Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 3.7.0

Does "Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor" work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
6Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 6.35 MiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.295 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.9.4
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 600,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/kadence-blocks/
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Pages 8

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=kadence-blocks%2Fkadence-blocks.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=5dd5b60be9
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.674 s
Memory usage 10.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Liquid Web

Page screenshot: Liquid Web
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=lw-software-manager
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.440 s
Memory usage 8.73 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Kadence

Page screenshot: Kadence
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=kadence-blocks-home
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.563 s
Memory usage 8.8 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Kadence → Settings

Page screenshot: Kadence → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=kadence-blocks
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.560 s
Memory usage 8.73 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Kadence → Forms

Page screenshot: Kadence → Forms
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=kadence_form
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.343 s
Memory usage 8.79 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Kadence → Navigations

Page screenshot: Kadence → Navigations
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=kadence_navigation
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.523 s
Memory usage 8.79 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Kadence → Headers

Page screenshot: Kadence → Headers
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=kadence_header
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.319 s
Memory usage 8.79 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 0.303 s
Memory usage 8.87 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.512 s0.654 s+0.142 s3.78 MiB8.8 MiB+ 5.02 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.387 s0.369 s-0.018 s3.78 MiB8.81 MiB+ 5.02 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.864 s3.310 s+2.446 s6.31 MiB18.87 MiB+ 12.56 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.942 s0.892 s-0.050 s3.74 MiB8.75 MiB+ 5.01 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.448 s0.437 s-0.011 s3.71 MiB8.73 MiB+ 5.02 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.507 s0.348 s-0.159 s3.7 MiB8.73 MiB+ 5.02 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.353 s0.314 s-0.039 s3.72 MiB8.74 MiB+ 5.03 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.977 s1.719 s+0.742 s6.3 MiB18.69 MiB+ 12.39 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.427 s0.615 s+0.188 s3.71 MiB8.73 MiB+ 5.01 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.364 s0.432 s+0.068 s3.73 MiB8.75 MiB+ 5.01 MiB
/0.298 s0.235 s-0.063 s4.11 MiB8.87 MiB+ 4.76 MiB
Average 0.553 s0.848 s+0.295 s4.24 MiB10.59 MiB+ 6.35 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
PHP96.5%44,09612,094235
JavaScript1.4%63017718
JSON0.8%37601
XML0.7%33601
Markdown0.4%17301
SVG0.2%71015
Sass0.0%601
Total 45,688 12,271 272

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 39,610
Total complexity 12,625
Median class complexity 8.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Kadence_Blocks_CSS
Most complex function Kadence_Blocks_Form_Block::build_css()
Classes 204
Methods 1,194
Functions 48

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 2

Options wp_options 8

Custom Post Types 5

ID Name
kadence_formForms
kadence_navigationKadence Navigation
kadence_headerKadence Header
kadence_lottieLottie Animations
kadence_vectorVector SVGs

PHP Error Log 6 lines

[12-May-2026 04:26:53 UTC] Harbor: Scanning 1 active plugin(s) for embedded license key.
[12-May-2026 04:26:53 UTC] Harbor: No embedded license key found in any active plugin.
[12-May-2026 04:26:54 UTC] Harbor: Catalog HTTP request: GET https://software.liquidweb.com/wp-json/slw/v1/catalog
[12-May-2026 04:26:54 UTC] Harbor: Catalog HTTP request: GET https://software.liquidweb.com/wp-json/slw/v1/catalog
[12-May-2026 04:26:54 UTC] Harbor: Catalog HTTP response: 200
[12-May-2026 04:26:54 UTC] Harbor: Catalog HTTP response: 200
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor Admin Menus