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Getting Started

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  • Add your sites
    • Add a website to Watchful
    • Add a WordPress site to Watchful
    • Add a Joomla! site to Watchful
  • Set up your dashboard
    • How to edit site details in Watchful
    • Add site tags in Watchful
    • How to validate account emails
    • Customizing the Watchful interface

Backing Up Your Sites

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  • Backup monitoring
    • Monitor stale backups

Securing Your Sites

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  • Vulnerability Scanner
    • Vulnerability Scanner checks

Reports & Insights

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  • Reports & activity logs
    • Activity Logs and data retention
  • SEO & audits
    • Monitoring website quality with Lighthouse

Site Management

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  • Managing your sites
    • Deleting and restoring sites

Apps, Integrations & API

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  • Developer guides
    • Creating custom apps for Joomla!
    • Creating custom apps
    • Creating custom apps for WordPress
  • Using Watchful Apps
    • Install and configure Watchful Apps
    • Legacy custom apps
  • API
    • Use the Watchful REST API

Account & Billing

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  • Account settings
    • Beta-testing new Watchful features
    • Personalizing account preferences
    • Changing your username or password
    • How to validate account emails
  • Billing & payments
    • Adding funds to your account
    • View and download invoices
    • What is Watchful’s refund policy?
    • Update your billing information
    • How do I change my PayPal account?
  • Plans & subscriptions
    • Changing your Watchful plan
    • Cancel your subscription or delete your account
  • Account lifecycle
    • Understanding the account clean-up process
  • Account security
    • Authenticating with Social Sign-in
    • Enabling two-factor authentication
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Changing your username or password

You can change the username or password associated with your Watchful account from the Profile tab in Account & subscription.

Change your username

  1. Log in to your Watchful account.
  2. Click your name in the top-right corner of the Watchful interface and open Account & subscription.
  3. Select the Profile tab.
  4. In the Basic details section, click Change username.
  5. Enter your new username and complete the change as prompted.

Change your password

  1. Open Account & subscription.
  2. Select the Profile tab.
  3. In the Basic details section, click Change password.
  4. Enter your new password and complete the change as prompted.

The Profile tab also lets you update other account details, including your email address, name, company, address, and phone number.

If you change any of these profile fields directly on the page, click Update profile at the bottom of the page to save those changes.

You do not need to click Update profile after using Change username or Change password, because those actions are handled separately.

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