Description
Bionic Uptime checks your website from outside every 60 seconds, from two locations on two different networks. When both agree the site is down, it sends you one plain email. When the site is back, it sends another.
This plugin puts that status on your WordPress dashboard. It shows the status in words, when the site was last checked, and a link to the full details on bionicuptime.com.
The plugin only reads. The key you paste in lets it read the status of this one website. It cannot change anything in your Bionic Uptime account.
One website is free forever. No card needed. Monitoring more than one website needs the Portfolio plan ($12 a month for up to 20). Get a key at bionicuptime.com/wordpress.
What the widget will never do:
- Show “Online” unless Bionic Uptime said so in the last minute.
- Guess. If the plugin cannot reach Bionic Uptime, it says so in grey. It does not show the last good status.
- Rely on colour alone. Every status has a shape and words.
The plugin adds no notices, no banners and nothing on the public side of your site.
External services
This plugin connects to the Bionic Uptime API at bionicuptime.com to read the status of your website. Without it, the plugin has nothing to show.
- What is sent: the key you saved, and your site’s address as part of the User-Agent (for example
BionicUptimeWP/1.0.0; https://example.com). - When: only after an administrator has saved a key, and only when an administrator opens the dashboard. At most once a minute. Nothing is sent from the public side of your site.
- Where:
https://bionicuptime.com/api/v1/status
The service is operated by Bionics LLC (Bionic Uptime). Terms of service. Privacy policy.
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Installation
- Install and activate the plugin.
- Get a free key at bionicuptime.com/wordpress.
- Go to Settings, then Bionic Uptime, and paste the key.
- Open your dashboard. The Bionic Uptime widget shows the status.
FAQ
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Why is there no “check from inside WordPress”?
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A plugin goes down with the site. When the site is down, the plugin is down too, so it cannot tell you. Bionic Uptime runs its checks from outside your server, so it can still see the site and email you when the site is not answering.
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Does it slow my site?
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No. The plugin makes no calls on the public side of your site. It only asks Bionic Uptime for the status when an administrator opens the dashboard, and at most once a minute.
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What does it catch?
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Your site not answering, error pages, and certificate problems. You can also set a phrase to look for, which catches pages that load but show the wrong thing.
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Who can see the widget?
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Only users who can manage options, which is normally administrators.
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Where do the alerts come from?
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From Bionic Uptime, by email. The plugin does not send email.
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What happens when I delete the plugin?
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It removes the saved key and the cached status from your database.
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Contributors & Developers
“Bionic Uptime” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- First release.