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Fixora Heartbeat Manager

Manage WordPress Heartbeat frequency in admin, editor, and frontend to reduce admin-ajax CPU load.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.0.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 6.4 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update29 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Fixora Heartbeat Manager version 1.0.1 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Fixora Heartbeat Manager is lightweight heartbeat control for WordPress: allow, limit, or disable Heartbeat where it hurts performance, so admin-ajax polling does not burn CPU on shared hosting.

WordPress Heartbeat (Heartbeat API) powers autosave, post locking, and other logged-in real-time features. Out of the box it can fire about every 15 seconds on edit screens and every 60 seconds on the dashboard. action=heartbeat traffic → higher CPU.

Use Fixora Heartbeat Manager when you need to:

  • Control Heartbeat separately on dashboard, post editor, and frontend (logged-in)
  • Limit Heartbeat interval (15–300 seconds) to cut admin-ajax load and reduce CPU usage
  • Disable Heartbeat on the frontend or dashboard when you do not need it
  • Keep the post editor on Allow by default so autosave and post locks keep working

Safe defaults: dashboard limited to 60s, editor Allow, frontend disabled.

Built for the same problem people search as heartbeat control / disable heartbeat / reduce admin-ajax CPU — with modern WordPress/PHP support and no heavy framework.

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • admin ajax
  • heartbeat control
  • optimize
  • performance
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.4 · PHP 7.4
Update activity29 Sept 20261mo ago

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