Best telemetry plugins for WordPress
The most popular telemetry plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Application Insights leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Gigaom New Relic (40+) and KloudStack Observability for Azure (10+). All 6 plugins tagged “telemetry” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 telemetry plugins
- 1.Application Insights
The most installed telemetry plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 2.Gigaom New Relic
40+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 3.
KloudStack Observability for Azure10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.ScriptBridge for TelemetryDeck
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Disable TelemetryFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 6.
SteadWeave CompanionFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “telemetry”
Application Insights
Down in the last 7 days:69#11,575by JakubOleksy8 years ago
Integrates a WordPress site with Microsoft Application Insights.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gigaom New Relic
Down in the last 7 days:9#21,454by Casey Bisson12 years ago
Configures New Relic to better track performance, errors, and uptime of WordPress sites, including multisite
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

KloudStack Observability for Azure
Up in the last 7 days:19#30,611by KloudStack1 month ago
Send WordPress request, exception and browser telemetry to Azure Application Insights. Built for WordPress running on Azure.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ScriptBridge for TelemetryDeck
#52,346by whakkee8 months ago
Adds the TelemetryDeck tracking script to your site's section with minimal setup.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Disable Telemetry
Up in the last 7 days:11,390#60,605by Brad Parbs5 years ago
A WordPress plugin to disable all HTTP requests to api.wordpress.org.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SteadWeave Companion
Up in the last 7 days:219#62,621by Andrea Parenti2 months ago
Connect WordPress to SteadWeave for authenticated monitoring and Smart Fix. Full monitoring for 1 website, free forever.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day