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<p>How fast is your web host? Dozens of PHP speed tests, 1 overall grade: The easy way to compare hosting performance.</p>
<h3>Bringing Transparency to Your Web Host’s PHP Performance</h3>
<p>The faster your websites run, the better. Better SEO, better UX, better returns on your effort. But in any PHP-based system (including WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, and many others) there’s an important performance factor that’s hard for you to see and mostly beyond your control. It’s your web hosting. How fast does PHP run on the infrastructure that your web host provides?</p>
<p>PHP Vitals gives you a simple way to find out.</p>
<h3>A Free, Quick and Easy Speed Test</h3>
<p>In a minute or two, PHP Vitals analyses exactly how well your server performs on dozens of different tests of PHP performance. When you run PHP Vitals you’ll see an overall grade, and you can see where your web host belongs on the PHP Vitals leaderboard.</p>
<p>You can’t see your server hardware. You don’t know how many others are sharing your resources. You don’t know if your hosting is rate-limited, over-provisioned, or dependent on ancient CPUs. PHP Vitals lifts the lid on what you’re really getting for your money.</p>
<h3>What Gets Tested</h3>
<p>PHP Vitals focuses on base PHP functions. Base categories are:<br />
– <code>php_features</code><br />
– <code>math</code><br />
– <code>string</code><br />
– <code>array</code><br />
– <code>crypto</code><br />
– <code>file</code><br />
– <code>serialization</code></p>
<p>Specific operations that are tested include:<br />
– PHP Class (getter/setter).<br />
– Public properties and methods.<br />
– Simple math operations.<br />
– Complex math operations.<br />
– String concatenations.<br />
– Regular expressions (regex).<br />
– Functions: explode, strpos.<br />
– Operations: Array sorting, set, unset, copy, and others.<br />
– Password hashing.<br />
– MD5 hashing.<br />
– SHA256 hashing.</p>
<p>There are no MySQL or database benchmarks included.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<p>PHP Vitals suite of PHP performance benchmarking tests usually takes only 1-2 minutes to run. The tests give you live performance data.</p>
<p>Each time you run PHP Vitals you’ll see a breakdown of individual test data and an overall grade (A+ to F). Test data is objective, for example the time taken for each test. Grades are based on the overall time taken. The subjective grading scale is likely to change over time (e.g. an A in 2025 is unlikely to still be an A in 2027).</p>
<p>With the option to submit test results to the PHP Vitals leaderboard, you can let developers around the world see a summary of your results, and the hosting provider that it came from. Sharing is optional and no personal data is collected, shared or stored.</p>
<p>PHP Vitals data is presented through a beautiful and responsive admin interface. Run and share tests on demand, and build up a history of performance grades over time.</p>
<h3>Usage on WordPress</h3>
<p>PHP Vitals is very straightforward. Install the plugin, open “PHP Vitals” from the main menu in your WordPress admin dashboard, and click “Run Benchmark”.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to <a href="https://phpvitals.com" rel="nofollow ugc">PHP Vitals</a> to compare the user’s benchmark test results (This is an optional service).</p>
<p>If the “Compare my Results” option is active, each time the user runs the Benchmark Test their results will be shared with PHP Vitals.</p>
<p>This service is provided by PHP Vitals: <a href="https://phpvitals.com/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a>, <a href="https://phpvitals.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Use</a></p>


PHP Vitals

How fast is your web host? Dozens of PHP speed tests, 1 overall grade: The easy way to compare hosting performance.

Anton Aleksandrov

<p>This plugin empowers you to thoroughly evaluate your WordPress hosting server’s performance with detailed, objective metrics. Simple and free to use – our mission is to help regular WordPress users determine if they’re actually getting the hosting quality they’ve paid for.</p>
<h3>Comprehensive Testing Suite</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>CPU & Processing Power:</strong> Tests both raw processing speed and WordPress-specific functions</li>
<li><strong>Memory Usage & Efficiency:</strong> Evaluates how effectively your server handles memory-intensive operations</li>
<li><strong>Filesystem Performance:</strong> Measures file read/write capabilities critical for WordPress</li>
<li><strong>Database Operations:</strong> Tests query execution speed and complex joins</li>
<li><strong>WordPress Object Cache:</strong> Evaluates persistent cache performance</li>
<li><strong>Network Speed:</strong> Measures connection responsiveness</li>
</ul>
<h3>Advanced Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Scheduled Benchmarking:</strong> Automatically run tests at regular intervals to monitor your hosting performance over time and identify patterns or degradation</li>
<li><strong>WordPress Core Function Tests:</strong> Specifically tests WordPress operations like shortcode processing, hook execution, and transient handling</li>
<li><strong>Comparative Analysis:</strong> See how your hosting stacks up against others with similar configurations</li>
<li><strong>Performance Scoring:</strong> Get an objective rating that helps you understand your server’s capabilities</li>
</ul>
<h3>Easy to Use</h3>
<p>No technical expertise or additional software required! All tests run directly within WordPress, using your existing PHP installation. Simply install the plugin, click to run benchmarks, and get detailed results you can understand.</p>
<h3>Make Informed Decisions</h3>
<p>Whether you’re troubleshooting slow site performance, evaluating a new hosting provider, or simply curious about your current hosting quality, this tool provides the concrete data you need to make smart decisions about your WordPress hosting.<br />
Don’t settle for underwhelming hosting performance. Use WordPress Hosting Benchmark Tool today to discover exactly what you’re getting from your hosting provider.</p>


Hosting Benchmark tool

Excellent

Highly recommend this plugin to get a high level overview of how your WordPress website is working and how good is your web hosting server. It does exactly what it says on the tin without additional bloat. 

The generated results page is an added bonus to be able to share to clients.

Great Plugin / Highly recommended

Great plugin

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