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WordPress Dashboards

Logystera provides 8 purpose-built dashboards for WordPress monitoring. Each dashboard answers exactly one question about your site.

Dashboard Principles

  1. One question per dashboard — no mixed concerns
  2. Stat panels first — KPIs visible at a glance
  3. Incident signals visible immediately — threshold coloring on critical metrics
  4. Analysis dashboards separate from overview — overview shows health, details are behind upgrade

How it works

WordPress Site
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   Signals (HTTP requests, events, state changes)
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   Logystera Metrics Engine
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   Metric Sets (grouped by domain)
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   Dashboards (one question per dashboard)

Dashboard Hierarchy

Site Overview (free — health at a glance)
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     ↓  "something looks wrong"
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Incidents (paid — what's broken?)
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     ↓  "I need details"
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Perf Traffic Admin Drift Email Plugin

Plan Structure

Tier Dashboards Purpose
Free Site Overview Is my site OK?
Paid Incidents, Performance, Traffic, Admin, Drift, Email, Plugin Impact Deep analysis & operations

Free users see the health signal. When they spot a problem — slow requests, errors, bot traffic — Logystera shows them exactly which dashboard has the analysis, prompting a natural upgrade.

Dashboard Map

# Dashboard Question Tier
I Site Overview Is my site healthy? Free
II Incidents Is something broken right now? Paid
III Performance & Latency Where is my site slow? Paid
IV Traffic Intelligence Who is using my site? Paid
V Admin & Auth What's happening in my admin? Paid
VI Change & Drift What changed on my site? Paid
VII Email Analytics Are my emails working? Paid
VIII Plugin Impact Which plugin is breaking my site? Paid

Panel Count Summary

Dashboard Tier Panels Target
I. Site Overview Free 15 12-15
II. Incidents Paid 16 14-16
III. Performance & Latency Paid 21 18-20
IV. Traffic Intelligence Paid 18 16-18
V. Admin & Auth Paid 16 14-16
VI. Change & Drift Paid 12 10-12
VII. Email Analytics Paid 11 9-11
VIII. Plugin Impact Paid 10 8-12

What makes Logystera dashboards different

  1. Log-first metrics — Every metric is derived from actual WordPress request logs, not synthetic checks
  2. Three capability layers:
    • Runtime metrics — latency, memory, hooks, cache
    • Behavior analytics — traffic patterns, admin activity, bot detection
    • Drift detection — plugin changes, PHP errors, file integrity, user changes
  3. Purpose-built — Each dashboard answers ONE question, not everything at once

Panel types

Type When to use
stat Single KPI value with threshold coloring (first-glance zone)
line_chart Trends over time — spot spikes and patterns
bar_chart Composition / distribution comparisons
table Top-N lists (URIs, warning sources, crawlers)
gauge Ratio metrics with visual fill (e.g., cache hit ratio, email success rate)
pie_chart Proportion breakdowns (use sparingly)
heatmap Latency distribution (Performance dashboard only)

UX guidelines

  • Stat panels at the top of every dashboard — first-glance zone
  • Tables for top-N lists (Top URIs, Top Warning Sources, Top Crawlers)
  • Threshold coloring on stats: green = OK, yellow = warning, red = incident
  • 12-16 panels max per dashboard to avoid noise
  • No deep analysis on overview dashboards — link to specialized dashboards instead

Upgrade flow

Free user sees on Site Overview:
  "Slow Requests: 12%"  (yellow)

Clicks for details → prompted:
  "Upgrade to see Performance & Latency dashboard"
  → route breakdown, memory profiling, hook analysis