Events Manager 7.2.3

Does Events Manager work with WordPress 6.9 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: 725.32 KiB
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 version6.9
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=ba2a66782a
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.816 s
Memory usage 4.8 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 0.517 s
Memory usage 4.58 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 2.082 s
Memory usage 4.91 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=7.2.3:892:53)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager-event-editor.js?v=7.2.3:558:12\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager-event-editor.js?v=7.2.3:556:51)\n    at loadAsset (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:532:18)\n    at loadedListener (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:521:9)\n    at HTMLScriptElement.script.onload (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:559:30)",
        "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 0.606 s
Memory usage 4.44 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 0.496 s
Memory usage 4.44 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 0.368 s
Memory usage 4.55 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 0.459 s
Memory usage 4.56 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 1.603 s
Memory usage 5.64 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=7.2.3:4516:31)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4567:19\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at em_setup_phone_inputs (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4530:65)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4526:5",
        "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 0.901 s
Memory usage 4.67 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=7.2.3:4516:31)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4567:19\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at em_setup_phone_inputs (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4530:65)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4526:5",
        "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#general
Requested URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.071 s
Memory usage 4.67 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=7.2.3:4516:31)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4567:19\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at em_setup_phone_inputs (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4530:65)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4526:5",
        "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#general
Requested URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=event&page=events-manager-options
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.837 s
Memory usage 4.67 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=7.2.3:4516:31)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4567:19\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at em_setup_phone_inputs (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4530:65)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4526:5",
        "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 1.047 s
Memory usage 4.67 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=7.2.3:4516:31)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4567:19\n    at NodeList.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at em_setup_phone_inputs (/wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4530:65)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/includes/js/events-manager.js?ver=7.2.3:4526:5",
        "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 0.399 s
Memory usage 4.45 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 0.294 s
Memory usage 4.75 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 0.615 s
Memory usage 4.56 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 1.181 s
Memory usage 6.82 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.387 s0.625 s+0.238 s3.77 MiB4.56 MiB+ 808.37 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.358 s0.346 s-0.012 s3.78 MiB4.51 MiB+ 743.25 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.868 s1.002 s+0.134 s6.3 MiB7.1 MiB+ 812.88 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.664 s0.503 s-0.161 s3.74 MiB4.4 MiB+ 676.81 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.336 s0.336 s+0.000 s3.71 MiB4.37 MiB+ 680.8 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.506 s0.373 s-0.133 s3.7 MiB4.37 MiB+ 689 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.431 s0.312 s-0.119 s3.71 MiB4.41 MiB+ 713.33 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.673 s0.902 s+0.229 s6.29 MiB7.08 MiB+ 810.3 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.353 s0.407 s+0.054 s3.71 MiB4.37 MiB+ 677.3 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.326 s0.351 s+0.025 s3.73 MiB4.41 MiB+ 700.38 KiB
/0.412 s0.279 s-0.133 s4.1 MiB4.75 MiB+ 666.12 KiB
Average 0.483 s0.494 s+0.011 s4.23 MiB4.94 MiB+ 725.32 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
PHP71.1%106,31915,752666
CSS12.7%18,9957468
JavaScript10.6%15,8992,03537
Sass5.1%7,64941140
JSON0.2%33605
HTML0.1%17305
SVG0.1%13804
Markdown0.1%11102
Total 149,620 18,944 767

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 48,720
Total complexity 13,856
Median class complexity 15.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class EM_Event
Most complex function EM_Event::output()
Classes 180
Methods 2,240
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 490

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

[08-Dec-2025 02:38:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/classes/em-bookings.php on line 307
[08-Dec-2025 02:38:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/classes/em-bookings.php on line 307
[08-Dec-2025 02:38:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/classes/em-bookings.php on line 307
[08-Dec-2025 02:38:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  sprintf(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($format) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/admin/settings/tabs/formats.php on line 902
[08-Dec-2025 02:39:01 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  sprintf(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($format) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/admin/settings/tabs/formats.php on line 902
[08-Dec-2025 02:39:03 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  sprintf(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($format) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/admin/settings/tabs/formats.php on line 902
[08-Dec-2025 02:39:06 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  sprintf(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($format) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/admin/settings/tabs/formats.php on line 902
[08-Dec-2025 02:39:08 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  sprintf(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($format) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/events-manager/admin/settings/tabs/formats.php on line 902
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Events Manager Admin Menus and Widgets