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Xpulse is a free, read-only health check for WordPress sites. It looks at your site’s server, security, speed, and database, and turns what it finds into a simple report. It was built by Xponent, the team behind Xcore managed hosting.
Installing it takes about 5 minutes. This guide covers what Xpulse checks, what it never does, and how to remove it if you change your mind.
Xpulse looks at the things that make WordPress sites slow, fragile, or vulnerable:
None of these checks change anything on your site. They only read.
Xpulse includes a safety net. If a plugin on your site crashes and takes the site down (the “white screen of death”), Xpulse catches it, logs it, and deactivates the broken plugin so your site comes back up. It only acts on an actual crash, and only for logged-in administrators. You can disable it in Xpulse Settings.
That’s it. Your report is ready to generate.
Deactivate Xpulse in Plugins, then delete it. Xpulse removes all of its settings, logs, and the crash catcher when deleted. Nothing is left behind.
Xpulse stores everything it finds on your own site, in your own database. The only time anything leaves your site is when you explicitly choose to share it: “Share my results” or “Request this migration” sends your site’s report to the Xponent team so we can prepare a migration quote. Nothing is ever sent automatically.
