Report - WP Popular Posts 7.3.7

Does WP Popular Posts work with WordPress 6.9.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-02-15 15:15:42 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: 217.64 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	6.9.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

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=9b8f35819d
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.431 s
Memory usage	3.92 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Settings → WP Popular Posts

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wordpress-popular-posts
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.601 s
Memory usage	4.08 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.198 s
Memory usage	4.27 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	0.365 s
Memory usage	3.97 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	1.041 s
Memory usage	6.32 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.432 s	0.373 s	-0.059 s	3.78 MiB	3.97 MiB	+ 193.03 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.384 s	0.298 s	-0.086 s	3.78 MiB	4.01 MiB	+ 233.96 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.815 s	0.922 s	+0.107 s	6.31 MiB	6.67 MiB	+ 367.55 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.450 s	0.429 s	-0.021 s	3.74 MiB	3.91 MiB	+ 171.49 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.320 s	0.316 s	-0.004 s	3.71 MiB	3.88 MiB	+ 175.89 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.509 s	0.299 s	-0.210 s	3.7 MiB	3.88 MiB	+ 184.09 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.320 s	0.289 s	-0.031 s	3.72 MiB	3.91 MiB	+ 194.85 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.717 s	0.710 s	-0.007 s	6.3 MiB	6.65 MiB	+ 361.03 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.325 s	0.425 s	+0.100 s	3.71 MiB	3.88 MiB	+ 172.39 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.330 s	0.327 s	-0.003 s	3.74 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 171.98 KiB
/	0.279 s	0.206 s	-0.073 s	4.11 MiB	4.27 MiB	+ 167.8 KiB
Average	0.444 s	0.418 s	-0.026 s	4.24 MiB	4.45 MiB	+ 217.64 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

JavaScript

CSS

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	66.1%	6,877	2,841	57
	JavaScript	15.9%	1,654	34	9
	CSS	13.1%	1,366	53	14
	JSON	4.7%	490	0	10
	SVG	0.2%	16	0	2
Total			10,403	2,928	92

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	5,634
Total complexity	1,252
Median class complexity	8.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	WordPressPopularPosts\Output
Most complex function	WordPressPopularPosts\Query::build_query()

Classes	42
Methods	227
Functions	5

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 3

wp_popularpostsdata
wp_popularpostssummary
wp_popularpoststransients

Options `wp_options` 3

widget_wpp
wpp_settings_config
wpp_ver

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID	Name
wpp	WP 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 7.3.7