WordPress Plugin Profiler ========================== Basic profiler for WordPress Plugins. Benchmarks any given plugin by testing response times with and without the plugin activated. Installation ------------- [Plugin Profiler is hosted on the WordPress.org plugin repository](https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-profiler/) so you can install it from there like any other plugin. Here's a guide on [how to install Plugin Profiler for your WordPress site](https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-profiler/installation/). If you want to run the latest development version, you have two options: - You can download the repository .zip file: [plugin-profiler.zip](https://github.com/dannyvankooten/wp-plugin-profiler/archive/master.zip) - You can clone the GitHub repository using Git: ` git clone git@github.com:dannyvankooten/wp-plugin-profiler.git plugin-profiler ` This will download the latest development version of the WordPress Plugin Profiler plugin. Usage ----- Since this plugin needs to have control over the plugins which are loaded, it needs to be in your `mu-plugins` folder. An easy way to do so is by installing the plugin in your plugins folder and then placing the following file in `/wp-content/mu-plugins/plugin-profiler.php`. ```php // load the plugin profiler plugin early, please ensure you're using the correct plugin directory name here require_once WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/plugin-profiler/plugin-profiler.php'; ``` To run a profile on any given plugin, visit **Tools > Plugin Profiler** in your WordPress admin area and select the plugin to profile. Here's a rundown of the configuration settings. | URL parameter | Description | | ------------- |:-------------:| | slug | The full file slug of the plugin you want to profile | | n | The number of times the profile should run for each step. (default=10) | | url | The URL which should be profiled against. (default=homepage)|