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WatchTowerHQ Website Monitoring: Done Right
\nFed up with using tools that get sold to GoDaddy, lose their founding team, and slowly die?
\nTired of half-assed customer service that takes 72-144 hours to get a response?
\nLooking for one solution to cut the costs of many tools?
\nOur founding team is intact and not only focused on a world-class customer service experience, we’re focused on making WatchTowerHQ the best tool agencies and companies turn to when managing multiple websites.

Automated Updates

Set it and forget it by scheduling WordPress theme and plugin updates in advance. Every Tuesday at 7am? Not a problem with WatchTowerHQ

Performance Insights

Wondering why no one stays on your website? It’s probably because it’s slow…like Ford Fiesta slow. Figure out what you need to do to transform it into the Porsche it deserves to be.

Daily Backups

Take them daily, store them for a year. Don’t be at the mercy of the intern who accidentally deleted all of your blog posts from the last 6 years. Restore them quickly from one of your backups. Automate these as you would like, or take them manually.

Historical Data Tracking

A snapshot in time is great for some. You’re not some. Most are like you, they want to see how data looks over time. Screen shots from last May? Easy peasy. Site speed today relative to 2 months ago? One click.

Notifications?

We’ve got you covered. You control who gets alerts, which alerts they get, and when. All for you to control within your account.

Domain and SSL Registration Monitoring

The dreaded call from a client at 12:47am when they realize their domain has expired and a 12 year old North Korean is holding it hostage for 72 BTC. Don’t let that happen to you or your clients. Always know when your domain or SSL certificate are about to expire so you can proactively renew.

Real-time Uptime Monitoring

Kiss false positives good-bye. Set your limits, get updated when they’re triggered.

One-Click Access

Access your WordPress site or staging environment with one click right from the website dashboard.
\nWatchTowerHQ is the most robust website monitoring and management tool. Increase operational efficiency by eliminating wasted time, improving your security, and taking preventive action.

Custom User Roles

Select from one of WatchTowerHQ’s user roles with granular permissions selection or create custom roles to fit your organizational needs.

Please note that WatchTowerHQ tracks information about your site including:
\n* Domain information (Registrar, DNS, SSL, Blacklist Status, Site & Proxy IP addresses)
\n* WordPress plugins, themes, and core
\n* Google Lighthouse & Google Analytics data
\n* Screen captures
\n* CSS & JavaScript code

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After installing the WatchTowerHQ plugin you will need to do a few things to start monitoring your site.
\n1. Activate the WatchTowerHQ plugin.
\n2. Copy the access token found in the WatchTowerHQ Settings (you will need this in a future step).
\n3. Go to WatchTowerHQ to sign up for an account.
\n4. Fill in information about your websites – including the access token that you’d copied earlier.
\n5. Save the website’s information once complete. Happy monitoring!

If you’ve already signed up on WatchTowerHQ, you can also follow the alternative installation:
\n1. Download the WatchTowerHQ client from the Settings dropdown menu
\n2. Go to the Plugins tab in WordPress and select “Add New Plugin”.
\n3. Click the “Upload Plugin” button and upload the zip file you downloaded from WatchTowerHQ.
\n4. Click to activate the client and copy the access token from the WatchTowerHQ settings.
\n5. Go to the “Add new website” form found on the Websites page of your WatchTowerHQ dashboard.
\n6. Select WordPress as your CMS and paste the access token in the space.

\n","faq":"\n

\nCan I have multiple environments on WatchTowerHQ?\n\n

Yes, you can include your development and other environments to your WatchTowerHQ account for convenient one-click access.

\nWhat does WatchTowerHQ do with my site’s information?\n\n

The information tracked by WatchTowerHQ is used to provide real-time analytics and alerts on your site’s status including vulnerabilities, site downtime, and performance. As well as to notify you about WordPress-specific issues such as abandoned plugins.

\nHow much is WatchTowerHQ?\n\n

To view our plans and get started with WatchTowerHQ check out our website.

\nCan I limit access to other users?\n\n

We have a number of standard roles, that many users requested, along with that we’ve created custom user roles. With custom user roles the options are endless to the access that you can give any one user. Custom User roles are included in all plans at no additional cost.

\n\n","changelog":"

3.9.4

more info about admins
collect user last log in date
declare WordPress 6.6 compatibility

3.9.2

fix server ip detection

3.9.1

mysqldump native support

3.8.4

Fix CloudFlare issue

3.8.1

Drop third party autoloader

3.7.20

WordPress 6.5 compatibility declaration

3.7.19

fix server ip detection

3.7.18

WordPress 6.4 compatibility declaration

3.7.17

cleanup updates logs older than 1 year

3.7.16

code cleanup & upgrade some third party libraries

3.7.15

significant increase in performance with a large number of plugins

3.7.14

WordPress 6.3 compatibility declaration

3.7.12

backup improvement

3.7.9

updated woocommerce/action-scheduler dependency

3.7.8

WordPress 6.2 compatibility declaration. Updated some dependencies

3.7.7

fixed installation size calculation

3.7.6

added total users count

3.7.5

ability to redirect user to updates page directly after login

3.7.4

mysql backup code improvements

3.7.2

drop old php compatibility

3.6.21

code hardening

3.6.20

remove unused code

3.6.19

db backup fix

3.6.18

WordPress 6.1.x compatibility declaration update

3.6.17

Fix security issue

3.6.16

Fix security issue

3.6.15

Fix theme updates info

3.6.13

Fix plugin updates info

3.6.12

Fix plugin slug

3.6.11

Fix plugin slug

3.6.10

WP 6.x compatibility declaration

3.6.7

WP 5.9.x compatibility declaration

3.6.6

fix open basedir warnings

3.6.1

Add endpoint for removing database backup file

3.6.0

updated action scheduler

3.5.69

WP Engine – exception

3.5.67

code improvements

3.5.65

code improvements
fetch info about debug log

3.5.1

update action scheduler

3.5.0

new backup system

3.4.16

WordPress 5.8 compatibility

3.4.15

fix UI issue

3.4.13

better settings UI

3.4.12

allow resume downloading backup
include backup integrity checksum to confirm error free transfer

3.4.10

code refactoring

3.4.9

update composer properties

3.4.8

WordPress 5.7 compatibility

3.4.4

new backup queue file limits

3.4.2

increase timeout

3.4.0

added ZipArchive fallback

3.3.10

fix curl timeout

3.3.7

minimum PHP version: 7.1

3.3.6

readme improvements

3.3.0

WordPress.org first release.
removed custom updates library

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Watchtower is a plugin that monitors your WordPress website and alerts you of any issues that show up unexpectedly. Think of it as your WordPress guardian angel.

While we’re still quite fresh, we’re constantly growing and expanding the features of the plugin. We currently support uptime monitoring, performance auditing/tracking and alerts/notifications.

Watchtower is free but there is a Pro plan which allows you to super charge the features of the plugin to include things such as SMS sending and faster alert/audit times.

Uptime Monitoring

Watchtower notifies you when your WordPress website is down. Once connected, we’ll constantly ping your WordPress website and notify when it is unavailable or returning an error.

Performance Monitoring

Performance can the difference between a user continuing to browse your website and clicking the close tab button. It also helps you rank better in the search engines and improve your SEO. Watchtower lets you know exactly where you stand in terms of performance.

Web Vitals

Our performance metrics are powered by Web Vitals by Google. Google has developed key metrics around performance of websites called Web Vitals. We track these metrics on an ongoing basis and report the results back to you.

Notifications

Configuring notifications is easy in Watchtower. Add as many email, SMS or Whatsapp contacts as you’d like and they’ll all receive alerts when activated.

Reporting

Watchtower reports on uptime issues and performance directly from your WordPress dashboard. You’ll be able to check your stats over a given time period and see a list of alerts that have been sent.

Pro Plan

As mentioned, Watchtower is free. If you’d like faster alerting, SMS alerts and other more advanced features you can upgrade your account. Check out the Watchtower website to see the Pro features that are available and the pricing.

Icon Credit

The Watchtower icon was created by Freepik from www.flaticon.com

\n","installation":"

Installation is simple! Download and add the plugin to WordPress (or use the WordPress plugin installer). Once the plugin is installed, activate it.

Upon activation, you’ll see the Watchtower menu item added to the WordPress admin menu. Click Watchtower and you’ll be asked to connect to the Watchtower service. This will take less than 2 minutes and your website will be connected. You can now start using the plugin.

\n","faq":"\n

\nIs Watchtower free?\n

Yes! However there is a Pro plan for more advanced features.

\nI’m unable to add contacts or see the settings interface\n

Please make sure you’re using WordPress 5.0 or above. Unfortunately at the moment we are unable to support WordPress 4.x.

\nHelp! Something is not working as expected\n

You’re more than welcome to reach out to us on the WordPress.org support forum. Pro plan users can use our premium support service via the website or email us on support@usewatchtower.com.

\n\n","changelog":"

0.2

Brand new dashboard and UI
Integrated Web Vitals performance stats
New look stats and graphs for uptime and performance
Added basic security checks, currently monitoring SSL

0.1.1

Show warning when WordPress version is lower than 5.0
Faster cache invalidation for account data
Added some responsive styles to the dashboard
Show “Pro only” label on SMS option in settings

0.1

Connect to Watchtower
Uptime reporting for the last 30 days and a 7 day breakdown
Uptime monitoring
Add contacts for alerts

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$\"Overview\"$
Overview
$\"Uptime$
Uptime stats
$\"Performance$
Performance stats by Google Lighthouse and Web Vitals
$\"Performance$
Performance history over time
$\"Setup$
Setup contacts for alert notifications

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