monitorcat

Monitor.Cat is a lightweight WordPress toolkit that helps you understand and improve your site’s SEO, performance, and system health — all from one beautiful dashboard.
No external services required. Everything runs locally on your WordPress installation. No accounts to create, no API keys to configure, no data leaves your site.
<h4>SEO Analysis</h4>
Scan any post or page for SEO issues with 10 built-in analyzers:
<ul>
<li>Meta tags — Title and description length, presence, and uniqueness</li>
<li>Open Graph — OG and Twitter Card tag verification</li>
<li>Heading hierarchy — H1-H6 structure validation</li>
<li>Image alt text — Coverage analysis across all images</li>
<li>Schema.org — Structured data detection</li>
<li>Links — Internal and external link analysis</li>
<li>XML Sitemap — Sitemap availability check</li>
<li>Robots.txt — Search engine visibility verification</li>
<li>Canonical URLs — Duplicate content prevention</li>
<li>Readability — Content readability scoring</li>
</ul>
<h4>Speed Optimization</h4>
Analyze and improve your site’s loading performance:
<ul>
<li>Page weight — HTML size and resource analysis</li>
<li>Image optimization — WebP availability and lazy loading check</li>
<li>Asset audit — CSS/JS file count and render-blocking detection</li>
<li>Database cleanup — Remove revisions, auto-drafts, spam, and expired transients</li>
<li>Caching — Object cache, page cache, and browser cache detection</li>
<li>Compression — GZIP/Brotli compression verification</li>
<li>Response time — Server TTFB measurement</li>
</ul>
<h4>System Diagnostics</h4>
Comprehensive environment information at a glance:
<ul>
<li>PHP version, extensions, and configuration</li>
<li>WordPress version, debug settings, and constants</li>
<li>Database server info and table statistics</li>
<li>Web server, disk space, and SSL status</li>
<li>Active plugins and theme details</li>
<li>Health checks: cron, REST API, permalinks, file permissions</li>
</ul>
<h4>Coming Soon</h4>
Additional modules are in development:
<ul>
<li>Security — Login protection and hardening</li>
<li>Backup — Scheduled database and file backups</li>
<li>SMTP — Mail configuration and testing</li>
<li>Redirect Manager — URL redirect management</li>
<li>Scanner — Malware and integrity scanning</li>
</ul>

Monitor.Cat

SEO analysis, speed optimization, and diagnostics toolkit for WordPress. All-in-one site health from one dashboard.

Chris LOW

Diagnostic Glance provides a comprehensive overview of your WordPress installation’s key technical details in an easy-to-copy format, perfect for sharing when seeking help on WordPress support forums.
When WordPress challenges arise that are beyond your current expertise, getting help from the community becomes essential. Support volunteers can better diagnose your issues when they can quickly review your site’s configuration, hosting environment, and basic statistics.
This plugin creates a dashboard widget that consolidates all essential diagnostic information in one convenient location, with a simple one-click copy feature to share the details wherever you need help.
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>One-Click Copy – Modern clipboard functionality with fallback support for all browsers</li>
<li>Comprehensive Information – WordPress version, themes, plugins, server config, and more</li>
<li>Configurable Sections – Show or hide specific diagnostic sections as needed</li>
<li>Shortcode Support – Create a dedicated diagnostic page with <code>[diagnostic_glance]</code></li>
<li>Mobile Responsive – Works perfectly on all device sizes</li>
<li>Accessibility Ready – Full keyboard navigation and screen reader support</li>
<li>Translation Ready – Complete internationalization support</li>
<li>Privacy Focused – No external connections, all data stays on your server</li>
</ul>
<h3>Information Collected</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress Version and configuration settings</li>
<li>Themes – All installed themes with version numbers and active theme indicator</li>
<li>Plugins – All installed plugins with version numbers and activation status</li>
<li>WordPress Configuration – Memory limits, debug settings, permalink structure</li>
<li>Server Information – Web server type, PHP version, MySQL version, memory settings</li>
<li>PHP Extensions – All loaded PHP modules and extensions</li>
<li>Apache/Nginx Modules – Web server modules (when available)</li>
<li>Site Statistics – User counts, posts, pages, comments, and media library totals</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why Use Diagnostic Glance?</h3>
When seeking help on WordPress forums, support volunteers often need to know: 
– What version of WordPress you’re running 
– Which plugins and themes are active 
– Your server configuration 
– Any debug settings or memory limits
Instead of manually gathering this information, Diagnostic Glance compiles everything automatically in a format that’s easy to read and share.
<h3>Shortcode Usage</h3>
Create a dedicated diagnostic page using the shortcode:
<ul>
<li><code>[diagnostic_glance]</code> – Display using current widget settings</li>
<li><code>[diagnostic_glance sections="themes,plugins"]</code> – Show specific sections only</li>
<li><code>[diagnostic_glance cache="false"]</code> – Disable caching for real-time data</li>
<li><code>[diagnostic_glance show_footer="false"]</code> – Hide plugin attribution</li>
</ul>
Available sections: <code>themes</code>, <code>plugins</code>, <code>wordpress</code>, <code>server</code>, <code>php</code>, <code>apache</code>, <code>stats</code>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
Diagnostic Glance is designed with privacy in mind:
Data Collection: This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data or site information to external servers.
Local Operation: All diagnostic information is generated and displayed locally on your WordPress installation.
No Tracking: The plugin does not use cookies, analytics, or any tracking mechanisms.
Shared Information: The diagnostic information you choose to copy and share is entirely under your control.
<h3>Support</h3>
For support, feature requests, or bug reports:
<ul>
<li>WordPress.org Forums: <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/diagnostic-glance/" rel="ugc">Plugin Support Forum</a></li>
<li>Plugin Homepage: <a href="https://low.li/wordpress-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://low.li/wordpress-plugins/</a></li>
<li>Rate & Review: <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/diagnostic-glance/#reviews" rel="ugc">Leave a review</a> if you find this plugin helpful</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developer Information</h3>
GitHub Repository: Available for developers who want to contribute or review the code 
Hooks & Filters: The plugin provides action hooks for developers to extend functionality 
Translation: Help translate this plugin at <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/diagnostic-glance" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress.org Translate</a>
Action Hooks: 
* <code>diagnostic_glance_loaded</code> – Fired when the plugin is fully loaded 
* <code>diagnostic_glance_before_output</code> – Before diagnostic information is generated 
* <code>diagnostic_glance_after_output</code> – After diagnostic information is generated
Filters: 
* <code>diagnostic_glance_sections</code> – Modify available diagnostic sections 
* <code>diagnostic_glance_output</code> – Modify the diagnostic output before display

Diagnostic Glance

Diagnostic summary of WordPress setup including themes, plugins, system config, and site stats -- formatted for support forum posting.

Monitor.Cat vs Diagnostic Glance