You Just Installed Xpulse: What You’re Looking At

You installed Xpulse, opened your dashboard, and saw warnings. Orange triangles. A red flag or two. Maybe a crash alert.

Take a breath. This is normal, and it is the point.

Xpulse is a thorough health check. It looks for problems on purpose, and almost every site that has been running for a few years has some. Seeing warnings does not mean your site is broken right now. It means there are things worth fixing, and that is exactly what Xponent does for a living.

What you are looking at #

The Xpulse widget groups its findings into badges:

• Green means that area is healthy.
• Orange (warning) means something should be addressed soon. Most warnings are quick fixes: a PHP upgrade, a cache setting, a database cleanup.
• Red (critical) means something could cause real trouble if left alone, such as an outdated PHP version or a crash. “Critical” does not mean your site is down. It means fix this before it bites.

The most common warnings on new installs:

• End-of-life PHP (your host never upgraded it)
• Low memory or upload limits
• Database bloat from years of revisions
• Missing security headers
• Outdated plugins

All fixable. None of them require you to do anything right now.

Nothing happens until you act #

Xpulse is read-only. It does not change your site, and it does not send anything anywhere by itself. Your data stays on your site.

The only two buttons that send anything are on your report: “Share my results” and “Request this migration”. Only you can click them, and nothing is sent until you do. If you want to look around for a month and do nothing, that is fine. Xpulse quietly keeps monitoring.

The crash alert (if you see one) #

If you see “Auto-Healed Fatal Crash”, a plugin on your site crashed and Xpulse caught it and deactivated the broken plugin to keep your site online. That is the safety net working, not something breaking. You can re-enable the plugin from Plugins, and the crash log is visible in Xpulse Settings.

How to get your report #

1. Open Readiness Report from the Xpulse menu.
2. It generates in a few seconds. Review each section.
3. Print to PDF, or email the report to yourself.

The report explains each finding in plain language and links to this knowledge base for details. It also shows what a migration to Xcore would look like and what it would cost.

What happens next #

If you decide to move forward, click “Request this migration” on the report. The Xponent team reviews your site and you get a fixed-price migration quote with a clear timeline. You are never locked in: the quote is no-obligation, and you can keep Xpulse installed either way.

Related Articles #

• Installing Xpulse: What It Does and What It Doesn’t Do
• XPulse Metrics & Diagnostic Cards
• Reading Your Server Health Dashboard (XPulse)
• Migrating Your Site to Xponent