Title: A. Smith Health Monitor Author: asmithmedia Published: April 20, 2026 Last modified: August 27, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/asmith-health-monitor/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3511205) ![](https://ps.w.org/asmith-health-monitor/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3511205) # A. Smith Health Monitor By [asmithmedia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/asmithmedia/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/asmith-health-monitor.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/asmith-health-monitor/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/asmith-health-monitor/#reviews) * [Installation](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/asmith-health-monitor/#installation) * [Development](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/asmith-health-monitor/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asmith-health-monitor/) ## Description **A. Smith Health Monitor** scans your active plugins and gives each one a health score based on update status, compatibility, performance impact, and known conflict patterns. It flags common patterns such as running multiple caching or SEO plugins at the same time, which can contribute to site issues. #### Key Features * **Plugin Health Scores** – Each active plugin gets a score (0-100) based on update freshness, WordPress compatibility, active installs, support resolution rate, and rating. * **Conflict Detection** – Detects multiple plugins in the same category (caching, SEO, security, backup, minification) that commonly cause conflicts. * **Performance Profiling** – Measures each plugin’s footprint: file count, disk size, registered hooks, autoloaded options, and estimated memory usage. Labels plugins as lightweight, moderate, or heavy. * **Safe Mode** – One-click conflict isolation testing. Temporarily hides all plugins except one to help identify which is causing issues. No database changes — uses WordPress filters. Auto-expires after 15 minutes. * **PHP Error Detection** – Scans your debug log for plugin-related errors and groups them by source plugin. * **Hook Congestion Alerts** – Warns when many plugins are hooked into sensitive WordPress hooks like `the_content` or `wp_head`. * **Email Health Reports** – Scheduled email digests (daily/weekly/monthly) with your site’s health score, issues, and recommendations. * **Actionable Recommendations** – Prioritized suggestions to resolve conflicts, update plugins, and improve performance. #### How It Works 1. Install and activate the plugin. 2. Visit **Health Monitor** in your admin menu. 3. View your overall health score and per-plugin report cards. 4. Click **Run New Scan** for a fresh analysis. 5. Use **Test in Safe Mode** to isolate any suspicious plugin. #### Privacy Scans run locally on your site and are cached in WordPress transients. Optionally, you can enable “Allow enhanced plugin metadata lookup” in Settings to fetch public ratings and update data for your active plugins from the WordPress.org plugin directory. This option is disabled by default. No data is sent to A. Smith Media servers. #### Pro Features (Optional Add-On) The free version is fully functional on its own. A Pro add-on is available separately at [asmith.media/health-monitor](https://asmith.media/health-monitor/) with: * Auto-rollback on detected conflicts * Real-time conflict monitoring dashboard * Performance history and trends (Chart.js graphs) * Slack and email alert notifications * White-label reports for agencies * PDF health report export ## Screenshots [⌊Dashboard with overall health score and plugin cards⌉⌊Dashboard with overall health score and plugin cards⌉[ Dashboard with overall health score and plugin cards [⌊Conflict detection showing multiple caching plugins⌉⌊Conflict detection showing multiple caching plugins⌉[ Conflict detection showing multiple caching plugins [⌊Performance profiling with impact labels⌉⌊Performance profiling with impact labels⌉[ Performance profiling with impact labels [⌊Safe Mode indicator in admin bar⌉⌊Safe Mode indicator in admin bar⌉[ Safe Mode indicator in admin bar [⌊Email health report⌉⌊Email health report⌉[ Email health report ## Installation 1. Upload the `asmith-health-monitor` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`. 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu. 3. Go to **Health Monitor** in the admin menu to view your dashboard. ## FAQ ### Does this plugin slow down my site? Scans run on-demand or via a daily cron event. Results are cached in transients so repeated page loads do not re-run the scan. ### Does Safe Mode actually deactivate my plugins? No. Safe Mode uses a WordPress filter (`option_active_plugins`) to temporarily hide plugins from the active list. No database changes are made. It auto-expires after 15 minutes. ### Does the free version require an account or external service? No account is required and no data is sent to A. Smith Media. By default, the plugin works entirely on your site. You can optionally opt in to fetch plugin ratings and update metadata from the public WordPress.org plugin directory via the Settings screen. ### What PHP version is required? PHP 7.4 or higher. WordPress 6.0 or higher. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “A. Smith Health Monitor” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ asmithmedia ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/asmithmedia/) [Translate “A. Smith Health Monitor” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/asmith-health-monitor) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/asmith-health-monitor/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/asmith-health-monitor/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/asmith-health-monitor/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/asmith-health-monitor/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial release * Plugin health scoring (0-100) * Conflict detection for caching, SEO, security, backup, and minification plugins * Performance profiling with impact labels * Safe Mode for conflict isolation testing * PHP error log scanning * Hook congestion detection * Email health report digests * Optional WordPress.org plugin directory metadata lookup (opt-in) ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated: **1 month ago** * Active installations: **Fewer than 10** * WordPress Version: ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to: **7.1.3** * PHP Version: ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/asmith-health-monitor/) * Tags: * [health check](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/health-check/)[monitoring](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/monitoring/) [performance](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/performance/)[plugin conflicts](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/plugin-conflicts/) [safe mode](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/safe-mode/) * [Advanced View](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/asmith-health-monitor/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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