Gigaom New Relic
Configures New Relic to better track performance, errors, and uptime of WordPress sites, including multisite
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- Small user base (50+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 11 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.0 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Gigaom New Relic stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| monitoring | >100 |
| newrelic | #7 |
| performance monitoring | >100 |
| server monitoring | >100 |
| telemetry | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 4 reviews
About Gigaom New Relic
From the official readme · v0.3Description
Supports both New Relic APM and Browser monitoring to give a clear picture of how your site performs both on the server and in the browser.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Automatically detects if the APM extensions are installed on the server. If so, the plugin will start reporting into the New Relic account associated with the license key used when installing the extension.
There’s no UI, but the plugin automatically sets the app name and other configuration values ideally for each request. The app name is based on the blog’s name. User-facing and dashboard activity are reported as separate apps so you can set different QoS and alert settings for each. Even cron and admin-ajax activity are separated out for individual tracking.
Each blog in a multi-site installation is tracked separately, using the name of the blog as the app name.
Browser monitoring (RUM)
Real user monitoring (browser monitoring) is automatically enabled if the APM extension is active, but in situations where the APM extension can’t be used, the plugin can still be used to track browser performance.
This mode requires some configuration:
- Get the tracking JavaScript from New Relic.
- Go to your WordPress dashboard -> Settings -> New Relic Settings and paste in the JavaScript
- Go to the New Relic dashboard to see your site reporting performance data!
The plugin extracts the configuration details from the JS and inserts them with a clean copy of the JS on each page (this cannot be used to inject arbitrary JS into the page).
Due to limitations of the Browser monitoring service/API, Browser-only monitoring does not include all the data or separate reporting of activity in separate apps as APM does.
In the WordPress.org plugin repo
Here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/go-newrelic/
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This plugin is on Github: https://github.com/gigaOM/go-newrelic
Installation
- Install and activate New Relic’s PHP agent, https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/php/new-relic-for-php#installation
- The web server should appear in New Relic’s dashboard
- Download and activate this plugin from https://wordpress.org/plugins/go-newrelic/
- Go back to the New Relic dashboard and enjoy monitoring each WordPress blog (and different aspects of each blog)
- Follow the Gigaom engineering team at http://kitchen.gigaom.com and https://github.com/gigaom/
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FAQ
Gigaom New Relic: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 18, 2026
Is Gigaom New Relic free?
Yes. Gigaom New Relic is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Gigaom New Relic safe to use in 2026?
Gigaom New Relic shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Gigaom New Relic?
Gigaom New Relic is active on 50+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 12,772 times since it launched in May 2013. It was downloaded 74 times in the last 30 days.
Does Gigaom New Relic work with WordPress 7.1?
Gigaom New Relic is officially tested up to WordPress 4.0.38, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Gigaom New Relic last updated?
The latest version, 0.3, was released on November 4, 2014 (12 years ago).
Who makes Gigaom New Relic?
Gigaom New Relic is developed and maintained by Casey Bisson.
What are the best alternatives to Gigaom New Relic?
The most popular alternatives to Gigaom New Relic are MainWP Child (700K+ installs), Manage (100K+ installs) and WP Umbrella: Security Backu… (90K+ installs).
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