Heartbeat Controller
by Abdur Rahman · Performance
Control WordPress Heartbeat API to reduce load. Allow, disable, or set custom frequency for Dashboard, Post Editor, and Frontend.
Daily downloads
Since 2025-07-29 · 351 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “1K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 2K+ in roughly 195 days.
Install trend · reconstructed from 349 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-30 900+ → 1K+ up after 13 days in band
- 2026-04-17 800+ → 900+ up after 7 days in band
- 2026-04-10 700+ → 800+ up after 9 days in band
- 2026-04-01 600+ → 700+ up after 18 days in band
- 2026-03-14 500+ → 600+ up after 11 days in band
- 2026-03-03 400+ → 500+ up after 24 days in band
- 2026-02-07 300+ → 400+ up after 31 days in band
- 2026-01-07 200+ → 300+ up after 36 days in band
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