The website maintenance blog at Watchful covers all things WordPress including hosting, software, updates, backups and agency life.
In 2018, Watchful made a commitment to supporting privacy and the General Data Protection Regulation in the EU. As part of this commitment, Watchful account holders can complete a data processing agreement with us with ease. Here’s how. What is the GDPR? In 2018, the EU adopted a legal framework Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
If you use Google’s Universal Analytics (UA) to monitor traffic on your website, you are probably aware that it will sunset and stop collecting data on July 1, 2023. You may also know that UA is being replaced by Google Analytics 4 (GA4). But did you know that the traffic Read more
Summertime is typically a bit of a slower period here at Watchful. So our engineers get a chance to chip away at some of the less-urgent tasks on our roadmap. While many of these don’t warrant their own blog post, I thought it might be useful to compile our platform Read more
Watchful is a collection of tools and services that simplifies the maintenance and management of websites. But Watchful cannot solve every maintenance need for every user. Thus, you can extend Watchful with apps that communicate changes on your website to your Watchful account. What are apps? Watchful apps are WordPress Read more
With over 22 plugins on the WordPress repository, Jordy Meow is a prolific plugin developer. Of these 22, seven have premium versions available from the Meow Apps website. Popular titles include Perfect Images Pro and Media Cleaner Pro. One of Watchful’s unique features is the ability to update premium WordPress Read more
Beta testers are an important part of the development cycle at Watchful. We’ve now formalized how beta testing works. It is now called the Early Access program and it is available to all customers. What is the Early Access program? As the name suggests, the Early Access program allows Watchful Read more
Each year I participate in the Scenic Shore 150, a 2-day bicycle ride to raise money for blood cancer research and patient services. After some encouragement from colleagues, I decided to share the 2022 charity fundraiser with all Watchful users. I hope you’ll join my team virtually! What is the Read more
Google has announced that Universal Analytics (UA) will be sunsetted on July 1st, 2023 with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) becoming the new standard. In preparation for this shift, we are making changes to our website traffic reports. What are website traffic reports? At Watchful, website traffic reports are used to Read more