Feature Request – Server Speed Test

  • Resolved avviano

    (@avviano)


    1 year, 5 months ago

    Hello there! Your plugin is excellent.

    I have a feature request: could you please add server performance measurement to BSR?

    I install and create numerous websites every month. While setting up WordPress and themes on various web hosts, I quickly gauge the performance of each host by measuring the time it takes for specific search and replace operations to complete. Since I use my own template, the workload remains constant for a particular search and replace task. Hence, it serves as an excellent means to quantify server performance. I find it more objective than relying on published server metrics or PHP variables, which don’t provide much insight into actual server performance.

    This idea inspired me: incorporating a “web server performance measurement” directly into BSR would be incredibly useful. It could be implemented as a gauge with color coding (green, orange, and red) to visually represent performance levels. Additionally, it could publish these metrics centrally, establishing an objective benchmark for measuring local speed. This way, users would be able to compare the performance of each installation against the average benchmark derived from all published data.

    To ensure compliance with EU GDPR privacy regulations, this feature could include an opt-out option for users who prefer not to upload their metrics to the cloud. Naturally, any published metrics would be anonymized.

    Now imagine this information is feed into machine learning AI and you get a plugin that can predict server performance after one search (some seach & replace runs will always be same, like email, domain aso).

    Anyway, it’s just an idea but I think it would make an already great plugin a lot more valuable and sought after.

    Cheers!

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  • Thread Starter avviano

    (@avviano)

    Imagine the immense value of having a real-time, objective benchmark for web hosting speed. Considering the prevalence of marketing dishonesty in the web hosting industry, fueled by affiliate blogs, such a benchmark would be incredibly valuable.

    If you require a budget to implement this feature, I suggest starting a Kickstarter campaign, and I would gladly become your first supporter. To incentivize sponsorship, you could offer a lifetime BSR license for multiple domains to the first 10-50 backers. Promoting your campaign through the BSR plugin menu and on your website would help garner attention and support.

    Hi there!

    Better Search Replace Support Team here, Thanks for the request!

    We have reported this internally for review and further consideration.

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