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Watchtower

Uptime and performance auditing, monitoring and alerting for WordPress.

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Tested up to WordPress 5.4
Current version0.2
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 5.4
Minimum stackWP 5.0 · PHP 5.6
Directory statusactive
Last directory update28 May 20206y ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Watchtower version 0.2 as active, updated 6y ago and tested up to WordPress 5.4.

Overview

About this plugin

Watchtower is a plugin that monitors your WordPress website and alerts you of any issues that show up unexpectedly. Think of it as your WordPress guardian angel.

While we’re still quite fresh, we’re constantly growing and expanding the features of the plugin. We currently support uptime monitoring, performance auditing/tracking and alerts/notifications.

Watchtower is free but there is a Pro plan which allows you to super charge the features of the plugin to include things such as SMS sending and faster alert/audit times.

Uptime Monitoring

Watchtower notifies you when your WordPress website is down. Once connected, we’ll constantly ping your WordPress website and notify when it is unavailable or returning an error.

Performance Monitoring

Performance can the difference between a user continuing to browse your website and clicking the close tab button. It also helps you rank better in the search engines and improve your SEO. Watchtower lets you know exactly where you stand in terms of performance.

Web Vitals

Our performance metrics are powered by Web Vitals by Google. Google has developed key metrics around performance of websites called Web Vitals. We track these metrics on an ongoing basis and report the results back to you.

Notifications

Configuring notifications is easy in Watchtower. Add as many email, SMS or Whatsapp contacts as you’d like and they’ll all receive alerts when activated.

Reporting

Watchtower reports on uptime issues and performance directly from your WordPress dashboard. You’ll be able to check your stats over a given time period and see a list of alerts that have been sent.

Pro Plan

As mentioned, Watchtower is free. If you’d like faster alerting, SMS alerts and other more advanced features you can upgrade your account. Check out the Watchtower website to see the Pro features that are available and the pricing.

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • wordpress monitoring
  • audit
  • auditing
  • monitor
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 5.4

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 5.4.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to5.4
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 5.6
Update activity28 May 20206y ago

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