For most of the last decade, managed website services have exploded across the hosting industry. And if you own or manage a website, you’ve probably heard of popular managed hosting vendors such as WP Engine, Pagely, and CloudAccess, to name a few. Managed hosting has a lot of benefits for Read more…
Managed website services have exploded across the hosting industry in the last decade. And while they are clearly suitable for many sites, managed WordPress hosting has a number of potential drawbacks that agencies should carefully consider. If managed WordPress hosting is not a good fit for you, or simply outside Read more…
Web and digital agencies are always on the lookout for any sign of website intrusion. That’s why we built the Early Warning Audit. The audit monitors sensitive items on your site up to 8 times each day and notifies you when unexpected changes occur. Today we add admin user monitoring Read more…
Many digital agencies use scheduled reporting to keep their clients informed of website maintenance and other activities and metrics. We’ve been steadily improving the website report builder here at Watchful to make them more informative, flexile, and useful. Today we add another great feature to our website report builder: customized Read more…
Here at Watchful, we help Joomla users manage tens of thousands of Joomla sites. This gives us a lot of insight into the world of Joomla extensions and provides a unique view of Joomla trends. Each autumn we analyze data across the entire Watchful platform to look for trends and Read more…
The official WordPress plugin repository is the first place folks visit when looking for free plugins. In contrast, a number of premium plugin marketplaces exist such as Elegant Marketplace. Elegant Marketplace offers plugins, themes and layouts. And if you are using Watchful to manage your WordPress websites, you can now Read more…
JSitemap is one of the most venerable and beloved free extensions in Joomla. As of this writing, this SEO toolkit has has received 490 reviews and has a perfect 5/5 rating. The professional version of this software is also very popular. And so we’re thrilled to announce that 1-click and Read more…
Most agencies who build websites with Joomla have heard of the DJ-Classifieds. DJ-Classifieds makes it easy to build a robust website populated with user-submitted content. It is one of the most mature commercial extensions in the Joomla ecosystem. With over 100 reviews, a perfect 5-star rating, and over 18 payment Read more…
Update Aug. 11, 2021: Check out the current state of of our preparations with the stable release of Joomla 4 just a few days away. Joomla 4 beta was released a few weeks ago. The stable version may still be a few months out but plans are already in full Read more…
The Early Warning Audit is Watchful’s persistent scanner that looks for signs of intrusion on your site. It performs a security scan for WordPress and Joomla sites in your Watchful dashboard up to 8 times per day. The scan looks for changes in critical system files, plugins/extensions that have been Read more…