Report - Simple History 5.21.0

Does Simple History work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-12-16 13:52:48 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: 742.72 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
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-02-16T09:59:00+00:00
Active installs	300,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-history/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 9

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-history%2Findex.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=cd2cef5028
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.601 s
Memory usage	4.79 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_admin_menu_page
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.658 s
Memory usage	5.17 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History → History Insights

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_stats_page
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.364 s
Memory usage	4.38 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History → Export & Tools

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_tools&selected-tab=simple_history_tools_tab_main&selected-sub-tab=simple_history_tools_subtab_overview
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_tools
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.537 s
Memory usage	4.38 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History → Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_settings_page&selected-tab=general_settings_subtab_general&selected-sub-tab=general_settings_subtab_settings_general
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_settings_page
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.477 s
Memory usage	4.38 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History → Help & Support

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_help_support&selected-tab=simple_history_help_support_general&selected-sub-tab=simple_history_help_support_general
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_help_support
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.374 s
Memory usage	4.38 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History → Get Premium

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_promo_upsell
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.306 s
Memory usage	4.38 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.317 s
Memory usage	4.66 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	0.418 s
Memory usage	4.46 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.410 s	0.477 s	+0.067 s	3.77 MiB	4.46 MiB	+ 702.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.342 s	0.343 s	+0.001 s	3.78 MiB	4.5 MiB	+ 734.8 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.822 s	0.945 s	+0.123 s	6.3 MiB	7.33 MiB	+ 1.02 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.619 s	0.457 s	-0.162 s	3.73 MiB	4.39 MiB	+ 672.36 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.308 s	0.330 s	+0.022 s	3.71 MiB	4.37 MiB	+ 677.07 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.489 s	0.347 s	-0.142 s	3.7 MiB	4.37 MiB	+ 685.27 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.304 s	0.291 s	-0.013 s	3.71 MiB	4.39 MiB	+ 690.22 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.811 s	0.765 s	-0.046 s	6.29 MiB	7.31 MiB	+ 1.02 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.387 s	0.379 s	-0.008 s	3.71 MiB	4.37 MiB	+ 673.25 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.315 s	0.323 s	+0.008 s	3.73 MiB	4.39 MiB	+ 673.16 KiB
/	0.277 s	0.261 s	-0.016 s	4.1 MiB	4.66 MiB	+ 572.77 KiB
Average	0.462 s	0.447 s	-0.015 s	4.23 MiB	4.96 MiB	+ 742.72 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

CSS

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	82.1%	28,320	15,440	154
	CSS	10.6%	3,662	365	9
	Markdown	5.7%	1,957	0	4
	JavaScript	1.2%	424	84	7
	SVG	0.3%	92	0	63
	Bourne Shell	0.1%	45	17	1
Total			34,500	15,906	238

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	27,007
Total complexity	4,189
Median class complexity	15.5
Median method complexity	1.5
Most complex class	Simple_History\Log_Query
Most complex function	Simple_History\Log_Query::prepare_args()

Classes	140
Methods	1,308
Functions	5

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 2

wp_simple_history
wp_simple_history_contexts

Options `wp_options` 11

simple_history_db_version
simple_history_detective_mode_enabled
simple_history_enable_rss_feed
simple_history_experimental_features_enabled
simple_history_install_date_gmt
simple_history_menu_page_location
simple_history_rss_secret
simple_history_show_as_page
simple_history_show_in_admin_bar
simple_history_show_on_dashboard
simple_history_total_logged_events_count

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "simple_history_dashboard_widget": {
            "title": "Simple History",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Simple History 5.21.0