Grade A

Version Info – Server Health Monitor, PHP & MySQL Version Display, Environment Indicators

Name: Version Info – Server Health Monitor, PHP & MySQL Version Display, Environment Indicators
Rating: 5.0 (15 reviews)
Author: Brandon Ernst

⤓ Download v2.0.3 on WordPress.org ↗

by Brandon Ernstupdated 2026-05-28💎The Hidden Gem

A tiny technical HUD that keeps your server stats in sight.

HealthyGrowing

90/100

This lightweight tool provides essential server details without any bloat or ads.

Loved32/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum11/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_filter( 'admin_footer_text', function ( $text ) {
    global $wpdb;
    $wp      = get_bloginfo( 'version' );
    $php     = phpversion();
    $mysql   = $wpdb->db_version();
    $server  = $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] ?? 'Unknown';
    return $text . sprintf(
        ' &nbsp;|&nbsp; WP %s &nbsp;|&nbsp; PHP %s &nbsp;|&nbsp; MySQL %s &nbsp;|&nbsp; %s',
        esc_html( $wp ),
        esc_html( $php ),
        esc_html( $mysql ),
        esc_html( $server )
    );
} );

Keep in mind:The snippet covers the free footer display only; the admin bar nodes, dashboard widget, update alerts, and all PRO features are not included.

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Active installs

~51,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

5.0★

15 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+43%

Growing fast

28 → 40 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +43% in the last year

28/day a year ago→40/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Version Info is praised as a lightweight, reliable tool that accurately displays server and WordPress version details, though users have not reported any notable drawbacks.

What people like

+Provides a WP Admin dashboard widget that shows real-time backend and server statistics
+No ads or upsell to a pro version
+Lightweight, discreet and efficient
+Displays version numbers plus memory, RAM and CPU info useful for troubleshooting and comparisons
+Simple, fast and works exactly as described without breaking anything×5

Common complaints

Review trustMostly organic

5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
100%5★ concentration — near-perfect across only 15 reviews — not yet a proven track record

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 15 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 15 analyzed

2026-05-27★★★★★Top Notch Customer Service | Very Useful Plugin sgucci1
2023-08-18★★★★★Does what it says annaise
2023-03-26★★★★★Simple but very useful Aliandro
2021-05-29★★★★★Light, discreet, efficient and useful.francisgernet
2021-01-18★★★★★Useful.greentreefrog
2020-12-30★★★★★Works perfectly Peter Froud
2019-11-13★★★★★Awesome applemango
2019-08-05★★★★★Best mariushosting
2019-01-11★★★★★Works great tristandenyer
2018-12-20★★★★★Very convenient and works perfectly diegocanal

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-28v2.0.3
2026-05-27v2.0.2
2026-05-24v2.0.1
2026-02-22v2.0.0
2025-12-16v1.3.3
2025-04-21v1.3.2
2024-10-15v1.3.0
2024-10-15v1.3.1

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

169

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

4,103

Mean release-day peak (30d)

218

Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)

-5.1%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

50%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

4.06

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

100%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

5.00 → 5.00★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered