Tracks every outbound HTTP request your WordPress site makes — because a slow or failing third-party API can silently cripple your WordPress page load times.
Every external API call your WordPress site makes is a dependency you don't control. A payment gateway that's slow. An analytics endpoint with intermittent failures. A font CDN that occasionally times out. Each of these can double your WordPress page load time without generating a single PHP error or WordPress notice. The External Dependency Monitor captures every outbound HTTP request, measures its latency, and surfaces the ones that are slowing you down or failing entirely.
Groups all captured outbound WordPress HTTP requests by host and shows request count, average latency, maximum latency, and error rate per host. Immediately tells you which third-party services your WordPress site depends on and how reliably they're responding.
WordPress HTTP requests taking longer than 500ms are flagged individually with their URL, latency, and HTTP status code. These are the requests most likely to be adding visible delay to your WordPress page loads.
HTTP errors (4xx, 5xx) and connection timeouts from WordPress outbound requests are listed separately with their status codes. A failing external request on every WordPress page load can be the root cause of admin slowness or broken checkout flows.
Classifies WordPress HTTP requests as blocking (fired synchronously, holding up WordPress page execution) or non-blocking (fired asynchronously). Blocking external requests are far more damaging to WordPress page performance.
WordPress HTTP request data is captured passively during normal page loads — no special testing mode required. The monitor hooks into WordPress's HTTP API and records latency data without adding overhead to the actual requests.
It hooks into WordPress's pre_http_request and http_response filters to intercept and time every call made through wp_remote_get(), wp_remote_post(), and the WordPress HTTP API. Direct PHP curl calls are not captured.
No. The monitor adds a timestamp before and after each request to measure latency. This takes microseconds and has no effect on actual request execution or response.
The default slow threshold is 500ms. Requests taking longer are flagged individually. Hosts with an average latency above 300ms across all WordPress requests are also highlighted.
No. The External Dependency Monitor is a Pro-exclusive module.
Captures every outbound WordPress HTTP request and surfaces the ones costing you page load time.
External Dependency Monitor is included in every Pro plan alongside all seventeen diagnostic modules.
Download Lite to get started with the nine core WordPress diagnostic modules — completely free.
