Title: WP Tuner
Author: MrPeteH
Published: Novembre 14, 2008
Last modified: Agost 24, 2009
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used with more recent versions of WordPress.
# WP Tuner
By [MrPeteH](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrpeteh/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wptuner.zip)
* [Details](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/wptuner/#description)
* [Reviews](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/wptuner/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/wptuner/#installation)
* [Development](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/wptuner/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wptuner/)
## Description
The (mu-compatible) WP Tuner plugin for WordPress is a powerful and easy to use
way to answer many hard questions about why your blog is slow or cranky. What’s
causing the slowdown? Is it a plugin? Is it your host?
Used with a bit of common sense, this powerful plugin will help blog administrators
as well as software developers improve their WordPress blog performance.
Perfect for WordPress site administrators, plugin and theme designers, developers
Fully translatable.
### Advanced Use
Here are more advanced ways to make use of _WP Tuner_. Please [share your questions and/or stories](http://blogs.icta.net/plugins/wptuner)
examples to share with others!
1) Hook any WordPress action
In wptuner.php, you will find a default set of action hooks. You can add as many
hooks as you like for other actions. They look like this (just change “admin_footer”
to the name of the action you want to measure):
```
add_action('admin_footer', 'wpTuneFilterTime' );
```
Each hook adds a line to the _WP Tuner_ performance analysis table, when that action
is triggered.
2) Time anything at all in WordPress
WP Tuner contains a function that causes performance analysis for any section of
WordPress code. Just use
wpTuneMarkTime(‘My Marker string’);
…at the beginning of the code you want analyzed. Add another marker at the end if
needed.
For example, suppose you want to know how much time is spent loading each of the
plugins you have enabled. Here’s how to do it, by adding two simple lines to wp-
settings.php:
```
if (function_exists(wpTuneMarkTime)) wpTuneMarkTime('Load Plugins'); // ** Add THIS line **
if ( get_option('active_plugins') ) {
$current_plugins = get_option('active_plugins');
if ( is_array($current_plugins) ) {
foreach ($current_plugins as $plugin) {
if (function_exists(wpTuneMarkTime)) wpTuneMarkTime('Plugin: '.$plugin); // ** Add THIS line **
if ( '' != $plugin && 0 == validate_file($plugin) && file_exists(WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin) )
include_once(WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin);
}
}
}Credits
```
Many thanks to the WP Tuner translation team!
Русский: [Кактусу](http://lecactus.ru) (updated through WP Tuner 0.9.3)
### Readme Validator
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## Screenshots
* [[
* One of the available analysis results. (This summarizes database queries, by
plugin, widget, theme, or section of the core code in WordPress.)
* [[
* The top portion of the WP Tuner admin page. (It includes simple one-click presets
on the left, with detailed settings available on the right.)
## Installation
1. Upload the _wptuner_ folder (inside the zip file) to your _/wp-content/plugins/_
directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. The plugin management page _(Settings->WPtuner)_ provides settings, hints, and
troubleshooting if the plugin will not fully auto-install.
Please report any install errors to me, at [my site](http://blogs.icta.net/plugins/wptuner).
It will help if you can copy the _wpTuner Diagnostics_ produced when you set the
WP Tuner Debug Level to 1.
#### Updating
1. Deactive the existing plugin, to remove its hooks (in _wp-config.php_, etc)
2. Copy the new files to replace the old (usually the plugins/wptuner folder)
3. Activate the new plugin
## FAQ
I’m having trouble getting it to work
1. Have you looked at the settings page (Settings->WP Tuner)? You’ll find installer
error notes there. Most common: your WP root folder needs write permission (at
least 0755), and _WP Tuner_ must be able to set permissions on your `wp-config.
php` file to make it editable.
2. Are you logged in with Administrator permissions (level 10)? Normally, only admins
see anything.
3. If you continue to have trouble, please set the Debug Level to 1, copy the _wpTuner
Diagnostics_ and paste them into an error report at [my site](http://blogs.icta.net/plugins/wptuner).
How do I customize WP Tuner?
There’s little reason to bother changing the CSS. This is an admin-only tool; your
readers will not see anything. However, there’s some CSS at the top of `wptunershow.
php`, and further down in `wptunersetup.php`.
This is a fully translatable/localizable plugin. See the `wptuner.pot` file, and
the online _gettext_ tools such as poedit. Please send me your translations; I’ll
make them part of the distribution with credit to you!
How do I examine performance in more detail?
WP Tuner is an entire performance analysis toolkit. The built-in admin settings
provide a set of default measures that can be enabled without manual intervention.
See the [Advanced Use](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptuner/other_notes/)
hints section for some examples
## Reviews
### [Do NOT use… but refresh is coming…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-use-but-refresh-is-coming/)
[MrPeteH](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrpeteh/) Setembre 3, 2016
Hi, this is Mr Pete, the author of WP Tuner. I apologize that the Real World took
me away for several years (dealing with aging parents and more.) I’m back, and plan
to refresh the plugin “soon.” Please keep expectations low… and hopefully I can
exceed them! Thank you so much for your support.
### [DO NOT USE](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-use-15/)
[](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jamierc/) Setembre 3, 2016
This plugin broke my site – it would not load at all until I could log in over ftp
and manually removed the plugin installation files. Do not use!
### [Breaks WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breaks-wordpress-3/)
[blad79](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blad79/) Febrer 7, 2017
Wordpress 3.7, 3.8
[ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wptuner/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“WP Tuner” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.
Contributors
* [ MrPeteH ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrpeteh/)
* [ Mr Pete ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mr-pete/)
[Translate “WP Tuner” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wptuner)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wptuner/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wptuner/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wptuner/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wptuner/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Meta
* Version **0.9.6**
* Last updated **17 anys ago**
* Active installations **10+**
* WordPress version ** 2.0.6 or higher **
* Tested up to **2.8.4**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wptuner/)
* Tags
* [database](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/database/)[performance](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/performance/)
[slow](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/slow/)[speed](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/speed/)
[tuning](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tuning/)
* [Advanced View](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/wptuner/advanced/)
## Ratings
1.5 out of 5 stars.
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## Contributors
* [ MrPeteH ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrpeteh/)
* [ Mr Pete ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mr-pete/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wptuner/)
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