Reports & activity logs
Create client reports
Last Updated: November 6, 2026Watchful lets you create professional, white-label reports that summarize the maintenance, activity, and performance of the websites you manage. These reports help you communicate the value of your work to clients by combining website activity logs, uptime monitoring, Google Analytics, and Lighthouse website quality scores in a single document. Reports...
Configure custom SMTP settings
Last Updated: November 6, 2026Configure a custom SMTP server in Watchful to send client reports from your own email address. Learn how to enter your mail server settings and troubleshoot delivery issues.
Activity Logs and data retention
Last Updated: October 13, 2026Watchful automatically records important events and changes on your monitored websites in Activity Logs. These logs provide a searchable history of website activity, including software updates, uptime events, security warnings, and configuration changes. Viewing Activity Logs Activity Logs are accessible from the Logs menu item in the left-hand navigation menu...
Add notes to activity logs and reports
Last Updated: October 25, 2026Watchful automatically records important website activities, including software updates, uptime events, security warnings, and changes to critical files. You can also add custom notes to your site’s Activity Logs to document maintenance tasks and other work that Watchful does not track automatically. These notes become part of your site’s activity...