Marius L. J.

<p>Troubleshooting Mode was initially a feature introduced via the Health Check plugin, and is now available as a standalone plugin.</p>
<p>The most common, and reliable, means of troubleshooting a website using WordPress, is by first disabling all plugins, and using one of the default themes that come with the software.<br />
The best way to do this, is by the use of a staging website, but not all website hosting providers have this feature, or it may not be part of the plan you are currently on.</p>
<p>Troubleshooting Mode will do its best to allow a site maintainer to disable plugins, and switch themes, without affecting regular visitors to your website.</p>


Troubleshooting

Provides a Troubleshooting Mode to help with support and debugging.

asmithmedia

<p><strong>A. Smith Health Monitor</strong> 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.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Plugin Health Scores</strong> – Each active plugin gets a score (0-100) based on update freshness, WordPress compatibility, active installs, support resolution rate, and rating.</li>
<li><strong>Conflict Detection</strong> – Detects multiple plugins in the same category (caching, SEO, security, backup, minification) that commonly cause conflicts.</li>
<li><strong>Performance Profiling</strong> – Measures each plugin’s footprint: file count, disk size, registered hooks, autoloaded options, and estimated memory usage. Labels plugins as lightweight, moderate, or heavy.</li>
<li><strong>Safe Mode</strong> – 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.</li>
<li><strong>PHP Error Detection</strong> – Scans your debug log for plugin-related errors and groups them by source plugin.</li>
<li><strong>Hook Congestion Alerts</strong> – Warns when many plugins are hooked into sensitive WordPress hooks like <code>the_content</code> or <code>wp_head</code>.</li>
<li><strong>Email Health Reports</strong> – Scheduled email digests (daily/weekly/monthly) with your site’s health score, issues, and recommendations.</li>
<li><strong>Actionable Recommendations</strong> – Prioritized suggestions to resolve conflicts, update plugins, and improve performance.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Visit <strong>Health Monitor</strong> in your admin menu.</li>
<li>View your overall health score and per-plugin report cards.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Run New Scan</strong> for a fresh analysis.</li>
<li>Use <strong>Test in Safe Mode</strong> to isolate any suspicious plugin.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<p>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.</p>
<h4>Pro Features (Optional Add-On)</h4>
<p>The free version is fully functional on its own. A Pro add-on is available separately at <a href="https://asmith.media/health-monitor/" rel="nofollow ugc">asmith.media/health-monitor</a> with:</p>
<ul>
<li>Auto-rollback on detected conflicts</li>
<li>Real-time conflict monitoring dashboard</li>
<li>Performance history and trends (Chart.js graphs)</li>
<li>Slack and email alert notifications</li>
<li>White-label reports for agencies</li>
<li>PDF health report export</li>
</ul>


A. Smith Health Monitor

Detect plugin conflicts, measure performance impact, and get actionable health scores for every active plugin on your WordPress site.

Troubleshooting vs A. Smith Health Monitor