Report - Simple History 5.30.0

Does Simple History work with WordPress 7.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-08-19 22:40:55 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: 823.97 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	7.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-08-26T17:34:00+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=e1f9e0116b
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.008 s
Memory usage	5.49 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	0.888 s
Memory usage	5.07 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	0.638 s
Memory usage	4.99 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	0.697 s
Memory usage	5 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	0.763 s
Memory usage	5 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	0.683 s
Memory usage	5 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	0.698 s
Memory usage	4.99 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	5.25 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	0.766 s
Memory usage	5.01 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	1.379 s	0.752 s	-0.627 s	4.22 MiB	5.01 MiB	+ 802.03 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.545 s	0.814 s	+0.269 s	4.28 MiB	5.05 MiB	+ 789.43 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	2.358 s	2.127 s	-0.231 s	6.78 MiB	7.82 MiB	+ 1.04 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	1.241 s	0.881 s	-0.360 s	4.24 MiB	5 MiB	+ 776.08 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.582 s	0.596 s	+0.014 s	4.22 MiB	4.98 MiB	+ 776.32 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.795 s	1.107 s	+0.312 s	4.21 MiB	4.98 MiB	+ 784.52 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.575 s	0.695 s	+0.120 s	4.22 MiB	4.99 MiB	+ 789.38 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	2.000 s	1.923 s	-0.077 s	6.76 MiB	7.8 MiB	+ 1.05 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.809 s	0.920 s	+0.111 s	4.22 MiB	4.98 MiB	+ 768.52 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.628 s	0.573 s	-0.055 s	4.24 MiB	5 MiB	+ 772.34 KiB
/	0.324 s	0.284 s	-0.040 s	4.6 MiB	5.26 MiB	+ 667.05 KiB
Average	1.021 s	0.970 s	-0.051 s	4.73 MiB	5.53 MiB	+ 823.97 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	82.9%	39,180	21,411	213
	CSS	12.1%	5,698	528	9
	Markdown	3.3%	1,567	0	3
	JavaScript	1.4%	651	159	15
	SVG	0.2%	94	0	65
	JSON	0.2%	75	0	15
Total			47,265	22,098	320

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	37,781
Total complexity	6,047
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	190
Methods	1,843
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` 18

simple_history_auto_backfill_pending
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_pager_size
simple_history_pager_size_dashboard
simple_history_reactions_enabled
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 5.30.0