SearchWP Usage Tracking

Are you curious about usage tracking in SearchWP? Usage tracking helps our team better understand how users interact with SearchWP and the types of websites it’s used on. By analyzing a variety of data points from the SearchWP plugin, WordPress installation, and hosting environment, we can continue improving the plugin’s performance, reliability, and overall user experience.

This information also helps us enhance our quality assurance testing and ensures that future updates are well-optimized for different setups. In this article, you’ll find details about the information SearchWP collects through usage tracking.

SearchWP

• License Details: For paid license holders of SearchWP, the license key (and type) allows us to identify the customer profile if an issue or bug is detected.
• Plugin Activation Dates: Tracking when a user first activates SearchWP helps us better understand plugin lifecycle usage and assists with troubleshooting.
• Installed Version: Knowing which version of SearchWP is installed helps us diagnose compatibility issues and improve future updates.
• SearchWP Engine Count: We collect data on the number of search engines created and the total number of indexed posts to determine if the plugin is being utilized efficiently and to identify optimization opportunities.
• Search Form Settings: This helps us understand how many sites are using SearchWP’s built-in forms and templates, allowing us to introduce new features based on their popularity and user demand.
• Plugin Settings: We track which settings are most frequently used so we can focus development on popular areas while improving or simplifying features that are less commonly utilized.

WordPress

• Site URL: The website address allows us to properly store usage tracking records so that we can avoid duplicate details.
• Installed Version: Knowing which WordPress version is installed ensures SearchWP remains fully compatible with all supported releases.
• Active Theme/Plugins: Since SearchWP is used across a wide range of themes and plugins, this data helps us ensure compatibility with commonly used tools and identify potential conflicts.
• WP Cron: SearchWP uses cron-based background tasks for indexing. Collecting this information helps us verify whether the indexer is running as expected on user sites.
• Locale: We aim to make SearchWP accessible worldwide. Knowing a site’s locale helps us prioritize translation and localization improvements.
• Multisite:  If a site operates as part of a multisite network, tracking the number of subsites helps us ensure SearchWP performs efficiently in large-scale environments.
• Users Count: We collect data on the total number of registered users to understand the scale of sites using SearchWP and optimize performance accordingly.

Web Server

• PHP and MySQL Versions: These details help us confirm that our testing covers the most widely used server configurations and avoids compatibility issues.
• Server Software: This reports if the web server software is Apache, Nginx, or similar, which is used for testing purposes.

Frequently Asked Questions

These are answers to some of the top questions we receive about usage tracking.

How do I opt into (or out of) usage tracking?

If you have a paid license with SearchWP, you are automatically opted into usage tracking by default. However, if you wish to disable it, please reach out to the SearchWP support team — they’ll be happy to assist you in opting out.