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Events Manager 7.2.1

Does Events Manager work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
8PHP deprecation warnings
6JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 706.57 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.099 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.3
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 70,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/
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Pages 16

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=events-manager%2Fevents-manager.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=4c167d5ef8
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.259 s
Memory usage 4.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Events

Page screenshot: Events
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.358 s
Memory usage 4.3 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Events → Add New Event

Page screenshot: Events → Add New Event
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=event
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.096 s
Memory usage 4.67 MiB
JS errors 
[
    {
        "message": "DOMException: Failed to execute 'querySelector' on 'Element': '& > .em-recurrence-set-reshedule-modal' is not a valid selector.\n    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager-event-editor.js?v=7.2.1:891:53)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager-event-editor.js?v=7.2.1:549:12\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager-event-editor.js?v=7.2.1:547:51)\n    at loadAsset (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:518:18)\n    at loadedListener (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:507:9)\n    at HTMLScriptElement.script.onload (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:545:30)",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Events → Events Tags

Page screenshot: Events → Events Tags
URL /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=event-tags&post_type=event
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.618 s
Memory usage 4.23 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Events → Event Categories

Page screenshot: Events → Event Categories
URL /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=event-categories&post_type=event
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.425 s
Memory usage 4.23 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Events → Locations

Page screenshot: Events → Locations
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=location
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.411 s
Memory usage 4.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Events → Bookings

Page screenshot: Events → Bookings
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-bookings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.470 s
Memory usage 4.3 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Events → Settings

Page screenshot: Events → Settings
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options#general
Requested URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.404 s
Memory usage 5.39 MiB
JS errors 
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '0')\n    at getCountry (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4446:31)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4491:19\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at em_setup_phone_inputs (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4460:65)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4456:5",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Events → Settings → Pages

Page screenshot: Events → Settings → Pages
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options#general
Requested URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.203 s
Memory usage 4.43 MiB
JS errors 
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '0')\n    at getCountry (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4446:31)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4491:19\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at em_setup_phone_inputs (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4460:65)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4456:5",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Events → Settings → Formatting

Page screenshot: Events → Settings → Formatting
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.774 s
Memory usage 4.43 MiB
JS errors 
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '0')\n    at getCountry (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4446:31)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4491:19\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at em_setup_phone_inputs (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4460:65)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4456:5",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Events → Settings → Bookings

Page screenshot: Events → Settings → Bookings
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.724 s
Memory usage 4.43 MiB
JS errors 
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '0')\n    at getCountry (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4446:31)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4491:19\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at em_setup_phone_inputs (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4460:65)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4456:5",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Events → Settings → Emails

Page screenshot: Events → Settings → Emails
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options#general
Requested URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.987 s
Memory usage 4.43 MiB
JS errors 
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '0')\n    at getCountry (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4446:31)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4491:19\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at em_setup_phone_inputs (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4460:65)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.1:4456:5",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Events → Help

Page screenshot: Events → Help
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-help
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.297 s
Memory usage 4.23 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 0.368 s
Memory usage 4.06 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 0.825 s
Memory usage 4.29 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
Load time 1.304 s
Memory usage 6.48 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.348 s0.722 s+0.374 s3.51 MiB4.29 MiB+ 802.48 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.206 s0.277 s+0.071 s3.57 MiB4.27 MiB+ 719.2 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.825 s1.630 s+0.805 s6.06 MiB6.81 MiB+ 766.43 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.764 s0.376 s-0.388 s3.52 MiB4.18 MiB+ 674.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.236 s0.523 s+0.287 s3.5 MiB4.16 MiB+ 678.84 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.276 s0.292 s+0.016 s3.49 MiB4.16 MiB+ 687.03 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.207 s0.232 s+0.025 s3.5 MiB4.18 MiB+ 692.2 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.741 s0.796 s+0.055 s6.05 MiB6.79 MiB+ 761.95 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.472 s0.322 s-0.150 s3.5 MiB4.16 MiB+ 675.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.266 s0.237 s-0.029 s3.52 MiB4.18 MiB+ 674.84 KiB
/0.320 s0.338 s+0.018 s3.43 MiB4.06 MiB+ 639.16 KiB
Average 0.424 s0.522 s+0.099 s3.97 MiB4.66 MiB+ 706.57 KiB

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
CSS
JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP71.0%105,83615,656666
CSS12.8%19,0567468
JavaScript10.6%15,7292,01137
Sass5.1%7,58741040
JSON0.2%33605
HTML0.1%17305
SVG0.1%13804
Markdown0.1%11102
Total 148,966 18,823 767

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 48,276
Total complexity 13,708
Median class complexity 15.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class EM_Event
Most complex function EM_Event::output()
Classes 180
Methods 2,221
Functions 397

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.

Database Tables 11

Options wp_options 489

User Metadata wp_usermeta 2

Custom Post Types 2

ID Name
eventEvents
locationLocations

Sidebar Widgets 3

ID Name
em_widgetEvents
em_locations_widgetEvent Locations
em_calendarEvents Calendar

Meta Boxes 

{
    "dashboard": {
        "em_booking_stats": {
            "title": "Events Manager Bookings",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

Capabilities 23

PHP Error Log 8 lines

[01-Oct-2025 00:35:47 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/classes/em-bookings.php on line 305
[01-Oct-2025 00:35:47 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/classes/em-bookings.php on line 305
[01-Oct-2025 00:35:47 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/classes/em-bookings.php on line 305
[01-Oct-2025 00:35:55 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  sprintf(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($format) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/admin/settings/tabs/formats.php on line 901
[01-Oct-2025 00:35:57 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  sprintf(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($format) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/admin/settings/tabs/formats.php on line 901
[01-Oct-2025 00:35:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  sprintf(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($format) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/admin/settings/tabs/formats.php on line 901
[01-Oct-2025 00:36:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  sprintf(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($format) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/admin/settings/tabs/formats.php on line 901
[01-Oct-2025 00:36:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  sprintf(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($format) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/admin/settings/tabs/formats.php on line 901
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Events Manager Admin Menus and Widgets