Title: WP Heart Throb
Author: John James Jacoby
Published: <strong>23 decembre 2016</strong>
Last modified: 17 setembre 2026

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# WP Heart Throb

 Per [John James Jacoby](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-heart-throb.1.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-heart-throb/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-heart-throb/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-heart-throb/#installation)
 * [Development](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-heart-throb/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-heart-throb/)

## Descripcion

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

[⌊Toolbar⌉⌊Toolbar⌉[

Toolbar

## Installacion

 * Download and install using the built in WordPress plugin installer.
 * Activate in the « Plugins » area of your admin by clicking the « Activate » link.
 * No further setup or configuration is necessary.

## FAQ

### Where can I get support?

 * Installation and usage: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-heart-throb/
 * Bugs and enhancements: https://github.com/stuttter/wp-heart-throb/issues

### Where can I find documentation?

https://github.com/stuttter/wp-heart-throb/

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b386c3be63ad40515532f06f0a3f8fc3c5a9c760da75708f03eff64f35cd66d4?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Cool plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cool-plugin-462/)󠁿

 [shawfactor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shawfactor/) 2 decembre 2020

Very cool, could be even cooler though with some additional front end features. 
But I might make a pull request on github.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aa35f6184a788a91c7797325d6a986e4c2a62da1077b5cff66cb31b91125d13b?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great concept. I love it.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-concept-i-love-it/)󠁿

 [Mosche](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mosche/) 24 decembre 2016 1 reply

It's a great concept. Not useful per se in relation to site functionality. But a
cute and nice thing to have if you spend lots of time on the back end of WordPress.
It's just a tiny little bit extra that helps make it slightly more pleasant to do
your work with WordPress. Plus it doesn't take up much room and I haven't experienced
any conflict with anything else. 5 stars

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-heart-throb/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Heart Throb” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)
 *   [ Stuttter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuttter/)

“WP Heart Throb” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-heart-throb/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “WP Heart Throb” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-heart-throb)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-heart-throb/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-heart-throb/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-heart-throb/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-heart-throb/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.0 – 2026/09/16

 * Avoid an undefined-array-key warning when Heartbeat data omits the plugin key
 * Require PHP 7.4 and WordPress 6.4 or newer
 * Declare compatibility with WordPress 7.1
 * Add automated regression tests and contributor tooling

#### 1.0.1 – 2017/01/03

 * Improved throb animation

#### 1.0.0 – 2016/12/23

 * Initial release

## Mèta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **2 setmanas ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.2**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-heart-throb/) e [Norwegian (Bokmål)](https://nb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-heart-throb/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-heart-throb)
 * Tags
 * [heart](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/heart/)[jquery](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/jquery/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://oci.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-heart-throb/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-heart-throb/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-heart-throb/reviews/?filter=4)
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 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-heart-throb/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-heart-throb/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

 *   [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)
 *   [ Stuttter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuttter/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-heart-throb/)

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