I found a free plugin around July of last year that shows me with visual elements like dials, meters, progress bars, etc, server speed and cpu usage — all in the same dashboard, realtime. But I can’t find any reference to it in my notes and I can’t find anything in my searches in WordPress plugins database for “server”, “dashboard”, “cores”, etc. My original host didn’t give me access so I had to call them and ask about what server speed I was getting (compared to what I was promised). The plugin I found solved that issue by showing me what the server speed is REALTIME.
Does anyone know what this plugin is called?
NOTE: This is not a caching or performance improvement plugin I’m seeking — there’s plenty of those.
We are not talking about Query Monitor, Code Profiler, or MonsterInsights — nothing to do with Google Analytics.
I am also not looking for speed optimization plugins — the majority of what I find when I search for “how to measure server speed”
These plugins are the closest I was able to find:
* Dashboard Server Specs
* WordPress Server Stats
* WordPress Hosting Benchmark Tool
* Disk Space Usage
* wp Hosting Performance Check
* WPPerformanceTester
I tried out WordPress Hosting Benchmark Tool and wp Hosting Performance Check — neither of them are it.
Benchmarking isn’t the answer because the plugin I found monitors and displays realtime server metrics, whereas benchmarks require you to push a button to launch a test.
Thanks for any help!
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Digital Ocean does this for free. It can also email / message you on slack if the CPU/ram / load goes over a defined percentage and has visual graphs over time.
`htop`
If your host doesn’t give you SSH access, find a better host.