Provides a method of turning the WordPress heartbeat off as well as change some settings.
As of April 2026, AJAX Heartbeat Tool is a WordPress ajax plugin with 400 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: zipaddr-jp.
Provides a method of turning the WordPress heartbeat off as well as change some settings. We use this plugin at RD because the heartbeat was clobbering site performance when more than one editor was logged into the CMS. In the future I plan to add the ability to adjust the settings.
This is my arbitrary section. There’s really nothing special to add because this is truly a simple plugin with no settings or configuration. Turn it on and block the iframe content thieves. Much of this can also be achieve by working with a good hosting provider. If you are board then head over to my content site JAFDIP.
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 5.7.15 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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