About this plugin
WakeMetric gives WordPress site owners and administrators continuous uptime monitoring, SSL certificate expiry alerts, and domain expiry monitoring — all visible inside your WordPress admin dashboard, connected in a single click, with no separate account or credit card required.
When your site goes offline, your SSL certificate lapses, or your domain registration approaches its renewal date, WakeMetric sends an email alert automatically. Monitoring runs externally from WakeMetric’s cloud infrastructure, so checks continue even if your server crashes or WordPress itself goes down.
Why External Monitoring Matters
Self-hosted monitoring plugins run on your own WordPress server. When that server crashes, runs out of memory, or encounters a fatal PHP error, the plugin cannot execute — and cannot send a downtime alert. WakeMetric checks your site from outside, from cloud edge servers, so you receive an alert the moment your visitors cannot reach your site.
Key Features — Free Community Plan
- Uptime Monitoring: External checks run every 15 minutes from global cloud nodes (Frankfurt, London, Virginia, Singapore, Tokyo). You receive an email alert when your site returns an error or becomes unreachable.
- SSL Certificate Expiry Alerts: WakeMetric reads your SSL/TLS certificate’s valid-to timestamp from our external infrastructure and sends advance email alerts at 30, 14, and 7 days before expiry — before visitors encounter browser security warnings.
- Domain Expiry Monitoring: Authoritative WHOIS and RDAP registry queries track your domain registration renewal date. You receive advance alerts before your domain enters a redemption period or expires.
- WordPress Dashboard Widget: A quick-glance widget on your main WordPress dashboard shows 30-day uptime percentage, current site status, response time, SSL certificate health, and domain expiry countdown.
- Response Time Tracking: HTTP response latency is measured in milliseconds during each check, helping you spot server performance changes before they affect your visitors.
- 1-Click Connect: Enter your alert email address and click Connect. WakeMetric creates your monitoring account and begins checks immediately — no registration form, no credit card, and no separate sign-up website.
- One-Click Disconnect: Stop monitoring at any time from the WakeMetric settings page. All locally stored plugin data — API keys, options, transients, and scheduled cron hooks — is permanently removed when you uninstall the plugin.
Who WakeMetric Is For
- WooCommerce and e-commerce stores — where every minute of undetected downtime can mean lost orders.
- Freelancers and agencies — monitor client sites without paying for individual SaaS monitoring subscriptions.
- Blogs and business websites — know immediately when visitors cannot reach your site instead of hearing about it hours later.
- Membership and subscription platforms — keep login portals and member areas available around the clock.
How It Works
- Install and activate the WakeMetric plugin.
- Enter or confirm your alert email address (pre-filled from your WordPress admin email).
- Click Connect WakeMetric — It’s Free.
WakeMetric sends your site URL, alert email, and site details securely to the WakeMetric platform, which sets up your monitor and begins external health checks. The WordPress plugin displays live status data retrieved from the WakeMetric API in your dashboard widget and settings page.
External Service
com) to perform uptime checks, SSL certificate inspection, domain expiry lookups, and to deliver email alerts. By connecting the plugin, you agree to the WakeMetric Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
- Service website: https://wakemetrics.com
- Terms of Service: https://wakemetrics.com/terms
- Privacy Policy: https://wakemetrics.com/privacy
Privacy Policy
com) solely to provide uptime monitoring, SSL certificate expiry alerts, and domain expiry monitoring services:
- Site URL — used to perform external HTTP health checks
- Site name — used in alert email notifications
- Alert email address — used only to send downtime and expiry alerts
- WordPress version, plugin version, PHP version — used for compatibility information
- Server locale
No personally identifiable visitor data, customer details, passwords, post content, or database contents are collected, processed, or stored.
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To stop all data transmission, click “Disconnect Site” on the WakeMetric settings page, or delete the plugin. All locally stored plugin data is permanently removed on uninstall.