Title: Does it need to be this complex?
Last modified: October 24, 2017

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# Does it need to be this complex?

 *  Resolved anonymized-11892634
 * (@anonymized-11892634)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-need-to-be-this-complex/)
 * Whilst I really appreciate the time in developing this free plugin, I can’t help
   but wonder if the new options are desired by most users. From my own experience,
   I just needed a way to reduce the heartbeat to something like 60 seconds.
 * Since the updated version, I no longer use the plugin and just use a custom function
   instead. It doesn’t make much sense to add CMB2 to a site just for this.
 * This isn’t intended as a dig. I’m just genuinely curious as to what people use
   this plugin for now. Maybe I’m missing a trick. Do people use the new options
   to good effect?

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Matson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffmatson/)
 * (@jeffmatson)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-need-to-be-this-complex/#post-9616182)
 * I’ve had quite a few requests for things like conditional logic and more granular
   control, and this sets me up for easier addition of new options.
 * CMB2 is there simply to avoid the need to maintain my own options API. Since 
   CMB2 is only loaded used for settings pages, the only additional overhead exists
   there.
 * If you only need to make a single quick change, using the hook directly makes
   sense. This plugin just allows for a bit more for those who need it or those 
   who don’t know how to implement the hook.
 *  Thread Starter anonymized-11892634
 * (@anonymized-11892634)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-need-to-be-this-complex/#post-9616418)
 * Hey Jeff, thanks for the quick reply!
 * What you’re saying makes perfect sense. It’s also good to know that CMB2 is only
   called on the settings page.
 * I guess I’ve just never experienced a situation where granular control of the
   Heartbeat API was required. Maybe one day!

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