Report - Visual Composer 45.11.0

Does Visual Composer work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-05-01 00:14:52 UTC.

Summary

Errors

2	PHP deprecation warnings
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 1.75 MiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.464 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment

WordPress version	6.8.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-05-15T10:23:00+00:00
Active installs	50,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/visualcomposer/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 24

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=e0b0e60fd6
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	4.414 s
Memory usage	7.05 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Posts → Add New with Visual Composer

URL	/wp-admin/post-new.php?vcv-action=frontend
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	3.720 s
Memory usage	7.35 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	2.370 s
Memory usage	7.28 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-settings
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.093 s
Memory usage	7.05 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Theme Builder

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-headers-footers
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.230 s
Memory usage	7.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Font Manager

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-font-manager
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.963 s
Memory usage	7.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Global Templates

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_templates
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.932 s
Memory usage	7.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Popup Builder

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-custom-site-popups
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.955 s
Memory usage	7.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Role Manager

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-role-manager
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.943 s
Memory usage	7.05 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Import

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-import
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.111 s
Memory usage	7.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → CSS & JavaScript

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-global-css-js
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.111 s
Memory usage	7.05 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Visual Composer Hub

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-hub
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.237 s
Memory usage	7.93 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Getting Started

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-getting-started
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	2.520 s
Memory usage	7.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → ★ Activate Premium

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-activate-license
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.268 s
Memory usage	7.05 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Popups

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_popups
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.932 s
Memory usage	7.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Layouts

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_layouts
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.034 s
Memory usage	7.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Sidebars

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_sidebars
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.088 s
Memory usage	7.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Footers

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_footers
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.936 s
Memory usage	7.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Headers

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv_headers
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.919 s
Memory usage	7.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → Maintenance Mode

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-maintenance-mode
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.995 s
Memory usage	7.05 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → System Status

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-system-status
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.492 s
Memory usage	7.05 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Visual Composer → License

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vcv-license
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.463 s
Memory usage	7.05 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.446 s
Memory usage	4.8 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/index.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.299 s
Memory usage	8.11 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.383 s	1.771 s	+1.388 s	3.51 MiB	8.11 MiB	+ 4.6 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.216 s	1.229 s	+1.013 s	3.57 MiB	5.14 MiB	+ 1.57 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.854 s	2.448 s	+1.594 s	6.06 MiB	7.58 MiB	+ 1.52 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.786 s	1.063 s	+0.277 s	3.52 MiB	4.96 MiB	+ 1.44 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.240 s	0.359 s	+0.119 s	3.5 MiB	4.95 MiB	+ 1.44 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.283 s	0.293 s	+0.010 s	3.49 MiB	4.94 MiB	+ 1.45 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.210 s	0.242 s	+0.032 s	3.5 MiB	4.96 MiB	+ 1.46 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.765 s	1.174 s	+0.409 s	6.05 MiB	7.57 MiB	+ 1.52 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.287 s	0.577 s	+0.290 s	3.5 MiB	4.94 MiB	+ 1.44 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.485 s	0.525 s	+0.040 s	3.52 MiB	4.98 MiB	+ 1.46 MiB
/	0.336 s	0.266 s	-0.070 s	3.43 MiB	4.8 MiB	+ 1.36 MiB
Average	0.440 s	0.904 s	+0.464 s	3.97 MiB	5.72 MiB	+ 1.75 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
	PHP	95.7%	31,376	7,857	337
	SVG	2.2%	726	34	42
	JSON	1.2%	381	0	36
	JavaScript	0.6%	210	3	10
	XML	0.3%	93	0	5
	CSS	0.0%	6	0	1
Total			32,792	7,894	431

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	26,285
Total complexity	3,770
Median class complexity	9.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	VisualComposer\Helpers\PostData
Most complex function	VisualComposer\Helpers\Localizations::getLocalizations()

Classes	235
Methods	1,187
Functions	19

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

vcv-bundleUpdateRequired
vcv-hubA:d:93ee5076aedeac6b94924d1c4afe2059
vcv-hubAction:hubTeaser
vcv-hubAction:updatePosts
vcv-hubElements
vcv-hubTeaserAddons
vcv-hubTeaserElements
vcv-hubTeaserTemplates
vcv-notifications
vcv-plugin-activation
vcv-settings-gutenberg-editor-enabled
vcv-settings-initial-helpers-enabled
vcv-siteUrls
vcv-system:migration:assets22Migration
vcv-system:migration:CustomTemplatesTypeMigration38
vcv-system:migration:databaseMigration-45.11.0
vcv-system:migration:defaultElementsMigration36
vcv-system:migration:enabledPostTypesMigrationv37
vcv-system:migration:freeMigrationV34
vcv-system:migration:globalJavascriptMigration
vcv-system:migration:licenseMigrationV24
vcv-system:migration:mergeArchivesLayoutsMigrationv40
vcv-system:migration:mergeArchivesLayoutsMigrationv43
vcv-system:migration:PredefinedTemplateMigration
vcv-system:migration:settingsMigration220
vcv-system:migration:templates114Migration
vcv-system:migration:updateGlobalElements115Migration
vcv-systemCheckFailing
vcv-vcv_templates-capabilities-set
vcv-vcv_tutorials-capabilities-set
vcv-vcv_tutorials-capability-migration-45

Custom Post Types 2

ID	Name
vcv_tutorials	Tutorials
vcv_templates	Global Templates

Meta Boxes

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

Capabilities 28

vcv_access_rules__post_types_edit_page
vcv_access_rules__post_types_edit_post
read_vcv_templates
edit_vcv_templates
delete_vcv_templates
edit_vcv_templatess
delete_vcv_templatess
delete_published_vcv_templatess
publish_vcv_templatess
edit_published_vcv_templatess
read_private_vcv_templatess
edit_private_vcv_templatess
delete_private_vcv_templatess
delete_others_vcv_templatess
edit_others_vcv_templatess
create_vcv_templatess
read_vcv_tutorials
edit_vcv_tutorials
delete_vcv_tutorials
edit_vcv_tutorialss
delete_vcv_tutorialss
delete_published_vcv_tutorialss
edit_published_vcv_tutorialss
read_private_vcv_tutorialss
edit_private_vcv_tutorialss
delete_private_vcv_tutorialss
delete_others_vcv_tutorialss
edit_others_vcv_tutorialss

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[01-May-2025 00:15:17 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function print_emoji_styles is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.4.0! Use wp_enqueue_emoji_styles instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[01-May-2025 00:15:22 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function print_emoji_styles is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.4.0! Use wp_enqueue_emoji_styles instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121

Visual Composer 45.11.0