VitalLens

v1.0.0

Core Web Vitals monitoring for WordPress that keeps its own history, tells real-visitor data from lab tests, and names the element and cause behind a failing metric.

WordPress 6.2+PHP 7.4+A free Google PageSpeed Insights API key

Changelog

1.0.0#

First public release. Earlier numbered builds were development versions that were never published.

  • Tracks the pages you choose against Google PageSpeed Insights on a schedule, using your own API key, and stores every result.
  • Labels every reading as real visitors, origin only or lab only.
  • Names the element, the cause Lighthouse attributed it to and the share of the metric it accounts for, for each failing Core Web Vital, reading seventeen diagnostic audits.
  • Two-dot column on the Posts and Pages lists with a hover card; a dashboard that states the situation in a sentence; a dashboard widget.
  • History per page with the failing threshold on the chart and a readout on hover or arrow keys.
  • Four email alerts judged by the headroom a change consumed, not by percentage.
  • Check now on a page's report; Run checks now on the dashboard.
  • CSV export of every tracked page or one page's history, and a printable site-wide report.
  • Automatic backups on deactivation with one-click restore; data kept on delete unless you opt out.
  • A real cron command in Settings for sites where WP-Cron stalls.