Page Builder by SiteOrigin 2.11.1

Does Page Builder by SiteOrigin work with WordPress 5.5 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

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: -9.56 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 version5.5
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 700,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/
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Pages 7

SiteOrigin Page Builder ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: SiteOrigin Page Builder ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=siteorigin_panels#welcome
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=siteorigin-panels%2Fsiteorigin-panels.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=e9b299fad9
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.448 s
Memory usage 4.2 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Page Builder

Page screenshot: Settings → Page Builder
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=siteorigin_panels
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.767 s
Memory usage 4.08 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 0.269 s
Memory usage 3.77 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.610 s
Memory usage 4.74 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.826 s
Memory usage 4.38 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.748 s
Memory usage 4.39 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 0.641 s
Memory usage 4.25 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.434 s0.351 s-0.083 s3.96 MiB4.74 MiB+ 792.02 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.198 s0.228 s+0.030 s3.99 MiB4.25 MiB+ 263.24 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.473 s1.664 s+0.191 s5.81 MiB4.58 MiB- 1.23 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.584 s0.375 s-0.209 s3.82 MiB4.08 MiB+ 260.64 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.155 s0.153 s-0.002 s3.9 MiB4.07 MiB+ 167.2 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.192 s0.174 s-0.018 s3.8 MiB4.06 MiB+ 260.81 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.189 s0.180 s-0.009 s3.91 MiB4.16 MiB+ 261.72 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.326 s0.714 s-0.612 s5.8 MiB4.39 MiB- 1.41 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.261 s0.200 s-0.061 s3.81 MiB4.06 MiB+ 261.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.210 s0.338 s+0.128 s3.91 MiB4.17 MiB+ 260.63 KiB
/0.385 s0.265 s-0.120 s3.69 MiB3.77 MiB+ 78.16 KiB
Average 0.492 s0.422 s-0.070 s4.22 MiB4.21 MiB- 9.56 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.

Options wp_options 6

User Metadata wp_usermeta 2

Sidebar Widgets 3

ID Name
siteorigin-panels-post-contentPost Content
siteorigin-panels-postloopPost Loop
siteorigin-panels-builderLayout Builder

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "so-dashboard-news": {
            "title": "SiteOrigin Page Builder News",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "post": {
        "so-panels-panels": {
            "title": "Page Builder",
            "context": "advanced"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "so-panels-panels": {
            "title": "Page Builder",
            "context": "advanced"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Page Builder by SiteOrigin Admin Menus and More