Title: Settings Recommendations
Last modified: October 6, 2017

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# Settings Recommendations

 *  [hommealone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hommealone/)
 * (@hommealone)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-recommendations/)
    1. Heartbeat Control is an excellent plugin and important for many people
    2. Helpful documentation is not one of its strong points
    3. It is not clear what settings are appropriate, or even what the options mean
 * I hope that this thread can serve to help many users determine the best setting
   options to use. I hope that users of the plugin can comment on what settings 
   they use – and why. If enough users post their settings and tell why they chose
   them, others will have a better idea of what setting options to choose for themselves.
   If this thread ends up being helpful, the plugin author can make it a sticky 
   thread.
 * There are some blog posts available online about the plugin, but most pre-date
   the latest version, in which the options have changed.
 * In your replies to this thread, you can do two things: (1) Explain what each 
   settings option means; (2) Post your settings, and tell why they are appropriate
   for your situation.
 * Please offer explanations for each of the three current settings: Heartbeat Behavior;
   Locations; Frequency.
 * Let’s help this plugin by providing crowd-sourced documentation. Thanks!

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 *  [bluemi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluemi/)
 * (@bluemi)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-recommendations/#post-9610273)
 * Wonderimng about the same thing…
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Matson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffmatson/)
 * (@jeffmatson)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-recommendations/#post-9615439)
 * With the release of the latest version, settings should now be a bit more clear.
 *  [bluemi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluemi/)
 * (@bluemi)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-recommendations/#post-9615544)
 * To be honest – no. I wouldn’t even know what a standard setting could be and 
   if I have to change the initial setting.
 *  Thread Starter [hommealone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hommealone/)
 * (@hommealone)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-recommendations/#post-9621418)
 * Hi Jeff, and thanks for this excellent plugin. But I must agree with bluemi: 
   it is not clear what settings to choose.
 * I’d still like to know what exactly each option does, and hear from users about
   what settings they chose, and why. I hope that we can leave this thread open,
   and that some of the plugin’s users can give more input.
 * The instructions on the plugin homepage are very sparse and the plugin settings
   page isn’t as helpful as some might like, especially those who don’t understand
   what the heartbeat is, what it does and how it works, and how we can effect it.
   Jeff has already done the hard work of creating the plugin; hopefully some of
   the users can chip in with documentation and explanations.

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 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [hommealone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hommealone/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-recommendations/#post-9621418)
 * Status: not resolved