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
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
The long-awaited launch of Joomla 4 arrives on August 17th and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ve been preparing for this day for years and we’re ready to go! In this post, I’m going to give you a quick over of what’s happening with Watchful and Joomla 4. Yes, Watchful Read more
Automatic software updates are an important tool to help keep your website running smoothly and to minimize maintenance time. Today we are announcing two improvements to our auto update tool: the ability to update core software automatically and the ability to pause automatic updates in a single click. Below, we’ll Read more
Here at Watchful, our goal is to make website maintenance as efficient and reliable as possible. Today were launching the next step in this journey with a new account dashboard that may change the very nature of how you perform website maintenance. Let’s jump right in and preview the account Read more
As part of JDay USA, Watchful hosted an Ask Me Anything session focused on website maintenance. We invited a panel of Joomla and WordPress experts to help answer your questions. The session was a great success. The questions and discussion points covered a broad range of topics well beyond simply Read more