WP Heart Throb
Adds a beating heart to your toolbar
5(2 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 4 days agoAs of April 2026, WP Heart Throb is a WordPress beat plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Actively maintained — updated within the last month.
5/52 reviews
10active installs
2.2K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Use this plugin to monitor the heart-rate of your WordPress installation.
WordPress uses an API called “Heartbeat” to monitor certain conditions and report to the user if something went wrong.
If your login cookie expires while you’re writing a post, for example, Heartbeat will open a modal window and allow you to log in again.
This plugin adds a small menu item to the WordPress toolbar that does the following things:
- Beats every 1 second to remind you about the API
- Throbs every interval of the Heartbeat API to confirm connection is active
Future versions of this plugin could add a drop-down to this menu with more information.
Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
52 reviews
5 ★
2
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 4.8.28 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.1 – 2017/01/03
- Improved throb animation
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.