Proactive Site Advisor – Privacy‑First Anomaly Alerts
Your site talks. Don’t wait until it screams.
Most site problems — ranking drops, broken links, bot attacks — don’t show up in your dashboard. They simmer silently until a visitor complains or your SEO takes a hit. Proactive Site Advisor acts as your first line of defense, scanning your site daily and alerting you the moment something goes off track.
No Google Analytics needed. No external services. No complicated dashboards. Just clear, actionable alerts inside WordPress.
Why Proactive Site Advisor?
Alerts you can actually act on When an anomaly is detected, you don’t just get a number. You get a human-readable summary that tells you what changed, what it means, and exactly what to check next.
Here’s a real example of a traffic drop alert:
Traffic — August 2, 2026
Traffic dropped 41% Your human traffic decreased sharply compared to recent activity.
What this means: A decrease in human traffic means fewer real visitors reached your site compared to your normal activity. This does not always indicate a problem and can happen after website changes, availability issues, visibility changes, broken links, or changes in visitor behavior.
Why this alert? Human traffic decreased significantly compared to your recent activity. This level of change is unusual and may indicate an issue affecting how visitors reach or interact with your site.
Today: 445 · 7-day average: 754 · Change: -41%
Pattern: This alert has appeared for the second consecutive day.
Related activity: Detected together with: 404 Errors, Bot Activity.
What you should check next: – Review broken links first, as they may be affecting traffic. – Verify that your most important pages are available and responding correctly. – Review major recent changes, migrations, deployments, or settings updates that may have affected visitor access. – Check that your site is loading normally and important pages are accessible.
404 alerts include the top 3 broken URLs with fix suggestions. Bot alerts list the top 3 crawlers by name with visit counts and context.
This is just the beginning. We’re actively building new alert types based on real user feedback — slow page detection, server error monitoring, and more — so your site advisor gets smarter over time.
Built for privacy and performance The plugin never phones home. All data is collected, summarized, and stored inside your own database. We use lightweight tables that hold only the last 7 days of aggregated metrics. No personal visitor data is ever saved. No cookies. No front‑end scripts. GDPR‑friendly by design.
Zero‑configuration monitoring Install, activate, done. The plugin starts logging and comparing data from day one. No API keys, no tracking codes, no setup wizard. It just works.
Features
- Bot anomaly detection – Detects unusual crawler activity with top bot names and auto-corrected traffic counts.
- Built-in rate limiting – Mitigates aggressive scraping and bot floods in real-time.
- Human traffic monitoring – Drops or spikes compared to the previous 7‑day average.
- 404 error surge alerts – Top 3 broken URLs with hit counts and fix suggestions.
- Actionable recommendations – Every alert includes a « What you should check next » list.
- Daily WP‑Cron scans – Automatic checks after each full day.
- 100% local processing – No external APIs, zero data leaves your server.
- Atomic database operations – Reliable metric collection without race conditions.
- Accurate bot detection – 1,500+ bot signatures, updated regularly.
- Future‑ready – More anomaly types (slow pages, server errors, plugin conflicts) are planned.
Privacy & Performance by Design
- Truly self‑hosted – All statistics stay in your WordPress database. We never see your data.
- No personal data – Only daily summaries. No IP addresses, no cookies.
- Ultra‑light footprint – Lightweight background processing, zero front-end impact.
- GDPR/CCPA friendly – No cookies, no cross‑site tracking, no consent banner needed for monitoring.
Who is Proactive Site Advisor for?
- Site owners who hate surprises – Know the moment traffic dips or errors rise, before clients notice.
- Agencies managing multiple sites – Proactive alerts let you fix issues before reports go out.
- SEO and content teams – Catch 404s and broken links instantly, protecting your rankings.
- Privacy‑conscious WordPress users – Get site insights without giving data to third parties.
Installation
- Download the plugin zip file.
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
- Choose the zip file and click Install Now, then Activate.
- Visit the new Site Advisor menu in your admin sidebar.
That’s it. No configuration pages to fill out, no API connections to set up. Proactive Site Advisor starts monitoring immediately.
Source Code
Source code and build tools are available at: https://github.com/proactive-site-advisor/proactive-site-advisor