Simple Calendar 3.6.2

Does Simple Calendar work with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 170.47 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 version7.0
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 50,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-calendar-events/
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Pages 9

Welcome to Simple Calendar ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Welcome to Simple Calendar ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php?page=simple-calendar_about#038;simcal_install=fresh
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=google-calendar-events%2Fgoogle-calendar-events.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=160ace080c
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.192 s
Memory usage 4.63 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Calendars

Page screenshot: Calendars
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=calendar
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.735 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Calendars → Add New Calendar

Page screenshot: Calendars → Add New Calendar
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=calendar
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.530 s
Memory usage 4.59 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Calendars → Categories

Page screenshot: Calendars → Categories
URL /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=calendar_category&post_type=calendar
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.543 s
Memory usage 4.04 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Calendars → Settings

Page screenshot: Calendars → Settings
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=calendar&page=simple-calendar_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.844 s
Memory usage 4.18 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Calendars → Add-ons

Page screenshot: Calendars → Add-ons
URL https://simplecalendar.io/addons/?utm_source=inside-plugin#038;utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=core-plugin&utm_content=plugin-submenu-link
Requested URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=calendar&page=simple-calendar_add_ons
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 3.375 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "ReferenceError: wp is not defined\n    at wp-i18n-js-after:1179:1",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    },
    {
        "message": "Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: #my-account-038;utm_medium=link&#038;utm_campaign=core-plugin&#038;utm_content=plugin-submenu-link\n    at Function.I.error (https://simplecalendar.io/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:11769)\n    at Y (https://simplecalendar.io/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:17234)\n    at re (https://simplecalendar.io/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:20008)\n    at Function.I (https://simplecalendar.io/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:7520)\n    at Function.<anonymous> (https://simplecalendar.io/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.1:2:2898)\n    at Function.e.<computed> [as find] (https://simplecalendar.io/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.1:2:1582)\n    at ce.fn.init.find (https://simplecalendar.io/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:21991)\n    at e.<computed>.ce.fn.init (https://simplecalendar.io/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1:2:22483)\n    at e.<computed>.<anonymous> (https://simplecalendar.io/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.1:2:2438)\n    at new e.<computed> (https://simplecalendar.io/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.1:2:1582)",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Calendars → Tools

Page screenshot: Calendars → Tools
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=calendar&page=simple-calendar_tools
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.740 s
Memory usage 4.43 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 0.265 s
Memory usage 4.34 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 1.429 s
Memory usage 6.59 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.699 s0.668 s-0.031 s3.92 MiB4.12 MiB+ 200.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.905 s0.797 s-0.108 s3.98 MiB4.16 MiB+ 181.21 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.654 s1.828 s+0.174 s6.56 MiB6.76 MiB+ 206.94 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.996 s0.664 s-0.332 s3.89 MiB4.05 MiB+ 165.41 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.542 s0.533 s-0.009 s3.86 MiB4.01 MiB+ 156.35 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.554 s0.943 s+0.389 s3.85 MiB4.01 MiB+ 164.49 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.670 s0.523 s-0.147 s3.86 MiB4.03 MiB+ 169.69 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.598 s1.377 s-0.221 s6.55 MiB6.75 MiB+ 207.12 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.638 s0.597 s-0.041 s3.86 MiB4.01 MiB+ 152.85 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.517 s0.535 s+0.018 s3.88 MiB4.03 MiB+ 153.2 KiB
/0.263 s0.213 s-0.050 s4.23 MiB4.34 MiB+ 117.2 KiB
Average 0.821 s0.789 s-0.033 s4.4 MiB4.57 MiB+ 170.47 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
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP87.7%12,6996,40174
CSS6.6%9601671
PO File5.4%7834551
SVG0.2%3301
Total 14,475 7,023 77

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 12,666
Total complexity 2,490
Median class complexity 24.0
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class SimpleCalendar\Browser
Most complex function SimpleCalendar\Events\Event_Builder::process_event_content()
Classes 64
Methods 474
Functions 41

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 3

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
calendarCalendars

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
gce_widgetSimple Calendar

Meta Boxes

{
    "calendar": {
        "simcal-calendar-settings": {
            "title": "Calendar Settings",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "simcal-upgrade": {
            "title": "Looking for more?",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "simcal-get-shortcode": {
            "title": "Calendar Shortcode",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[21-May-2026 02:19:33 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($version1) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/google-calendar-events/includes/update.php on line 69
[21-May-2026 02:19:33 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($version1) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/google-calendar-events/includes/update.php on line 69
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Simple Calendar Admin Menus and Meta Boxes