The single site software updater is one of the most-used tools at Watchful. We recently released a new version of this tool with improved updater usability. Usability problems with the single site updater Despite being a popular tool at Watchful, the single site updater, shown below, has a number of Read more
As you may have seen, we have been upgrading Watchfuls Akeeba Backup Pro (ABP) integration over the last few months. The Watchful API update for backup plugin selection that supported this process is now available. Why is this change happening? In 2019, ABP 7 was released for both Joomla and WordPress. Read more
Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) is one of the top WordPress plugins for selling digital products. From today, Watchful natively supports updating paid Easy Digital Downloads extensions. A powerful eCommerce solution EDD is a popular eCommerce tool for selling digital products and services with WordPress. Found in a wide variety of Read more
Updates for both free and premium WordPress plugins are part of the core mission at Watchful. Today, we added updates for WP Fusion to our centralized license manager. The glue between your website & the internet WP Fusion is a no-code automation tool that connects your website to the services Read more
Adrian Rodriguez loved to write from an early age. He could often be found penning short stories and poems. But his grades in school didn’t always reflect his love of the written word. After doing poorly on an English exam, Adrian convinced his teachers to swap retaking the exam with Read more
Quickly fixing a website that goes offline is an important job for anyone managing websites regularly. That’s why monitoring website uptime is one of the central tools at Watchful. Now it is much easier to enable and disable this feature across your entire platform. When would you disable website uptime Read more
This summer, the Watchful team was careful to set aside time to rest and recharge on vacation in places like Naples (Italy), Thassos (Greece), and Vail, Colorado (USA). But we had some projects “simmering on the stove” that address the user experience of website management at Watchful. We also introduced Read more
Updated 11-Nov-2021: Changes to the backup system are now complete. Updated 20-Sep-2021: This feature is open to all Watchful users for both Joomla and WordPress. At Watchful, we’ve been working on Joomla 4 compatibility for a while. Full support for Joomla 4 requires modernization of the Joomla backup system and Read more
The long-awaited launch of Joomla 4 arrives on August 17th and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ve been preparing for this day for years and we’re ready to go! In this post, I’m going to give you a quick over of what’s happening with Watchful and Joomla 4. Yes, Watchful Read more
Building a modern website requires a large set of skills and expertise in many softwares. Given the costs that can be involved in purchasing numerous suites of software, it’s not surprising that an ecosystem has developed around the production of free tools for web designers and developers. Below you’ll find Read more