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Wordpress Debug Log

How to change the location of the WordPress debug log

When troubleshooting problems on a WordPress website, it is common to enable debugging to help find clues to the problem. Once debugging is enabled, a WordPress debug log file will be created to record anything that might be amiss such as PHP errors and warnings. Debugging is a great WordPress …

Why Privacy Matters

Website agency tools & services — why privacy matters

“This website uses cookies.” You may have seen this warning so many times that you probably click “accept all” without reading the details just to get rid of the notification popup. One day, viewing websites was hassle-free and the next, sites were covered with cookie notices concerned with your privacy.  …

Watchfuls 10th Anniversary

Celebrating Watchful’s 10th anniversary 🎈🎈🎉🎈🎈

It is hard to believe that September 2022 marks Watchful’s 10th anniversary. Not many businesses make it to 10 years. So I’m both proud and humbled to continue providing useful services to web developers, site maintainers and digital agencies. How it started & how it’s going 15 years ago I …

Watchful Google Analytics 4

Watchful now supports Google Analytics 4

Since 2014, reports generated by Watchful have been able to include traffic and other visitor data from Google’s Universal Analytics (UA). Today we are happy to announce that Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is now fully supported as well. Why support Google Analytics 4? Despite privacy concerns and new legislation, Google …