Visual Composer 23.0

Does Visual Composer work with WordPress 5.3.2 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: 1.87 MiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.108 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version5.3.2
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=33ec80b2a3
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 4.979 s
Memory usage 6.04 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 3.515 s
Memory usage 6.42 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read property 'top' of undefined\n    at belowEntryMetaClass (/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=1.0:124:33)\n    at a.fn.init.<anonymous> (/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=1.0:211:3)\n    at /?p=50&vcv-editable=1&vcv-source-id=50&vcv-nonce=bbdfceed5b: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=1.0:124:33)\n    at /wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=1.0:240:4",
        "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 2.202 s
Memory usage 6.42 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 0.357 s
Memory usage 5.47 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 1.422 s
Memory usage 5.48 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 1.933 s
Memory usage 5.59 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 1.411 s
Memory usage 6.01 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Go Premium

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Go Premium
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-go-premium
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.685 s
Memory usage 6.01 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 0.309 s
Memory usage 5.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.311 s0.302 s-0.009 s3.61 MiB5.5 MiB+ 1.88 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.224 s0.459 s+0.235 s3.64 MiB5.57 MiB+ 1.93 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.254 s2.299 s+1.045 s5.36 MiB7.25 MiB+ 1.89 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.476 s0.427 s-0.049 s3.48 MiB5.35 MiB+ 1.87 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.159 s0.162 s+0.003 s3.56 MiB5.34 MiB+ 1.78 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.201 s0.232 s+0.031 s3.46 MiB5.33 MiB+ 1.87 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.187 s0.190 s+0.003 s3.56 MiB5.47 MiB+ 1.9 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.439 s1.361 s-0.078 s5.35 MiB7.23 MiB+ 1.88 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.246 s0.412 s+0.166 s3.46 MiB5.34 MiB+ 1.87 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.226 s0.215 s-0.011 s3.57 MiB5.44 MiB+ 1.87 MiB
/0.364 s0.213 s-0.151 s3.32 MiB5.1 MiB+ 1.79 MiB
Average 0.462 s0.570 s+0.108 s3.85 MiB5.72 MiB+ 1.87 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