Detect Visual Composer

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Is there a way to detect if a WordPress page is using Visual Composer?

I have 2 different page templates:

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  1. Default template for regular pages.
  2. Template for visual composer pages.

I’m hoping there is a way to detect if a user is using visual composer to build the page instead of relying on the user selecting the visual composer template each time.

Is there a way to detect what page is being built and then assign a template based on that?

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  1. only for WPBakery Page Builder

    Actually, _wpb_vc_js_status since 4.8 is not correct, because it was not used anymore. The simplest way to check if page is using wpbakery – it is check for vc_row shortcode in content.

    $post = get_post();
if ( $post && preg_match( '/vc_row/', $post->post_content ) ) {
    // Visual composer works on current page/post
}

  2. Yes, you can detect if visual composer is enabled for a post. It’s stored in the _wpb_vc_js_status post meta attribute.

    $vc_enabled = get_post_meta($post_id, '_wpb_vc_js_status', true);

    Note that a post can still contain the visual composer shortcodes, even when visual composer editing is not currently enabled. For example, if I setup a page with visual composer and then revert back to the normal editor, _wpb_vc_js_status will be false.

  4. if( defined( 'WPB_VC_VERSION' ) ) { ... }

    works like a charm. I was searching for a possibility to hide the Nag screen that occurs when you get the WPBakery Page Builder as a bundeled plugin with a commercial theme to avoid customer’s confusion. In case someone could need that snippet:

    // hide nag screen of WP Bakery Visual composer if found
if( defined( 'WPB_VC_VERSION' ) ) {
    if(!isset($_COOKIE['vchideactivationmsg_vc11'])) {
        setcookie('vchideactivationmsg', '1', strtotime('+3 years'), '/');
        setcookie('vchideactivationmsg_vc11',  WPB_VC_VERSION, strtotime('+3 years'), '/');
     }
}

    Hook that into admin_init and you’re good to go!