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Snitch

by pluginkollektiv · Security

Also makes 6 other plugins · 843.9K+ installs across the portfolio →

Network monitor for WordPress. Connection overview for monitoring and controlling outgoing data traffic.

How scoring works →
80 Health · B
Maintenance 90/100
Rating quality 75/100
Support 70/100

80 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

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

96 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 81/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+56% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

178

now · peak 904

17930d downloads · Aug 26

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

Snitch · #7572 you Forget Spam Comment · #2208 WebTotem Security · #7374 Wordfence Security · #11

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

224per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

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

1

releases in the last 12 months

6mo ago

latest release · v1.2.1

11

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.1 · 6mo ago1.2.0 · 2.8y ago1.1.9 · 2.8y ago1.1.8 · 7.0y ago1.1.7 · 7.4y ago1.1.3 · 11.7y ago1.1.2 · 11.8y ago1.1.1 · 11.9y ago1.1.0 · 11.9y ago1.0.12 · 12.1y ago1.0.11 · 12.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

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.

v1.2 77%
v1.1 23%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
800–900 ≈850

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-04-01 · 1,430 observations

800Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.2.1
Last updated
6mo ago
Added
2013-02-12 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.8
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
5.2.4

Recent reviews

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  1. JimJam
    2.5y 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
    2.8y 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
    4.0y ago

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

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  4. Carike
    4.6y 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
    5.5y 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
    6.2y 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
    6.5y 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
    7.3y 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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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 11 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Dutch 100%
German 100%
German (Formal) 100%
Portuguese (Portugal) 100%
Russian 100%
Swedish 94%
Spanish (Chile) 79%
Spanish (Spain) 79%
German (Austria) 70%
German (Switzerland) 70%
German (Switzerland) Informal 70%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-03-22 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-21 900+ → 800+ down after 8 days in tier
  3. 2026-03-13 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
  4. 2026-03-11 900+ → 800+ down after 37 days in tier
  5. 2026-02-02 800+ → 900+ up after 56 days in tier
  6. 2025-12-08 900+ → 800+ down after 3 days in tier
  7. 2025-12-05 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-12-04 900+ → 800+ down after 1 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: 800+ active installs, 4.0★ (27 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/snitch