Best system monitor plugins for WordPress
The most popular system monitor plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. System Dashboard leads with 900+ active installs, ahead of ServerMonitor (40+). All 2 plugins tagged “system monitor” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 system monitor plugins
- 1.
System DashboardThe most installed system monitor plugin, with 900+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 16 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.ServerMonitor
40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 2 plugins tagged “system monitor”

System Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:1#7,042by Bowo5 months ago
Central dashboard to monitor various WordPress components, processes and data, including the server.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.9(16)
- Downloads
- 18/day
ServerMonitor
Down in the last 7 days:43#22,638by Francis Smith8 years ago
A simple plugin to view server resource usage (ram, cpu, disk), check your PHP error log, and more.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day