Visual Composer 38.0

Does Visual Composer work with WordPress 5.8 and PHP 7.4.8? 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: 2.52 MiB
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 version5.8
PHP version7.4.8
MySQL version8.0.21
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 60,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/visualcomposer/
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Pages 24

Getting Started ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Getting Started ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-getting-started
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=visualcomposer%2Fplugin-wordpress.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=bf9dbe68df
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 6.918 s
Memory usage 7.35 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 4.180 s
Memory usage 7.02 MiB
JS errors None
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 3.174 s
Memory usage 7.03 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 4.387 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Popups

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Popups
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_popups
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.411 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Import

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Import
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-import
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.310 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Archives

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Archives
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_archives
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.379 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Sidebars

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Sidebars
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_sidebars
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.296 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Footers

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Footers
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_footers
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.351 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Headers

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Headers
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_headers
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.289 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Layout Settings

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Layout Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-custom-page-templates
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.323 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Theme Builder

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Theme Builder
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-headers-footers
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.283 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Global Templates

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Global Templates
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_templates
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.764 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Popup Builder

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Popup Builder
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-custom-site-popups
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.314 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Maintenance Mode

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Maintenance Mode
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-maintenance-mode
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.986 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Role Manager

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Role Manager
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-role-manager
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.311 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → CSS & JavaScript

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → CSS & JavaScript
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-global-css-js
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.577 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → Visual Composer Hub

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → Visual Composer Hub
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-hub
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.895 s
Memory usage 7.54 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 2.396 s
Memory usage 7.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → ★ Activate Premium

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → ★ Activate Premium
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-activate-license
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.503 s
Memory usage 7.35 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 4.134 s
Memory usage 7.43 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Visual Composer → License

Page screenshot: Visual Composer → License
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-license
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 3.007 s
Memory usage 7.35 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 0.311 s
Memory usage 5.24 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 0.483 s
Memory usage 7.02 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.305 s0.429 s+0.124 s3.08 MiB7.02 MiB+ 3.94 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.179 s0.336 s+0.157 s3.11 MiB5.58 MiB+ 2.46 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.735 s1.127 s+0.392 s5.27 MiB7.68 MiB+ 2.41 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.761 s0.471 s-0.290 s3.03 MiB5.42 MiB+ 2.39 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.151 s0.185 s+0.034 s3.02 MiB5.34 MiB+ 2.31 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.316 s0.234 s-0.082 s3.01 MiB5.4 MiB+ 2.39 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.194 s0.201 s+0.007 s3.04 MiB5.45 MiB+ 2.41 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.024 s0.922 s-0.102 s5.26 MiB7.67 MiB+ 2.41 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.307 s0.292 s-0.015 s3 MiB5.33 MiB+ 2.33 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.213 s0.218 s+0.005 s3.04 MiB5.43 MiB+ 2.39 MiB
/0.281 s0.255 s-0.026 s2.91 MiB5.23 MiB+ 2.32 MiB
Average 0.406 s0.425 s+0.019 s3.43 MiB5.96 MiB+ 2.52 MiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP95.9%28,0665,903308
SVG2.4%7113441
JSON1.0%291036
JavaScript0.7%206310
CSS0.0%201
Total 29,276 5,940 396

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 23,763
Total complexity 3,399
Median class complexity 8.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class VisualComposer\Modules\Hub\Templates\TemplatesUpdater
Most complex function VisualComposer\Helpers\Localizations::getLocalizations()
Classes 220
Methods 1,038
Functions 18

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 31

Custom Post Types 2

ID Name
vcv_tutorialsTutorials
vcv_templatesGlobal Templates

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "visualcomposer-blog-dashboard": {
            "title": "Visual Composer News",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

Capabilities 28

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

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