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UsageDD

UsageDD allows administrators to monitor the resource usage of their WordPress installation.

By Dion·Cpu·Free
4.8(19 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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As of April 2026, UsageDD is a WordPress cpu plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 19 reviews. It has been downloaded 47K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Downloads are up 16% this week. Top alternative: HW Monitor.

4.8/519 reviews
1.0K+active installs
47K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017

Overview

UsageDD allows administrators to monitor the resource usage of their WordPress installation. It will add a small box at the bottom center of each page, only visible to administrators, that displays the number of MySQL queries, the amount of memory used by the page’s code, and if you are using a compatible webserver (most are compatible), the “time to first byte” (TTFB) and the time required to generate the full page. TTFB is used by Google for page-ranking purposes, and it will be the first of the two displayed.

You can use the display to determine if your site has too many plugins loaded, if your theme is too “heavy”, or if something is wrong on your server. The plugin itself uses virtually no resources and should be compatible with every theme and plugin th…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.819 reviews
5 ★
18
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
1

Recent Reviews

didn’t work
by fhmomo·2 years ago·1 reply

just giving nuclear number no way to access what does this mean and eventually killed the site.

Simple and very useful
by srhog·4 years ago

Easy to use and very informative.

I highly recommend it to anyone who wonders or needs to measure the memory usage of their WP website. The best part is that it doesn’t affect your website performance at all.

Great plugin!

Great plug in!
by carlosvai·4 years ago

Nothing that hasn’t been said. But this plugin really helped me debugging my site. Thanks a lot.

Lightweight supertool
by gegoencz·5 years ago

Thanks for making this super light handy tool.
A+

awesome little tool
by ideatutorials·5 years ago

awesome little tool – well done!

Download Trends

Today: 6Yesterday: 9This week: 58Period total: 3K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.4+ required

Version Adoption

v2.1
91.0%
v1.4
7.6%
v2.0
1.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.1

Improved compatibility with rogue/questionable plugins/themes. In particular, those that generate broken and/or non-standard HTML output, and those that use non-standard methods to access the REST API.

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

DionDion
Plugin Info
Version
2.1
Last Updated
Nov 27, 2025
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.4+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
47K+
Added
Jan 29, 2017
Business
Free

Tags

cpumysqlusagememoryresource

Developer

D
Dion
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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