Visual Composer 21.0

Does Visual Composer work with WordPress 5.2.4 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
No PHP errors, warnings or notices
2JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 1.8 MiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.042 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version5.2.4
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 60,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/visualcomposer/
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Pages 9

Getting Started ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Getting Started ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-getting-started&vcv-ref=activation-page
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=visualcomposer%2Fplugin-wordpress.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=0dfd7d5603
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 5.505 s
Memory usage 5.87 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Posts → Add New with Visual Composer

Page screenshot: Posts → Add New with Visual Composer
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?vcv-action=frontend
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 3.692 s
Memory usage 6.25 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read property 'top' of undefined\n    at belowEntryMetaClass (/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=1.0:1:2797)\n    at a.fn.init.<anonymous> (/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=1.0:1:4094)\n    at /?p=47&vcv-editable=1&vcv-source-id=47&vcv-nonce=c1bac59a37:38:134",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    },
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read property 'top' of undefined\n    at belowEntryMetaClass (/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=1.0:1:2797)\n    at /wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=1.0:1:4666",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Pages → Add New with Visual Composer

Page screenshot: Pages → Add New with Visual Composer
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page&vcv-action=frontend
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.538 s
Memory usage 6.25 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer

Page screenshot: Visual Composer
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.870 s
Memory usage 5.37 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → CSS, HTML & JavaScript

Page screenshot: Visual Composer  → CSS, HTML & JavaScript
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-global-css-js
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.260 s
Memory usage 5.37 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → System status

Page screenshot: Visual Composer  → System status
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-system-status
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.057 s
Memory usage 5.48 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Getting Started

Page screenshot: Visual Composer  → Getting Started
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-getting-started
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.343 s
Memory usage 5.86 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Go Premium

Page screenshot: Visual Composer  → Go Premium
URL https://account.visualcomposer.io/activation?referred=initial&utm_medium=wp-dashboard&utm_source=wp-menu&utm_campaign=gopremium
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-go-premium
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.537 s
Memory usage N/A
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 0.496 s
Memory usage 5.07 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.392 s0.454 s+0.062 s3.6 MiB5.4 MiB+ 1.8 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.328 s0.477 s+0.149 s3.63 MiB5.47 MiB+ 1.84 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.278 s1.722 s+0.444 s5.27 MiB7.14 MiB+ 1.87 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.806 s0.572 s-0.234 s3.46 MiB5.25 MiB+ 1.78 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.230 s0.280 s+0.050 s3.55 MiB5.24 MiB+ 1.69 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.322 s0.296 s-0.026 s3.45 MiB5.23 MiB+ 1.78 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.276 s0.307 s+0.031 s3.49 MiB5.36 MiB+ 1.88 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.424 s1.543 s+0.119 s5.25 MiB7.12 MiB+ 1.86 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.490 s0.435 s-0.055 s3.45 MiB5.23 MiB+ 1.78 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.289 s0.281 s-0.008 s3.55 MiB5.34 MiB+ 1.78 MiB
/0.310 s0.237 s-0.073 s3.3 MiB5.07 MiB+ 1.76 MiB
Average 0.559 s0.600 s+0.042 s3.82 MiB5.62 MiB+ 1.8 MiB

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 17

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
vcv_templatesGlobal Templates

Capabilities 14

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Visual Composer Admin Menus and Widgets