{"id":237,"date":"2020-01-24T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockpack.co\/blog\/?p=237"},"modified":"2020-03-11T08:06:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T08:06:48","slug":"how-are-requests-counted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockpack.co\/blog\/how-are-requests-counted\/","title":{"rendered":"How are requests counted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lately, I have seen a lot of people mentioning that they do not clearly understand what the pricing page means by <strong>request<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s a detailed breakdown of how that works. Don&#8217;t worry it&#8217;s not that long \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A request is counted when the plugin makes a call to the server. 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