Marcus (aka @msykes)

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Marcus

<p>WP Safe Mode allows you to view your site temporarily with certain plugins disabled/enabled as well as switching to another theme.</p>
<p>This is particularly useful if you are experiencing problems with a specific plugin or theme and need troubleshoot without it affecting the rest of your site visitors.</p>
<p>Additionally, a loader file can be directly installed via FTP to help you access an inaccessible site due to PHP errors (e.g. blank screens or white screen of death) to help restore it from the admin panel.</p>
<h4>Main Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Enter Safe Mode for just yourself whilst logged in.</li>
<li>Enable Safe Mode for the whole site.</li>
<li>Admin Bar shortcuts for enabling/disabling Safe Mode.</li>
<li>Restrict Safe Mode to certain IP addresses.</li>
<li>Automatic installation (if file permissions allow).</li>
<li>Fallback to a default WordPress theme or one of your choice in Safe Mode.</li>
<li>Prevent or allow Must-Use plugins from loading in Safe-Mode.</li>
<li>Handy loader file via FTP when your site is completely inaccessible.</li>
<li>MultiSite Support
<ul>
<li>Network-wide Safe Mode (for just you, or everyone)</li>
<li>Restrict Network-wide Safe Mode to certain IP address</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>MultiSite Site-Specific Safe Modes
<ul>
<li>Override Network-wide Safe Mode settings for an individual site</li>
<li>Network Admins can deactivate Network-Active and Must-Use plugins.</li>
<li>Allow individual site admins from enabling safe mode for their own site.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Data Privacy and GDPR Compliance</h4>
<p>No personal data is used or stored by this plugin. For those entering user-only mode, a cookie is loaded to identify that user.</p>


WP Safe Mode

Disable plugins or switch themes for just you or the whole site for debugging, troubleshooting or accessing and restoring a broken website.

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.

WP Safe Mode vs A. Smith Health Monitor