# Health Checker > for Joomla Comprehensive health monitoring for your Joomla 5+ site ## Table of Contents ### Getting Started - [Getting Started](/docs/getting-started.md): Quick start guide for Health Checker for Joomla. Install the extension and run your first health check in under 5 minutes. - [Introduction](/docs/introduction.md): Learn what Health Checker for Joomla does: 130+ automated checks for security, performance, SEO, database, and more. - [Installation](/docs/installation.md): Step-by-step installation guide for Health Checker for Joomla. Download, install via Joomla admin, and verify setup. ### User Guide - [Understanding Health Checks](/docs/understanding-checks.md): Learn how Health Checker categorizes and reports issues. Understand Critical, Warning, and Good status levels. - [Running Health Checks](/docs/running-checks.md): How to execute health checks in Joomla admin. Learn the interface, filtering results, and interpreting the dashboard. - [Reading Results](/docs/reading-results.md): How to interpret health check findings. Understand status levels, take action on issues, and prioritize fixes. - [Managing Health Checks](/docs/guide/managing-checks.md): Enable or disable individual health checks via plugin configuration. Customize which checks run on your Joomla site. - [Exporting Reports](/docs/exporting-reports.md): Export Health Checker reports as JSON or HTML. Share results with clients, hosting providers, or archive for compliance. - [Dashboard Widget](/docs/dashboard-widget.md): Health Checker dashboard widget for Joomla. See site health status at a glance from your admin dashboard. ### Health Checks Reference - [Health Checks Reference](/docs/checks.md): Complete index of 130+ health checks organized by category: System, Database, Security, Users, Extensions, Performance, SEO, Content. - [System & Hosting Checks](/docs/checks/system.md): 33 system and hosting health checks for Joomla: PHP version, memory limits, disk space, server configuration, and more. - [Database Checks](/docs/checks/database.md): 18 database health checks for Joomla: table optimization, index integrity, connection settings, and query performance. - [Security Checks](/docs/checks/security.md): 21 security health checks for Joomla: SSL, file permissions, password policies, two-factor auth, admin protection, and more. - [Users Checks](/docs/checks/users.md): 12 user-related health checks for Joomla: super admin count, inactive users, duplicate accounts, and user activity monitoring. - [Extensions Checks](/docs/checks/extensions.md): 13 extension health checks for Joomla: outdated extensions, disabled plugins, update sites, and compatibility issues. - [Performance Checks](/docs/checks/performance.md): 10 performance health checks for Joomla: caching configuration, GZIP compression, database optimization, and page speed. - [SEO Checks](/docs/checks/seo.md): 12 SEO health checks for Joomla: meta tags, robots.txt, XML sitemap, URL structure, and search engine optimization. - [Content Quality Checks](/docs/checks/content.md): 11 content quality health checks for Joomla: orphaned articles, broken links, empty categories, and content issues. ### For Developers - [Developer Guide](/docs/developers.md): Developer guide for extending Health Checker for Joomla with custom plugins. Create your own health checks and categories. - [Quick Start](/docs/developers/quick-start.md): Quick start guide for developers: create your first Health Checker plugin in 10 minutes with complete code examples. - [Creating Health Checks](/docs/developers/creating-checks.md): How to create custom health checks for Joomla. Extend AbstractHealthCheck, implement performCheck(), and return results. - [Custom Categories](/docs/developers/custom-categories.md): Add custom categories to Health Checker for Joomla. Organize your checks with CollectCategoriesEvent and HealthCategory. - [Provider Metadata](/docs/developers/provider-metadata.md): Provider metadata API for Health Checker plugins. Register your plugin's name, description, logo, and URL for attribution. - [API Reference](/docs/developers/api-reference.md): Complete API reference for Health Checker for Joomla: interfaces, events, services, result types, and helper methods. - [Best Practices](/docs/developers/best-practices.md): Best practices for Health Checker plugin development: error handling, performance, testing, naming conventions, and code quality. - [Examples](/docs/developers/examples.md): Working code examples for Health Checker plugins. Complete plugin templates and common health check patterns. ### Optional Integrations - [Akeeba Backup Integration](/docs/integrations/akeeba-backup.md): Akeeba Backup integration for Health Checker. Monitor backup status, schedules, success rates, and storage configuration. - [Akeeba Admin Tools Integration](/docs/integrations/akeeba-admin-tools.md): Akeeba Admin Tools integration for Health Checker. Monitor WAF status, security configuration, and .htaccess protection. - [Community Plugins](/docs/integrations/community-plugins.md): Community-built plugins for Health Checker for Joomla. Discover third-party integrations or submit your own. ### About - [Code Quality Commitment](/docs/code-quality.md): Code quality commitment: PHPStan level 8, 100% test coverage, PSR-12 standards, Rector, and security best practices. - [The Sponsor](/docs/sponsor.md): Health Checker for Joomla is sponsored by mySites.guru, providing Joomla monitoring and management services since 2012. - [License](/docs/license.md): Health Checker for Joomla is GPL v2+ licensed, same as Joomla itself. Free to use, modify, and distribute. ### Other - [Health Checker for Joomla - User Documentation](/docs/README.md) - [Health Checker Quick Start Skeleton](/docs/public/downloads/quickstart-skeleton/README.md)