🛡️ THE ESSENTIAL TECHNICAL HUD FOR EVERY WORDPRESS PROFESSIONAL Stop digging through hidden menus or leaving insecure phpinfo() files on your server. Version Info is the essential technical dashboard that brings your site’s most vital environment data directly into your daily workflow — the admin f
PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.
CompatibilityRequires WordPress 4.7 and PHP 5.6.
SourceWordPress plugins · Nov 4, 2026
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🛡️ THE ESSENTIAL TECHNICAL HUD FOR EVERY WORDPRESS PROFESSIONAL
Stop digging through hidden menus or leaving insecure phpinfo() files on your server. Version Info is the essential technical dashboard that brings your site’s most vital environment data directly into your daily workflow — the admin footer, the admin bar, or a dedicated dashboard widget.
Whether you’re a freelancer managing dozens of client sites, a developer debugging a complex plugin conflict, or an agency maintaining a portfolio of high-value properties, having instant access to your PHP version , MySQL version , WordPress version , and web server type is a mission-critical utility.
Version Info has been trusted by WordPress professionals since 2015 and is now supercharged with a complete PRO + Agency suite for serious site monitoring. Learn more at versioninfoplugin.com .
✨ What Makes Version Info Different?
Most server info plugins show you a wall of data you don’t need. Version Info is designed around the data you actually use every day , placed exactly where you need it — no extra pages, no bloat, no performance impact.
Zero Configuration — Install, activate, done. Versions appear in your footer immediately.
Surgical Precision — Only shows WP, PHP, MySQL, and Server versions. No fluff.
Performance First — Uses native WordPress APIs. Literally zero impact on page load.
Developer Hooks — Every data point is filterable for custom integrations. See the developer docs .
🚀 Core Features (100% Free, Forever)
These features will always be free. No bait-and-switch.
🛠️ Admin Footer Display — See WordPress, PHP, MySQL, and Web Server versions at the bottom of every admin page. Includes a one-click update link when a new WP version is available.
🧠 Memory & Server IP (new in 2.1.0) — Your PHP memory limit, live usage percentage, and server IP right in the footer, admin bar, and dashboard widget. The #1 hosting-support question, answered at a glance.
⏳ PHP EOL Countdown (new in 2.1.0) — See exactly how many days your PHP version has left before end-of-life, and a clear flag once it’s past EOL.
📋 Copy as Markdown (new in 2.1.0) — One click copies your entire stack as a clean Markdown table — paste it straight into support tickets, GitHub issues, or wp.org forum posts.
🚦 WP-Admin Bar Nodes — Pin your version stack to the admin bar for instant visibility while navigating between pages, posts, and settings.
📊 Dashboard Widget — A dedicated “At a Glance” style widget showing your complete technical stack. Enable it via Screen Options.
🔄 Core Update Alerts — Automatically compares your WP version with the latest available and shows an update link right in the footer.
💻 Server Detection — Instantly identify Apache, Nginx, LiteSpeed, or any other server software without leaving WordPress.
🌐 Translation Ready — Fully localized with translations in 13+ languages including Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Chinese, and more. Help translate .
🔥 PRO Plan — Advanced Site Intelligence
Unlock real-time performance monitoring, environment safety, and proactive health checks. Built for developers who take their stack seriously.
Upgrade to PRO → Starting at $19/year.
🖥️ Live System Resources HUD in the Dashboard Widget
Turn your dashboard widget into a full server-health command center. One toggle lights up 30+ live stats in clean groups:
The modern replacement for the abandoned wp-server-stats plugin.
📈 Live CPU & RAM Sparklines
Visual bars plus inline sparklines showing the last ~7.5 minutes of activity — direction-of-travel at a glance, not just current values. Recolors green → orange → red at 70% / 90% thresholds. Works on Linux, Windows, and every managed host we’ve tested.
🌍 Server Location — 4 Pluggable Providers
Know exactly which datacenter your site lives in. Pick the provider that fits your privacy needs:
Version Info Geolocation (anonymous) — our own Cloudflare Worker, logs nothing, richest data
Cloudflare cdn-cgi/trace — country-only, zero auth
ip-api.com — free legacy provider
MaxMind GeoLite2 — best ASN accuracy (license-key)
Know how bloated your database is before it becomes a problem. Tracks data vs index size for every WP table, plus DB max connections and max packet — critical for WooCommerce stores hitting connection caps during Black Friday. 12-hour cache + “Scan Now” for fresh data.
🛰️ wp-server-stats Parity — and Beyond
Closes the feature gap with the abandoned 2017-era wp-server-stats plugin — without inheriting its shell_exec() dependency that breaks on managed hosts. Adds:
Server OS, Hostname, IP, Port, Document Root (path-masked)
Server Uptime (formatted)
PHP Modules accordion (every loaded extension with version)
Disk Usage bar
One-click “Purge VI Caches” button
🚨 Smart Environment Indicators
Never accidentally run a destructive query on production again. High-visibility color badges in the admin bar:
🔴 Red — Production
🟠 Orange — Staging
🟢 Green — Development / Local
Auto-detects Bedrock, Kinsta, WP Engine, Pantheon, Flywheel, and core WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE . Optional admin-bar border highlight matches the environment color.
📜 Version History Audit Log
A persistent timeline of every shift in your WordPress core, PHP, MySQL, plugin, and theme versions. Know exactly when and what changed for fast troubleshooting. Last 50 entries; auto-pruned.
🛡️ Health Advisor
Proactive alerts that predict problems before they happen. Checks your PHP and MySQL versions against known End-of-Life dates, grades your PHP against WordPress core’s official support matrix (7.4 minimum / 8.3 recommended / 8.5 fully supported as of WP 7.0), and flags critical security risks. Integrates with the native WordPress Site Health screen.
🔒 SSL Certificate Expiry Alerts (new in 2.1.0)
Never let a certificate lapse again. The Health Advisor checks your site’s SSL certificate and warns at 21 days, escalating to critical at 7 days or expiry. Renewal-friendly thresholds — no false alarms on healthy Let’s Encrypt auto-renewal cycles.
📧 System Change Email Alerts (moved from Agency to PRO in 2.1.0)
Get notified the instant something changes — PHP version flips, WP core updates, any plugin or theme version shift. Configurable recipient list, per-component toggles, sensible defaults.
📤 JSON System Info Export
One-click download of your entire technical stack as structured JSON. Perfect for support tickets, host conversations, and pre-migration archives. Includes WordPress config, PHP + extensions, database details, active theme, and every active plugin with version.
See the full PRO feature documentation →
🏛️ Agency Plan — The Command Center for Client Portfolios
Everything in PRO, plus enterprise-grade tools for agencies, freelancers, and hosting companies managing multiple sites.
Upgrade to Agency → Starting at $49/year.
🏷️ Full Agency White-Labeling
Make it your plugin. Replace “Version Info” and “Gaucho Plugins” everywhere — plugins list, widget, admin bar, footer, settings page. Hide Freemius branding. Optionally:
Lock the White Label tab to a single admin so clients can’t undo your branding
Hide every in-plugin docs link sitewide
👥 Role-Based Admin Visibility
Keep client dashboards clean. A checkbox matrix controls exactly which WordPress roles see version info in the admin bar, footer, and widget. Default: administrators only.
🌐 Multisite Network Dashboard
A single page under Network Admin → Settings showing WP / PHP / MySQL versions and database size for every site on the network. Cached, capped at 100 sites for performance.
🔍 PHP Error Log Dashboard
Debug without FTP or SSH. View the last 100 lines of your debug.log directly inside WordPress. Efficient tail reading, automatic path masking, ZIP download for offline analysis.
See the full Agency feature documentation →
🎯 Real-World Use Cases
“The Support Hero” A client reports a bug. Instead of asking for their login credentials, you ask them to screenshot their admin footer. You instantly know their PHP version, MySQL version, WordPress version, and web server — without ever logging into their site.
“The WooCommerce Specialist” Black Friday is coming. You use Database Tracking to monitor table size growth during the high-traffic event. When wp_options grows 300% overnight, you catch the autoloaded transient bloat before it takes down the store.
“The Agency Owner” You hand over a beautifully built site to a high-ticket client. With White-Labeling , the client never sees “Gaucho Plugins” — they see your agency name everywhere. With Role-Based Visibility , the client’s editors see a clean dashboard without confusing server information.
“The Safety-First Developer” You manage staging and production environments for the same client. The bright red “Production” badge in your admin bar prevents you from ever accidentally running a migration script on the live site. The admin bar highlight makes the environment unmistakable.
“The Managed Hosting Reseller” You run 40 sites on a Multisite installation. The Network Dashboard gives you a single page showing WP, PHP, and MySQL versions across every site — perfect for planning bulk upgrades. When a host updates PHP overnight, the Email Alert hits your inbox before the first support ticket arrives.
“The Remote Debugger” A client’s site throws a white screen. You open the Error Log Dashboard directly in wp-admin — no FTP client, no SSH terminal. The last 100 lines show a fatal error from a plugin update. The Version History tab confirms the plugin updated 10 minutes ago. Root cause found in under 60 seconds.
“The wp-server-stats
See it in action
Screenshots & previews.
Live System Resources HUD (2.0.2+ PRO) — The full dashboard widget with 30+ rows: identity (Environment, Server Location, OS, Hostname, IP, Port, Document Root, Uptime), live CPU and Memory bars with inline-SVG sparklines, Disk usage, Database stats, PHP runtime info, WP status, and more — all on evSettings Page — Clean, tabbed interface following native WordPress admin design. General tab with display toggles for admin bar, footer, and dashboard widget.Server Location Tab (2.0.2+ PRO) — Choose between 4 geolocation providers: Version Info Geolocation (anonymous Cloudflare Worker, default), Cloudflare cdn-cgi/trace, ip-api.com, or MaxMind GeoLite2. Results cached 30 days with a "Detect now" button.
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Gettingstarted.
Minimum Requirements
01WordPress 4.7 or greater
02PHP version 5.6 or greater
03MySQL version 5.5 or greater
Version Info is intentionally backwards-compatible. Because the plugin’s whole purpose is to surface PHP / WordPress / server-version information, the people who need it most are typically running older environments. The minimum-supported floor is set as low as the underlying code allows.
Automatic Installation
04Go to Plugins > Add New in your WordPress admin.
05Search for “Version Info” and click Install Now .
06Click Activate and you’re done — version info appears in your admin footer immediately.
Manual Installation
07Download the plugin ZIP from WordPress.org.
08Upload the version-info folder to /wp-content/plugins/ .
09Activate through the Plugins menu.
Configuration
Navigate to Settings > Version Info to:
10Toggle display in the Admin Bar, Dashboard Widget, and Footer
11Access PRO tabs for System Resources, Environment, Version History, Health Advisor, System Export, and Email Alerts
12Access Agency tabs for White Label, Access Control, and Error Log
For detailed setup guides, visit the Version Info documentation .
Upgrading to 2.0.1
Version 2.0.1 restores backwards compatibility with PHP 5.6+ and WordPress 4.7+. The previous 2.0.0 release required PHP 8.1+, which was inappropriate for a diagnostic plugin whose users are most often on older environments. No functionality was removed — only the language-level features were refactored. Always backup your site before updating. See the upgrade guide for details.
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Frequently asked questions.
Is this plugin lightweight? Will it slow down my site?
Absolutely not. The free version uses only native WordPress functions ( get_bloginfo() , phpversion() , $wpdb->get_var() ) and has near-zero performance impact. The PRO version uses the WordPress Transients API and Heartbeat API to ensure monitoring never blocks page loads or strains your server. Read more about the performance architecture .
Does it work on WordPress Multisite?
Yes! The free version works on a per-site basis. PRO adds a dedicated Network Admin > Settings > Version Info page that shows WP, PHP, MySQL versions, and database sizes for every site on the network in a single table.
Which hosting environments can the Environment Indicator detect?
It auto-detects: WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE (WordPress 5.5+ core), WP_ENV (Bedrock/Trellis), KINSTA_ENV_TYPE , WPE_ENVIRONMENT and IS_WPE_SNAPSHOT (WP Engine), PANTHEON_ENVIRONMENT , FLYWHEEL_CONFIG_DIR , and falls back to “Production” for unrecognized hosts. See the full compatibility list .
Can I use this to debug PHP errors remotely?
Yes! PRO includes a PHP Error Log Dashboard that reads your debug.log file directly inside WordPress — no FTP or SSH access needed. It shows the last 100 lines efficiently and lets you download the full log as a ZIP.
Is the PRO version compatible with WordPress.org guidelines?
Yes. The free version hosted on WordPress.org contains zero premium code. All PRO features are delivered via the Freemius SDK update mechanism and are clearly separated using the @fs_premium_only deployment directive.
How does the Health Advisor work?
It integrates with the native WordPress Site Health screen by hooking into the site_status_tests filter. It checks your current PHP and MySQL versions against known End-of-Life (EOL) dates and flags them as Critical (past EOL), Warning (within 6 months), or Good (actively supported).
Can my clients see the version information?
By default, only administrators can see version data. With PRO, you get a Role-Based Visibility matrix that lets you choose exactly which roles (Editor, Author, Shop Manager, etc.) can see version info. You can also completely white-label the plugin so clients never know it exists.
How do email alerts work?
The PRO plan (previously Agency — existing Agency customers keep it) monitors for version changes on every admin_init and via upgrader_process_complete . When a change is detected (e.g., PHP 8.1 → 8.2, or a plugin update), it sends a plain-text email to your configured recipients listing what changed, the old version, the new version, and the timestamp.
Is this plugin developer-friendly?
Extremely. Every data point fires a WordPress filter (e.g., version_info_wp_version , version_info_mysql_version ). Every render point fires an action. The architecture uses a ProviderInterface so you can register custom data providers. The codebase deliberately avoids language features that would lock out legacy hosts, so the plugin still installs on PHP 5.6+. See the developer documentation for the complete hooks reference and provider API.
Where can I find documentation?
Complete documentation, setup guides, and developer references are available at docs.versioninfoplugin.com .
Where can I get support?
Free users can use the WordPress.org support forum . PRO and Agency customers receive priority support .
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