Report - Simple History 5.23.1

Does Simple History work with WordPress 6.9.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-03-10 21:01:54 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: 766.04 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	6.9.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-04-12T09:59:00+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=eba401c085
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.647 s
Memory usage	4.81 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	0.638 s
Memory usage	5.19 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	0.380 s
Memory usage	4.4 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	0.386 s
Memory usage	4.4 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	0.514 s
Memory usage	4.4 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	0.446 s
Memory usage	4.41 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	0.313 s
Memory usage	4.4 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.329 s
Memory usage	4.68 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	0.447 s
Memory usage	4.51 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.418 s	0.464 s	+0.046 s	3.78 MiB	4.51 MiB	+ 749.36 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.345 s	0.683 s	+0.338 s	3.78 MiB	4.52 MiB	+ 751.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.829 s	0.882 s	+0.053 s	6.31 MiB	7.37 MiB	+ 1.07 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.627 s	0.401 s	-0.226 s	3.74 MiB	4.41 MiB	+ 688.43 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.380 s	0.294 s	-0.086 s	3.71 MiB	4.39 MiB	+ 693.14 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.496 s	0.506 s	+0.010 s	3.7 MiB	4.39 MiB	+ 701.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.309 s	0.311 s	+0.002 s	3.72 MiB	4.41 MiB	+ 706.29 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.793 s	0.665 s	-0.128 s	6.3 MiB	7.35 MiB	+ 1.06 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.377 s	0.308 s	-0.069 s	3.71 MiB	4.39 MiB	+ 689.33 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.323 s	0.311 s	-0.012 s	3.73 MiB	4.41 MiB	+ 689.23 KiB
/	0.354 s	0.289 s	-0.065 s	4.11 MiB	4.68 MiB	+ 583.08 KiB
Average	0.477 s	0.465 s	-0.012 s	4.23 MiB	4.98 MiB	+ 766.04 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	80.6%	29,363	15,637	157
	CSS	11.8%	4,312	420	9
	Markdown	5.1%	1,842	0	4
	JavaScript	1.7%	629	154	9
	Bourne Shell	0.5%	174	38	2
	SVG	0.3%	93	0	64
Total			36,413	16,249	245

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	28,356
Total complexity	4,256
Median class complexity	15.0
Median method complexity	1.0
Most complex class	Simple_History\Log_Query
Most complex function	Simple_History\Log_Query::prepare_args()

Classes	139
Methods	1,334
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 5.23.1