Report - Simple History 5.24.1

Does Simple History work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-03-19 10:02:43 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: 791.66 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	6.9.4
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=764265269a
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.628 s
Memory usage	4.87 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	0.783 s
Memory usage	5.24 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	0.398 s
Memory usage	4.42 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	0.455 s
Memory usage	4.43 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	0.511 s
Memory usage	4.43 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	0.429 s
Memory usage	4.43 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	0.320 s
Memory usage	4.42 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.305 s
Memory usage	4.71 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	0.540 s
Memory usage	4.54 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.431 s	0.496 s	+0.065 s	3.78 MiB	4.54 MiB	+ 777.97 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.361 s	0.404 s	+0.043 s	3.79 MiB	4.54 MiB	+ 772.06 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.875 s	0.865 s	-0.010 s	6.31 MiB	7.42 MiB	+ 1.11 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.567 s	0.436 s	-0.131 s	3.74 MiB	4.43 MiB	+ 709.26 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.327 s	0.322 s	-0.005 s	3.72 MiB	4.41 MiB	+ 713.97 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.505 s	0.363 s	-0.142 s	3.71 MiB	4.41 MiB	+ 722.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.419 s	0.474 s	+0.055 s	3.72 MiB	4.43 MiB	+ 727.12 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.683 s	0.702 s	+0.019 s	6.3 MiB	7.4 MiB	+ 1.1 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.327 s	0.319 s	-0.008 s	3.72 MiB	4.41 MiB	+ 710.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.316 s	0.338 s	+0.022 s	3.74 MiB	4.43 MiB	+ 710.06 KiB
/	0.422 s	0.235 s	-0.187 s	4.12 MiB	4.71 MiB	+ 597.87 KiB
Average	0.476 s	0.450 s	-0.025 s	4.24 MiB	5.01 MiB	+ 791.66 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	81.1%	34,973	18,626	201
	CSS	11.5%	4,976	446	9
	Markdown	5.1%	2,196	0	7
	JavaScript	1.4%	617	155	15
	Bourne Shell	0.4%	174	38	2
	SVG	0.2%	93	0	64
	JSON	0.2%	85	0	16
Total			43,114	19,265	314

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	33,784
Total complexity	5,246
Median class complexity	15.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	Simple_History\Log_Query
Most complex function	Simple_History\Log_Query::prepare_args()

Classes	178
Methods	1,642
Functions	6

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` 13

simple_history_auto_backfill_status
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
simple_history_welcome_message_seen

Meta Boxes

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

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Simple History 5.24.1