Report - Simple History 5.26.0

Does Simple History work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-04-12 10:03:06 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: 811.39 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=b7811a52d0
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.623 s
Memory usage	4.89 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	0.854 s
Memory usage	5.26 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	0.386 s
Memory usage	4.44 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	0.416 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	0.460 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	0.445 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	0.340 s
Memory usage	4.44 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.290 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	0.715 s
Memory usage	4.58 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.428 s	0.493 s	+0.065 s	3.78 MiB	4.58 MiB	+ 817.6 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.360 s	0.552 s	+0.192 s	3.79 MiB	4.55 MiB	+ 786.82 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.875 s	0.863 s	-0.012 s	6.31 MiB	7.45 MiB	+ 1.14 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.663 s	0.420 s	-0.243 s	3.74 MiB	4.45 MiB	+ 729.51 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.326 s	0.305 s	-0.021 s	3.72 MiB	4.43 MiB	+ 728.73 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.485 s	0.499 s	+0.014 s	3.71 MiB	4.43 MiB	+ 736.92 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.437 s	0.325 s	-0.112 s	3.72 MiB	4.44 MiB	+ 741.88 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.716 s	0.700 s	-0.016 s	6.3 MiB	7.43 MiB	+ 1.13 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.347 s	0.318 s	-0.029 s	3.72 MiB	4.43 MiB	+ 724.91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.321 s	0.323 s	+0.002 s	3.74 MiB	4.45 MiB	+ 724.82 KiB
/	0.295 s	0.271 s	-0.024 s	4.12 MiB	4.71 MiB	+ 606.99 KiB
Average	0.478 s	0.461 s	-0.017 s	4.24 MiB	5.03 MiB	+ 811.39 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	80.9%	35,988	18,962	202
	CSS	12.5%	5,565	481	9
	Markdown	4.4%	1,957	0	7
	JavaScript	1.4%	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			44,508	19,642	316

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	34,611
Total complexity	5,345
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	1,668
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 5.26.0