by pluginkollektiv 4 (27 reviews)

Snitch

Name: Snitch
Rating: 4.0 (27 reviews)
Author: pluginkollektiv

Network monitor for WordPress. Connection overview for monitoring and controlling outgoing data traffic.

Snitch ranks #7,604 among WordPress.org plugins with 800+ active installations, is #62 of 628 in the Multisite category, a 4/5 rating from 27 reviews, and was last updated Mar 14, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1.1)

v1.2.1 Current Version v1.2.1

Updated 6 months ago Last Update on 14 Mar, 2026

Refreshed 14 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#62 of 628 in Multisite Top 10% by installs

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Rank

#7,604

-3 this week

Active Installs

800+

-6.8%

KW Avg Position

48.8

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Downloads

49.7K

+2 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

80%

Review 4 out of 5

4 (27 reviews)

Next Milestone 900

Total Progress 54%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.0

27 reviews

Overall 80%

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Security History

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.1
Last Updated: Mar 14, 2026
Requires WP: 3.8+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: 5.2.4 or higher
Author: pluginkollektiv

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 27
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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GDPR firewall monitoring network sniffer

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Snitch is for WordPress site administrators who want visibility into their site's outgoing network connections. It logs every outbound connection and lets admins block or unblock requests by target URL or script, helping detect malware, tracking software, or unwanted data transfers.

Logs outgoing connections
Block requests by target URL
Block requests by script
Visual highlighting of blocked requests
Grouping, sorting, searching
Show POST variables
Monitors back-end and front-end
Delete all entries button

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Snitch

Snitch catches any connection that leaves the blog via WordPress HTTP API (internal WordPress interface for data communication). This affects both the back-end and the front-end of a WordPress installation.

WordPress calls internal Cronjobs via WordPress HTTP API - exactly this interface is monitored by Snitch and also records Cronjob accesses accordingly. If cronjobs are listed too often, something possibly isn't correct. Therefore, it is recommend to check the list of scheduled cronjob jobs. The following code snippet in the WordPress configuration file wp-config.php switches off the logging of the internal WordPress queries: php define('SNITCH_IGNORE_INTERNAL_REQUESTS', true);

Snitch stores its entries as WordPress Custom Post Types. Important step: By a WordPress attribute Snitch marks all log entries as private, therefore not public. So far, the ideology with private and inaccessible entries would work if there were not WordPress plugins that would carry all - including private - Custom Post Types into the world and communicate with search engines. With fatal consequences for the blogger. And so it quickly happens that Google suddenly hits Snitch entries (as blog pages) which are not intended for public access. For example, because Snitch entries appear in the sitemap XML of the blog, as a sitemap XML plugin is of the opinion that it is also necessary to add private entries and to have them released for indexing. There is also no help to block via robots.txt because the robots.txt file does not prevent the indexing of the pages. Automatic Shares go crazily The fact that every new Snitch entry automatically sends a message to Facebook and/or Twitter, is clearly not due to Snitch. Rather, the cause is to be found in the inserted Auto-Tweet-Facebook-Plugin, which faulty triggers an automatic event at every - also non-public - WordPress Custom Post Type. And that's wrong. The usage of such Plugins should be reconsidered. A complete documentation is available on the Snitch website.

Please report security bugs found in the source code of the Snitch plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.