With the recent challenges imposed by COVID-19, it’s not surprising that the number of people earning an income from independent work in the U.S. rose 34 percent in 2021 (see below). But making the switch to freelance web development full-time is not an easy decision. To successfully make the switch, Read more…
One of the things that sets Watchful apart from other WordPress maintenance tools is our support for Premium WordPress plugin updates. Update support for the following paid plugins/plugin suites is now live: GiveWP add-ons Formidable Forms WP Staging PRO Advanced Ads Pro Updates for GiveWP add-ons GiveWP is a powerful Read more…
There is only one way to safely update plugins on your WordPress site: make sure that you have a recent backup handy before you start! Today we released a new update fresh feature for the bulk updater. Update fresh will cut maintenance time significantly while giving you the confidence to Read more…
Recently a Watchful Premium user contacted our support team with an urgent request. An update for a custom theme had been released, but it was not yet appearing in Watchful’s updater. Was there another way to install urgent website updates across all the affected sites? Before we give the solution, Read more…
Updating to the latest version of Joomla is perhaps the single most important way to keep your website safe. The latest supported versions of Joomla are the 3.10.x series and the 4.0.x series. All Joomla users should be running one of these two major versions. In August of 2021, Joomla Read more…
Like may premium software developers, license keys are used to apply premium YooTheme updates to their users websites. Surprisingly, YooTheme announced a big change their licensing system a few days before Christmas. The licensing change prevented Watchful users from mass-updating YooThemes paid Joomla extensions. In the weeks since the announcement, Read more…
Image credit: Brian Teeman. Joomla 4.0.4 launched on October 26, 2021. It includes changes that make the Joomla update process more efficient, but may also break the update process. Below we will review the steps needed to fix this and future-proof Joomla 4 updates. Why are changes needed? Joomla 4.0.4 Read more…
The single site software updater is one of the most-used tools at Watchful. We recently released a new version of this tool with improved updater usability. Usability problems with the single site updater Despite being a popular tool at Watchful, the single site updater, shown below, has a number of Read more…
Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) is one of the top WordPress plugins for selling digital products. From today, Watchful natively supports updating paid Easy Digital Downloads extensions. A powerful eCommerce solution EDD is a popular eCommerce tool for selling digital products and services with WordPress. Found in a wide variety of Read more…
Updates for both free and premium WordPress plugins are part of the core mission at Watchful. Today, we added updates for WP Fusion to our centralized license manager. The glue between your website & the internet WP Fusion is a no-code automation tool that connects your website to the services Read more…