Hungry Resource Monitor

Hungry Resource Monitor is a lightweight yet powerful WordPress plugin that tracks memory usage, database queries, and execution time across your entire site. Identify resource-heavy plugins and themes, clean up database bloat, and receive configurable performance reports to keep your WordPress installation running smoothly.

Key Features

📊 Dashboard & Monitoring
* View top 5 resource consumers at a glance
* Real-time memory and query statistics
* Per-request tracking and analysis
* Historical data with configurable retention

⚡ Server Limits Display
* PHP memory limits (current and peak)
* Maximum execution time settings
* Upload file size limits
* Post max size configurations
* Complete server environment overview

🧹 Database Cleanup Tools
* Remove post revisions
* Delete auto-drafts and trashed posts
* Clear spam and trashed comments
* Purge expired transients
* Clean orphaned postmeta entries

🔍 Unused Asset Detection
* Find and delete inactive plugins
* Identify unused themes consuming space
* Safe deletion with confirmation dialogs

⏰ Cron Management
* View all scheduled WordPress cron jobs
* Identify orphaned crons from deleted plugins
* One-click removal of individual crons
* Bulk cleanup of all orphaned cron events
* Visual status indicators for active vs orphaned crons

📧 Email Reports
* Configurable daily, weekly, or monthly reports
* Performance summaries delivered to your inbox
* Resource usage trends and recommendations
* Optimization tips based on your site’s data

🛠️ Admin Toolbar Widget
* Real-time memory and query stats
* Quick access to monitoring dashboard
* Visible only to administrators

How It Works

1. Activation: Plugin starts tracking resource usage immediately after activation
2. Monitoring: Each page load is analyzed for memory, queries, and execution time
3. Analysis: Data is aggregated to identify top resource consumers
4. Reporting: Regular reports notify you of performance issues
5. Optimization: Use cleanup tools to reduce bloat and improve performance
6. Maintenance: Configure retention periods to manage stored data

Use Cases

• Performance Debugging: Identify which plugins or themes are consuming the most resources
• Database Optimization: Clean up bloat from revisions, drafts, spam, and orphaned data
• Server Monitoring: Keep track of server limits and resource availability
• Proactive Maintenance: Receive regular reports before performance issues become critical
• Site Auditing: Evaluate resource usage before and after installing new plugins
• Hosting Optimization: Make informed decisions about hosting resources based on actual usage

What Gets Monitored

• Memory usage (current and peak)
• Database query count and execution time
• Page load execution time
• Per-request statistics and trends
• Plugin and theme resource consumption

Cleanup Options

Read the full description on the official page →