Report - WP Popular Posts 5.2.1

Does WordPress Popular Posts work with WordPress 5.4.2 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on 2020-07-12 21:32:23 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: 211.86 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	5.4.2
PHP version	7.2.16
MySQL version	8.0.15
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-02-15T15:10:00+00:00
Active installs	100,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 5

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=wordpress-popular-posts%2Fwordpress-popular-posts.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=636c9b6b5b
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.492 s
Memory usage	3.8 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Settings → WordPress Popular Posts

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wordpress-popular-posts
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.617 s
Memory usage	4.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.211 s
Memory usage	3.48 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	0.308 s
Memory usage	3.87 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect	new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.916 s
Memory usage	4.33 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.319 s	0.319 s	+0.000 s	3.64 MiB	3.87 MiB	+ 233.14 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.218 s	0.318 s	+0.100 s	3.67 MiB	3.89 MiB	+ 229.93 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.194 s	1.403 s	+0.209 s	5.43 MiB	5.69 MiB	+ 270.91 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.557 s	0.374 s	-0.183 s	3.5 MiB	3.72 MiB	+ 229.6 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.166 s	0.165 s	-0.001 s	3.58 MiB	3.71 MiB	+ 135.43 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.208 s	0.189 s	-0.019 s	3.48 MiB	3.7 MiB	+ 229.04 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.164 s	0.162 s	-0.002 s	3.58 MiB	3.81 MiB	+ 229.95 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.037 s	0.987 s	-0.050 s	5.42 MiB	5.68 MiB	+ 264.09 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.495 s	0.333 s	-0.162 s	3.48 MiB	3.71 MiB	+ 229.35 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.204 s	0.203 s	-0.001 s	3.59 MiB	3.81 MiB	+ 228.83 KiB
/	0.334 s	0.258 s	-0.076 s	3.43 MiB	3.48 MiB	+ 50.18 KiB
Average	0.445 s	0.428 s	-0.017 s	3.89 MiB	4.1 MiB	+ 211.86 KiB

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_popularpostsdata
wp_popularpostssummary

Options `wp_options` 4

widget_wpp
wpp_rand
wpp_settings_config
wpp_ver

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID	Name
wpp	WordPress Popular Posts

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "wpp_trending_dashboard_widget": {
            "title": "Trending now",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

WP Popular Posts 5.2.1