Page Builder by SiteOrigin 2.9.6

Does Page Builder by SiteOrigin work with WordPress 5.0.1 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: 39.81 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 version5.0.1
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=f1b0ee4fa4
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.191 s
Memory usage 3.42 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 0.039 s
Memory usage 3.51 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 0.113 s
Memory usage 3.07 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 0.169 s
Memory usage 4 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 0.087 s
Memory usage 3.64 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 0.321 s
Memory usage 3.64 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 0.076 s
Memory usage 3.5 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.130 s0.051 s-0.079 s3.22 MiB4.05 MiB+ 852.51 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.127 s0.133 s+0.006 s3.25 MiB3.5 MiB+ 255.27 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.531 s0.095 s-0.436 s4.92 MiB3.82 MiB- 1.09 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.041 s0.045 s+0.004 s3.15 MiB3.4 MiB+ 252.96 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.085 s0.047 s-0.038 s3.14 MiB3.39 MiB+ 252.98 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.055 s0.127 s+0.072 s3.07 MiB3.38 MiB+ 315.3 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.105 s0.136 s+0.031 s3.17 MiB3.42 MiB+ 252.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.410 s0.071 s-0.339 s4.9 MiB3.64 MiB- 1.27 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.038 s0.114 s+0.076 s3.07 MiB3.37 MiB+ 307.52 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.093 s0.207 s+0.114 s3.18 MiB3.42 MiB+ 252.96 KiB
/0.085 s0.086 s+0.001 s2.93 MiB3.04 MiB+ 113.59 KiB
Average 0.155 s0.101 s-0.053 s3.46 MiB3.49 MiB+ 39.81 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