--- title: Introducing the Testomato WordPress Plugin date: 2026-09-24 description: The Testomato Monitoring plugin shows your uptime, response time, and check status in the WordPress dashboard. The checks run on our servers, not your site. author: Rudi Kraeher categories: [Updates] --- import BlogCTA from '../../components/post/BlogCTA.astro'; We've just launched our official Testomato Monitoring WordPress plugin. Now you can check your WordPress site's uptime, response time, and the status of your checks directly in your `wp-admin` dashboard through our widget. Testomato monitors your site externally, from our servers, so if yours goes down, you'll get notified by us, not by your customers. ## Reading the widget The widget is for checking your site when you log in. It doesn't replace [alerts](/instant-alerts/). Those go to your preferred notification platform (email, [Slack](/blog/slack-app-notification-settings/), etc.), so you hear about problems where you can always be reached. With the widget, you can get a quick, high-level view of the state of your site.
![Testomato Monitoring dashboard widget showing 7-day uptime, a 24-hour response-time chart, and a list of checks with one failing](./widget.png)
### Uptime Uptime is the percentage of time your main project URL was reachable, meaning it didn't time out or return a server error. A day below 100% means your site was down for part of that day. Our uptime guide explains [what uptime percentages mean](/blog/what-is-uptime-monitoring/#what-do-uptime-percentages-actually-mean) in minutes of downtime. ### Response time Response time is how long your main project URL takes to respond. The widget shows the last 24 hours and the average. Don't read too much into a single spike. Look for spikes that recur, or a line that keeps rising, and investigate those. Our response time guide covers how to [read the data](/blog/response-time-monitoring/#how-to-read-response-time-data) and what [slows sites down](/blog/response-time-monitoring/#what-makes-a-site-slow). ### Checks A check is a test on one page, for example that it contains the [text you expect](/blog/website-content-monitoring/) or that it returns the [right status code](/blog/http-status-codes/). A failing check means your site is up but something on the page is wrong. The widget shows the reason, for example "Page not found (status 404)". Open the check in the Testomato dashboard to see the incident. Our guide to [website monitoring](/blog/what-is-website-monitoring/#uptime-monitoring-vs-website-monitoring) explains the difference between uptime and checks. ## Getting started Install the plugin from the [WordPress plugin directory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/testomato-monitoring/) and connect it under **Settings → Testomato Monitoring**. New users connect with their email and get a free 14-day trial. Existing users connect with their Testomato API token. Your site must be publicly reachable to use the monitoring plugin. The plugin creates a project for your site, with pages suggested by our [AI test generator](/blog/ai-website-monitoring-setup/), and turns on uptime, response time, content, and SSL monitoring. If WooCommerce is active, your cart and checkout pages are monitored too. You can change all of it in the Testomato dashboard. For more details: - the [help documentation](https://help.testomato.com/wordpress/) walks through each step and covers troubleshooting - the [plugin FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/testomato-monitoring/#faq) covers what data is sent and what happens when the trial ends - the [WordPress plugin page](/wordpress/) gives an overview of its features - our guide to [monitoring a WordPress site](/blog/monitor-wordpress-website/) covers what else is worth checking Monitor your WordPress site with Testomato

Already on WordPress? Install the plugin and connect from wp-admin.