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thestart/startle
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A sleek WordPress error and downtime notifier that keeps you in the loop via Slack and email. Silent when all's good, loud when it matters.

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Startle: Your WordPress Error Guardian 🚨
========================================

[](#startle-your-wordpress-error-guardian-)

Startle is a lightweight WordPress plugin that acts as your site's vigilant sentinel. When critical errors threaten your website's stability, Startle instantly alerts you through Slack or email, ensuring you're never caught off guard by unexpected issues.

Features
--------

[](#features)

🔍 **Comprehensive Error Monitoring**

- Catch fatal errors, parse errors, and critical warnings
- Customizable error level notifications

📧 **Instant Notifications**

- Email alerts to your team
- Slack integration for real-time updates

🎛️ **Flexible Configuration**

- Choose which error levels to monitor
- Multiple notification email addresses
- Easy Slack webhook setup

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install via Composer:

```
composer require thestart/startle
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

1. Install via Composer
2. Navigate to Settings > Startle
3. Configure your notification preferences:
    - Add email addresses for notifications
    - Set up a Slack webhook URL
    - Select error levels to monitor

Quick Test
----------

[](#quick-test)

Use the built-in test buttons to:

- Send a test email notification
- Send a test Slack notification

Error Levels Supported
----------------------

[](#error-levels-supported)

- **E\_ERROR**: Fatal run-time errors (recommended)
- **E\_WARNING**: Unexpected but non-fatal warnings
- **E\_PARSE**: Syntax errors
- **E\_NOTICE**: Minor issues (usually ignorable)

Why Startle?
------------

[](#why-startle)

- 🐶 Like a digital watchdog: Silent when everything's fine, loud when it matters
- ⚡ Instant notifications
- 🛡️ Proactive error tracking
- 🔬 Detailed error context

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- WordPress 6.0+
- PHP 8.0+
- Composer

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome! Please submit pull requests or open issues on our GitHub repository.

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT License](LICENSE)

---

**Startle** – Keeping your WordPress site healthy, one alert at a time. 💪🌐

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance44

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

508d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![itsmejgrant](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26424501?v=4)](https://github.com/itsmejgrant "itsmejgrant (8 commits)")

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