WP Simple Related Posts 1.6.1

Does WP Simple Related Posts work with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2PHP warnings
3PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 49.64 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 version7.0
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 400+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-related-posts/
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Pages 5

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=wp-simple-related-posts%2Fsimple-related-posts.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=930c9f4efd
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.546 s
Memory usage 3.94 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Simple Related Posts

Page screenshot: Settings → Simple Related Posts
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=simple_related_posts
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.451 s
Memory usage 3.92 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.210 s
Memory usage 4.26 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.882 s
Memory usage 6.63 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.680 s
Memory usage 6.47 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.638 s0.678 s+0.040 s3.92 MiB3.97 MiB+ 50.72 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.486 s0.496 s+0.010 s3.98 MiB4.04 MiB+ 62.2 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.921 s1.781 s-0.140 s6.56 MiB6.63 MiB+ 72.44 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.675 s0.625 s-0.050 s3.89 MiB3.92 MiB+ 34.14 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.505 s0.475 s-0.030 s3.86 MiB3.9 MiB+ 43.63 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.913 s0.540 s-0.373 s3.85 MiB3.9 MiB+ 51.83 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.464 s0.564 s+0.100 s3.86 MiB3.92 MiB+ 56.69 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.370 s1.315 s-0.055 s6.55 MiB6.62 MiB+ 68.48 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.552 s0.714 s+0.162 s3.86 MiB3.9 MiB+ 34.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.493 s0.484 s-0.009 s3.88 MiB3.92 MiB+ 40.95 KiB
/0.266 s0.182 s-0.084 s4.23 MiB4.26 MiB+ 30.34 KiB
Average 0.753 s0.714 s-0.039 s4.41 MiB4.45 MiB+ 49.64 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
PHP40.3%7783313
JavaScript36.8%709633
CSS9.7%18702
PO File7.6%146562
Bourne Shell3.1%5941
Markdown1.2%2401
XML0.7%1401
YAML0.6%1201
Total 1,929 156 24

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 788
Total complexity 154
Median class complexity 11.5
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class Simple_Related_Posts_Admin_Meta_Box
Most complex function Simple_Related_Posts_Base::get_data_post_meta()
Classes 10
Methods 49
Functions 8

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.

Options wp_options 3

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
simple_related_posts_widgetSimple Related Posts

Meta Boxes

{
    "post": {
        "simple-related-posts": {
            "title": "Related Posts",
            "context": "advanced"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 5 lines

[25-May-2026 17:36:52 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Optional parameter $display_num declared before required parameter $post_id is implicitly treated as a required parameter in /wp-content/plugins/wp-simple-related-posts/modules/api.php on line 12
[25-May-2026 17:36:52 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/wp-simple-related-posts/simple-related-posts.php on line 97
[25-May-2026 17:36:52 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  class_exists(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($class) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/wp-simple-related-posts/simple-related-posts.php on line 97
[25-May-2026 17:36:52 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/wp-simple-related-posts/simple-related-posts.php on line 97
[25-May-2026 17:36:52 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  class_exists(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($class) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/wp-simple-related-posts/simple-related-posts.php on line 97
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide WP Simple Related Posts Admin Menus and Meta Boxes