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…
As you may have seen, we have been upgrading Watchfuls Akeeba Backup Pro (ABP) integration over the last few months. The Watchful API update for backup plugin selection that supported this process is now available. Why is this change happening? In 2019, ABP 7 was released for both Joomla and WordPress. Read more…
Adrian Rodriguez loved to write from an early age. He could often be found penning short stories and poems. But his grades in school didn’t always reflect his love of the written word. After doing poorly on an English exam, Adrian convinced his teachers to swap retaking the exam with Read more…
Update, August 26, 2021: This update is part of a bigger set of changes to our website management user experience (learn more). The website vulnerability scan at Watchful is an on-demand suite of tools that help detect and manage security risks. This includes looking at security best-practices, file and folder Read more…
Inspry is a digital consultancy based in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). They opened their doors in 2011 in the wake of the Great Recession with a mission to build tailored, technical web development solutions that help their clients succeed. Founded by Matt Schwartz following a year of freelancing, the company name Read more…
Version 3 of Google Analytics is called Universal Analytics. It provides traffic and keyword data that are popular in the white-label reports here at Watchful. Google Analytics 4 (GA4) launched recently, but for the foreseeable future most client reports will require Universal Analytics. Here’s why. How does Watchful obtain site Read more…
Keeping a close eye on your clients’ websites is an important task for any digital agency. One of the easiest ways to do this is with a custom website dashboard that displays the most critical and actionable information about the sites you manage. Below we will show you how you Read more…
The Watchful API allows you to use Watchful features in your own custom applications. You can mix-and-match Watchful with other products and services. Over the years, we’ve worked on the API code and tried many new features. One of such features was a way to create and display Watchful reviews. Read more…
For several years now, I have believed that central and western Europe is the hotbed of open source enthusiasm and growth. It’s amazing how many talented web agencies there are in the Netherlands (such as Van Laarhoven Websites and Perfect Web Team) and nearby areas such as Belgium, Germany and Read more…
A few weeks ago, we were talking with a Watchful customer about some potential new features. I clicked to visit their website and saw two amazing words: “since 1966”! I was fascinated by a company that was still strong and forward-thinking after 55 years old. In fact, our discussion was Read more…