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Content Security Policy, usually abbreviated as CSP, is an HTTP response header that allows a website to tell browsers which sources and behaviors should be permitted when displaying its pages. A complete CSP can control many different aspects of a website. However, you do not need to implement a complicated Read more
HTTP Strict Transport Security, usually abbreviated as HSTS, is a security header that tells web browsers to access your website using HTTPS only. Once a browser receives an HSTS header from your website, future attempts to visit the site over HTTP are automatically upgraded to HTTPS. The browser will also Read more
The X-Frame-Options HTTP response header helps control whether pages from your website can be displayed inside a frame or iframe on another website. If this header is missing, another site may be able to embed your pages inside its own content. This can increase the risk of clickjacking, where a Read more
PHP is the programming language that powers WordPress. Depending on your server configuration, the exact version of PHP running your website may be included in its HTTP response headers. For example, your server might return: X-Powered-By: PHP/8.2.33 Visitors do not normally see HTTP response headers when browsing your website, but Read more
WordPress includes a built-in debugging system that can help identify problems with plugins, themes and custom code. When debug logging is enabled using the default settings, WordPress typically writes PHP errors, warnings and notices to: wp-content/debug.log The information in this file can be extremely useful when troubleshooting a website. Unfortunately, Read more
WS Form PRO is a powerful forms plugin for WordPress. Through our latest premium plugin integration, users can easily apply these paid updates safely and securely across all their sites at once with Watchful. Meet WS Form PRO Launched in 2018, WS Form has skyrocketed in popularity. This popularity is Read more
SEOPress is a popular marketing tool for WordPress with the free version installed on over 250,000 sites around the world. SEOPress Pro is the premium version. Watchful can now be used to remotely update all SEOPress versions, both free and paid. What is SEOPress Pro? The free version of SEOPress Read more
“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. Read more
If you read this blog, you’ll know that we take website security very seriously. And we always recommend using the Cloudflare service as one of the tools in your security toolbox. In this post we will share a simple Cloudflare hack that blocks many of the WordPress brute-force attacks your Read more
Uptime monitoring is an important consideration for anyone in charge of maintaining websites. At Watchful, we’ve completed the launch of our own uptime monitoring tool and added some useful changes. What is uptime monitoring? Uptime monitoring is a technique used to check if websites are online. Checks are performed on Read more