Heartbeat Control

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1. ★★★★★ Pierre236

   2.2y ago

   Hi, I started to use your extension after the end of Clearfy plugin. And it does the job, but I have problem 3 times with new article not saved. When I work on article, I often open many tabs and sometime, my browser, Firefox, block and I need to close it and reopen it. Normaly, I can find a backup of the article on wordpress, but 3 times recently, the article had completely disappeared. It’s terrible when you spend time on an article, sometimes more than an hour, to then discover that there’s nothing left, that all the work has to be redone. I deactivated heartbeat on the dashboard and on the site, and kept it only for the editor. I’ve changed the editor to 20, I imagine it’s 20 seconds, but will that be enough? When I’m working on a new article now, I save it when I think of it, but sometimes I forget, like today. What else can I do to make sure that the plugin doesn’t prevent WordPress from saving automatically? Thanks a lot!

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2. ★★★★★ invisionary

   2.5y ago

   I was suffering from 8-10 second delays between page loads. I tried everything I could think of to track it down, and neither tech support at Elegant Themes (DIVI Theme) nor my web hosting company Inmotion Hosting could find anything wrong as to the cause. Finally, I thought I’d try this this plug-in on a whim to see if the Heartbeat API was the cause. It was. I simply disabled the Heartbeat API on the front end using the Heartbeat Control plug-in and my pages were loading how they should without page caching in a fraction of a second. Later applied it to disable the back-end admin dashboard Heartbeat API and set the post editor heartbeat to 62 seconds (as many things seem to run on the exact minute). Simple to use interface, quick and convenient. This is an essential plug for WordPress.

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3. ★★★★★ Web davo

   2.7y ago

   i used wp rocket premium plugin for my site and had to install this as the load on my site was not optimizing, that means the feature in pro plugin is useless?

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4. ★★★★★ -

   3.0y ago

   Plugin file size 4.2mbs for just controlling heartbeat api. Overengineer This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by -.

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5. ★★★★★ lakenetwork

   3.1y ago

   Much appreciate this plugin which allows me to have more control over optimizing my site – and for free.

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6. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 20443167

   3.6y ago

   Ancient plugin, untested, produce errors as soon as you activate it: The plugin generated 630 characters of unexpected output during activation Also has errors on it’s dashboard menu, trying to ping wordpress.org resulting in 404 error. Old bad, dangerous. Remove it from your site and WP repository.

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7. ★★★★★ alextintea

   3.8y ago

   All the three options in “General settings” are not displayed. When I deactivate EverlightBox, everything goes back to normal. I have WP v. 6.1 and the free version of Event Star theme (with Gutentor – Gutenberg Blocks and SiteOrigin page builders). Cheers 🙂 This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by alextintea. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by alextintea. Reason: just to add more information

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8. ★★★★★ milosmili1234

   4.1y ago

   POST admin-ajax.php – WP6.0.1 + WooCommerce 6.7.0: time to load never less than 2 seconds on any page when Heartbeat control is disabled on the dashboard, front, and post editor. So an average load page time is > 4 seconds, meaning half of the load time goes to admin-ajax.php

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.0.1 Fix PHP warnings & deprecated notices 2.0.1
2. — Version 2.0 Revamp the settings page. 2.0
3. — Version 1.2.5 Fixed issue caused by previous version deployment. Added hbc_disable_notice hook to force dismissal of update notices. Additional documentation added. Minor standards adjustments. 1.2.5
4. — Version 1.2.4 Updated CMB2 to 2.4.2. Bumpted “tested up to” version. Fixed a bug that occurred if no locations were selected. Minor standards adjustments. 1.2.4
5. — Version 1.2.3 Added composer.json and composer.lock that were missing. Updated CMB2 to 2.3 Translation files generated. Language path and text domain added to plugin header. Bumped compatible WP version. 1.2.3
6. — Version 1.2.2 Minor bugfixes. 1.2.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.1

Translated into 14 languages, 11 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-02-13 90K+ → 80K+ down after 127 days in tier
2. 2025-10-09 100K+ → 90K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Dynamic Front-End Heartbeat Control 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B
• Heartbeat Controller 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C
• A AJAX Heartbeat Tool 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
• NexraOne Agent 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
• OrderPulse: Auto Refresh Orders for WooCommerce 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
• Native Performance 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C

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Heartbeat Control: 80K+ active installs, 4.2★ (68 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/heartbeat-control