Site Health Question

What plugin do you use from monster insights already?

Only their free version for adding analytics and viewing the normal dashboard. Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights

Well, you could consider voting with your feet and uninstalling that plugin. Possibly even leaving them a bad review?

Not judging, just saying that if a plugin does something you don’t want it to do, then maybe you should find an alternative plugin.

That has been on my mind as an option. The negatives are that, 1. I have this plugin on a number of sites I manage so switching to something like Site Kit will involve some work. Having said that and looked at the code for both Site Kit seems to use a lot less so might be a better option for site speed. 2. Is that one of my concerns is that if WP are going to allow this (using site health as a sales/promotion/upgrade option) where will it end and how many other plugins will do the same.

Site Health is supposed to be a Tool pointing out items that can materially effect the sites operation and an upgrade to a plugin does not meet that criteria. It has no effect one way or the other on the way the site works or functions.

that one of my concerns is that if WP are going to allow this (using site health as a sales/promotion/upgrade option) where will it end and how many other plugins will do the same.

So if you keep using these plugins that do things you don’t like, then how would other plugins know that that is a bad thing?

The fun thing about open source is that it’s open, and that we can all see the code, and anybody can comment on the code. If you don’t comment on it, then you are not a participant. And you get what you get, based on your lack of comments and choices.

“If you don’t comment on it, then you are not a participant. And you get what you get, based on your lack of comments and choices.”

I thought that was what I was doing here, commenting but maybe this is just not the right forum to do so.

There is nothing wrong with the plugin it works fine and I have used it on sites I manage for years. My comment was related to Site Health, which is not a plugin but part of core now, and whether advertising a non-essential plugin upgrade is really what Site Health is designed for. If I see a Site Health warning on one of my sites I expect it to be an important issue that requires my attention and not an option to upgrade a plugin that has no importance or value.

I thought that was what I was doing here, commenting but maybe this is just not the right forum to do so.

Correct, this is not the right forum. This is the general requests and feedback forum.

If you visit the page of the plugin in question, you will notice a “support” link to the support forum for that plugin, as well as you can leave reviews by rating the plugin.

If I see a Site Health warning on one of my sites I expect it to be an important issue that requires my attention and not an option to upgrade a plugin that has no importance or value.

Perhaps, but that is a comment on the plugin doing the thing. Plugins have wide ranging powers, including the ability to add things to site health. Are you suggesting that nothing be allowed to add anything to site health, or that plugins cannot be created that do additional checks there?

There are 100,000 plugins in the directory. Not every addition every one of those makes can be checked.