Snitch

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 37 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 800.

1. ★★★★★ JimJam

   2.6y ago

   Earlier i had to manually monitor the QueryMonitor’s HTTP API Calls area to find all the callbacks. Now with this great plugin i don’t have to do it manually as the “SNITCH” plugin does the monitoring for me — what a great help. Thanks for this great plugin. Please ignore those who rate it anything other than 5 stars. For me this plugin goes on each WordPress stack — a-must-have 5 STAR plugin! God bless. Cheers.

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2. ★★★★★ Daniel XAG

   3.0y ago

   Das Plugin hat wiederholt meine Site zum erliegen gebracht: ein paar Minuten nach der Aktivierung hat die eingebaute Fehlererkennung von WP eine eMail geschickt: „In diesem Fall hat WordPress einen Fehler in einem deiner Plugins, Snitch, abgefangen“. Das Log von Snitch war dabei nicht hilfreich: da fand der Fehler keine Erwähnung. WordPress-Version 6.4.1 Aktives Theme: Twenty Twenty-Two (Version 1.6) Aktuelles Plugin: Snitch (Version 1.2.0) PHP-Version 8.1.22 This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by Daniel XAG.

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3. ★★★★★ mrwolfinformatica

   4.1y ago

   Simply epic. Lightweight, ultra simple UI. Really, really, really thz for that.

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4. ★★★★★ Carike

   4.7y ago

   This plugin isn’t for everyone. It should be, but it not. Such is life. For me, this is a critical tool that I have relied on since I found it a couple of years ago. It lets me identify plugins that phone home (or elsewhere) without permission, without needing to examine every line of code in the plugin (and those can be huge). It lets me make better decisions with regards to which plugins to support. It lets me report plugins when necessary – and encourage public accountability by leaving 1-star reviews for plugins who do act without permission. And if it is not possible to replace those plugins with others with similar functionality, it lets me block the calls to domains, or calls made by specific files. This plugin really deserves my first five star review. 😉

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5. ★★★★★ kotyarashop

   5.6y ago

   The plugin or its settings caused an error in Woocommerce: mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function get_type() on bool in /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/admin/meta-boxes/views/html-product-data-panel.php:20

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6. ★★★★★ Rui Oliveira

   6.4y ago

   I needed to block a useless (and stupid) HTTP API CALL from a specific URL, this plugin worked like a charm.

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7. ★★★★★ AeroStar

   6.7y ago

   A lifesaver! This plugin helped us identify the URLs that needed to be blocked or white-listed when using the following wp-config.php commands: define('WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNAL', true); define('WP_ACCESSIBLE_HOSTS', '*.wordpress.org, .mywebsite.com'); Above URLs are only examples. Actual URLs identified by this plugin and placed in our wp-config.php file, as applicable. Again, thanks a million. Your plugin rocks! This topic was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by jetxpert. This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Deleted link and reference to site

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8. ★★★★★ bla

   7.4y ago

   Thank you for this plugin, does exactly what it says and it’s something I’ve been looking for some time. Maybe add more description/tags so that people can easily find it

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Translated into 11 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-09-25 800+ → 700+ down after 73 days in tier
2. 2026-07-14 900+ → 800+ down after 114 days in tier
3. 2026-03-22 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-03-21 900+ → 800+ down after 8 days in tier
5. 2026-03-13 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
6. 2026-03-11 900+ → 800+ down after 37 days in tier
7. 2026-02-02 800+ → 900+ up after 56 days in tier
8. 2025-12-08 900+ → 800+ down after 3 days in tier

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).

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Snitch: 700+ active installs, 4.0★ (27 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/snitch