Page Builder by SiteOrigin 2.8.0

Does Page Builder by SiteOrigin work with WordPress 4.9.8 and PHP 7.0.16? 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: 291.3 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 version4.9.8
PHP version7.0.16
MySQL version5.7.17
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

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=siteorigin-panels%2Fsiteorigin-panels.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=23c5129194
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.150 s
Memory usage 3.24 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 OK
Load time 0.042 s
Memory usage 3.33 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 OK
Load time 0.082 s
Memory usage 2.91 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 OK
Load time 0.129 s
Memory usage 3.82 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 OK
Load time 0.094 s
Memory usage 3.52 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 OK
Load time 0.263 s
Memory usage 3.52 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 OK
Load time 0.073 s
Memory usage 3.31 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.124 s0.057 s-0.067 s3.12 MiB3.84 MiB+ 736.83 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.133 s0.109 s-0.024 s3.14 MiB3.32 MiB+ 182.05 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.216 s0.102 s-0.114 s3.21 MiB3.71 MiB+ 512.18 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.100 s0.043 s-0.057 s2.98 MiB3.22 MiB+ 244.15 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.109 s0.114 s+0.005 s3.06 MiB3.21 MiB+ 152.24 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.058 s0.092 s+0.034 s2.96 MiB3.2 MiB+ 244.32 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.114 s0.113 s-0.001 s3 MiB3.24 MiB+ 245.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.183 s0.091 s-0.092 s3.21 MiB3.52 MiB+ 313.61 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.106 s0.103 s-0.003 s2.96 MiB3.2 MiB+ 244.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.155 s0.109 s-0.046 s3.01 MiB3.24 MiB+ 244.13 KiB
/0.121 s0.092 s-0.029 s2.83 MiB2.91 MiB+ 84.95 KiB
Average 0.129 s0.093 s-0.036 s3.04 MiB3.33 MiB+ 291.3 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