
🚀 Performance Profiler by CognitoWP
Pinpoint the plugins slowing down your WordPress site.
See exactly how much memory and load time each active plugin adds—identify performance bottlenecks in seconds.
🧩 Key Features
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⚡ Real-time Performance Analysis
Instantly measure load time and memory usage for each active plugin. -
🎯 Impact Visualization
Color-coded indicators (🟢 Low, 🟡 Medium, 🔴 High) make it easy to spot resource-heavy plugins. -
🧮 Admin Bar Widget
View live performance metrics right from the WordPress admin bar. -
🔗 Hook Analysis
Discover how many hooks each plugin registers—useful for developers and power users. -
💾 Cached Results
Run once, view anytime. Results are cached to avoid unnecessary overhead. -
🧼 Clean, Sortable Interface
Easy-to-read results table lets you sort by load time, memory usage, and more.
💡 How It Helps
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🕵️ Identify plugins that degrade performance
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🔄 Make smarter decisions about plugins to keep, replace, or remove
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📉 Optimize load times and memory usage
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📊 Track plugin performance over time
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🛠️ Troubleshoot speed issues with confidence
👥 Perfect For
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👨💻 WordPress Developers
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🧑💼 Site Administrators
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🧠 Performance Optimization Experts
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🏢 Digital Agencies
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⚙️ Anyone who wants a faster WordPress site
📦 Installation
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Upload the
plugin-load-profilerfolder to/wp-content/plugins/ -
Activate the plugin via the Plugins menu
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Go to Tools > Performance Profiler
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Click “Run Profiler Test” to generate your first report
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
🔍 How does the profiler work?
It analyzes each active plugin’s load impact by measuring memory usage and execution time, offering both detailed and summary metrics.
🐌 Will this plugin slow down my site?
No. Tests run only when triggered manually and results are cached to avoid performance overhead.
🎨 What do the impact levels mean?
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🟢 Low (Green): Under 10ms – Minimal impact
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🟡 Medium (Yellow): 10–50ms – Moderate impact
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🔴 High (Red): Over 50ms – Significant impact
⏱️ Can I schedule tests?
Currently, profiling is manual. Automated test scheduling may be introduced in future updates.
✅ Is the data accurate?
Yes, it provides reliable relative comparisons. Absolute values may vary depending on your server and current load conditions.
Changelog:
= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release
* Core profiling functionality
* Admin interface
* Admin bar widget
* Caching system
* Multilingual support ready
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Support by CognitoWP
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What support includes
- Answers to product-related questions
- Help with reported bugs and issues
- Guidance for included third-party assets
What support does not include
- Customizations or new features
- Installation or setup services
Maintenance snapshot
See recent updates, compatibility, support, and developer activity.
- Updated 445 days ago
- WPBay support available
Snapshot updated 3 hours ago
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Maintenance details
This is maintenance data. It does not measure product quality or sales.
- Last update Updated 445 days ago
- Compatibility WordPress 6.8 tested, three versions behind · PHP 8.5 not marked as tested
- Releases 0 releases in the last 12 months
- Developer activity Developer less active
- Support No recent support tickets to measure
- Docs and demo Documentation missing · Changelog available · No demo listed
Health reflects recent activity during the last 90 days.
How this snapshot works
Plugin Health
The score is out of 100 and uses data WPBay can check. Ratings, popularity, and sales are not used.
- Last update 30 points
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Plugins receive full recency points under 30 days, then step down at 90, 180, 365, and 545 days.
- Compatibility 20 points
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WordPress, PHP, and WooCommerce (when relevant) are scored separately. The latest two PHP lines count as current. Nearby previous versions keep most of the points.
- Current version 100%
- One version behind 75%
- Two versions behind 50%
- Three versions behind 25%
- Older or not listed 0%
- Releases 15 points
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One release earns 10, two or three earn 13, and four or more earn 15. Each accepted product ZIP counts once; reprocessing the same upload and listing-only edits do not count.
- Developer activity 15 points
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Based on WPBay login and dashboard activity. Exact last-login dates are never shown.
- Support 15 points
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There are no recent WPBay tickets to measure.
- Docs and demo 5 points
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Documentation: 2. Changelog: 1. Working demo or preview: 2.
Score ranges
- 90–100 Excellent
- 75–89 Healthy
- 60–74 Fair
- 40–59 Needs attention
- 0–39 Limited
Long gaps
WPBay also checks for long gaps between updates, developer activity, support replies, and releases. Buyers do not see this score.
- Time since update 35 points
- Last developer activity 25 points
- WordPress compatibility 15 points
- Support replies 15 points
- Fewer releases 10 points
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