Report - Simple History 5.25.0

Does Simple History work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-03-30 15:18:22 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: 807.88 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=75e9538a10
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.620 s
Memory usage	4.88 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	0.921 s
Memory usage	5.25 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	0.353 s
Memory usage	4.43 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	0.413 s
Memory usage	4.44 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	0.440 s
Memory usage	4.44 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	0.453 s
Memory usage	4.44 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	0.321 s
Memory usage	4.43 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.289 s
Memory usage	4.7 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	0.525 s
Memory usage	4.57 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	0.498 s	+0.080 s	3.78 MiB	4.57 MiB	+ 816.8 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.353 s	0.447 s	+0.094 s	3.78 MiB	4.55 MiB	+ 786.02 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.849 s	0.884 s	+0.035 s	6.31 MiB	7.43 MiB	+ 1.12 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.671 s	0.423 s	-0.248 s	3.74 MiB	4.45 MiB	+ 728.7 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.340 s	0.294 s	-0.046 s	3.71 MiB	4.42 MiB	+ 727.92 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.510 s	0.365 s	-0.145 s	3.7 MiB	4.42 MiB	+ 736.12 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.425 s	0.491 s	+0.066 s	3.72 MiB	4.44 MiB	+ 741.07 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.675 s	0.687 s	+0.012 s	6.3 MiB	7.41 MiB	+ 1.12 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.330 s	0.309 s	-0.021 s	3.71 MiB	4.42 MiB	+ 724.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.312 s	0.319 s	+0.007 s	3.73 MiB	4.44 MiB	+ 724.02 KiB
/	0.267 s	0.227 s	-0.040 s	4.11 MiB	4.7 MiB	+ 606.19 KiB
Average	0.468 s	0.449 s	-0.019 s	4.24 MiB	5.02 MiB	+ 807.88 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%	35,428	18,786	202
	CSS	12.1%	5,303	465	9
	Markdown	4.5%	1,957	0	7
	JavaScript	1.5%	635	156	15
	Bourne Shell	0.4%	174	38	2
	SVG	0.2%	93	0	64
	JSON	0.2%	85	0	16
	TOML	0.0%	11	5	1
Total			43,686	19,450	316

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	34,166
Total complexity	5,288
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	179
Methods	1,653
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` 14

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_retention_days
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 5.25.0