897a80a8b
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.609 s
Memory usage	4.04 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	1.578 s
Memory usage	4.54 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	1.112 s
Memory usage	4.49 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	0.920 s
Memory usage	4.49 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	0.860 s
Memory usage	4.49 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	0.857 s
Memory usage	4.49 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	0.835 s
Memory usage	4.49 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	0.860 s
Memory usage	4.49 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	0.843 s
Memory usage	4.49 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	1.968 s
Memory usage	N/A
JS errors	`[ { "message": "TypeError: $ is not a function\n at https://wordpress.org/support/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-support-2024/js/forums.js?ver=20220217:2:7\n at https://wordpress.org/support/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-support-2024/js/forums.js?ver=20220217:106:2", "trace": null, "code": null } ]`
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	1.522 s
Memory usage	4.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.361 s
Memory usage	4.28 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	2.270 s
Memory usage	6.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	1.078 s	0.881 s	-0.197 s	3.92 MiB	4.08 MiB	+ 162.47 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.557 s	0.564 s	+0.007 s	3.98 MiB	4.14 MiB	+ 161.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	2.321 s	1.952 s	-0.369 s	6.56 MiB	6.72 MiB	+ 163.84 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.739 s	0.720 s	-0.019 s	3.89 MiB	4.04 MiB	+ 156.8 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.560 s	1.014 s	+0.454 s	3.86 MiB	4 MiB	+ 146.23 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	1.039 s	0.553 s	-0.486 s	3.85 MiB	4 MiB	+ 154.42 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.542 s	0.550 s	+0.008 s	3.86 MiB	4.02 MiB	+ 159.59 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.505 s	1.977 s	+0.472 s	6.55 MiB	6.7 MiB	+ 156.1 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.603 s	0.705 s	+0.102 s	3.86 MiB	4 MiB	+ 142.73 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.579 s	0.550 s	-0.029 s	3.88 MiB	4.03 MiB	+ 144.34 KiB
/	0.318 s	0.215 s	-0.103 s	4.23 MiB	4.28 MiB	+ 50.28 KiB
Average	0.895 s	0.880 s	-0.015 s	4.4 MiB	4.55 MiB	+ 145.28 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	46.5%	4,838	280	17
	JavaScript	30.5%	3,173	178	12
	CSS	19.7%	2,049	28	5
	Sass	3.1%	322	0	1
	JSON	0.1%	13	0	1
Total			10,395	486	36

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	4,629
Total complexity	631
Median class complexity	33.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	Simple_Author_Box_Social
Most complex function	Simple_Author_Box_Admin_Page::generate_setting_field()

Classes	12
Methods	97
Functions	4

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 1 lines

[21-May-2026 00:35:46 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function wp_enqueue_script() was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. "wp-editor" script should not be enqueued together with the new widgets editor (wp-edit-widgets or wp-customize-widgets). Please see <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 5.8.0.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6170

Simple Author Box 2.59