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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
Watchful introduces performance drop detection for Lighthouse beta testers, with automatic warnings when website performance declines significantly.
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
Watchful automatically checks PHP compatibility before applying WordPress plugin updates, preventing incompatible installations and helping keep your websites running smoothly.
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
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