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Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful icon

Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful

v1.8.2
by watchful · 5.0 (6 reviews)

A web developers toolbox for remotely managing and monitoring tens, hundreds, or thousands of WordPress websites at once.

4K+ active installs Updated Feb 20, 2025 Tested to 6.7.2 Requires PHP 5.6
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Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful

About Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful

Watchful is a web developers toolbox that allows you to remotely manage and monitor multiple WordPress websites. It offers features such as backup scheduling, plugin updates, uptime monitoring, SEO auditing, and more. With a customizable dashboard and the ability to apply updates across your entire portfolio in just one click, Watchful saves you time and money in managing your WordPress sites.

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Changelog

v1.8.2

  • Add logs to update process to improve debug
  • Add endpoint to retrieve logs

v1.8.1

  • Fix a bug that threw an error while auto-updating translations after a plugin update

v1.8.0

  • Add backup and restore system for theme updates
  • Fix warning about undefined constant

v1.7.10

  • Fix a bug that threw a warning when the “watchfulSettings” option is not correctly set

v1.7.9

  • Remove PHP deprecation warning on PHP 8.3

v1.7.8

  • Fix a bug that prevented some PRO theme updates when deactivated

v1.7.7

  • Fix a bug that prevented some theme updates from being processed correctly

v1.7.6

  • Prevent an unintentional uninstallation of a plugin during an update if an exception is thrown

v1.7.5

  • Add support for Theme updates using ZIP files

v1.7.4

  • Fix warning on PHP 8.0
  • Add update plugin debug data

v1.7.3

  • Review SSO authentication to avoid too many requests to the Watchful API

1.7.2

  • Add audit test for WordPress debug log

1.7.1

  • Enable maintenance mode when updating a plugin

1.7.0

  • Show last backup date according to the Watchful backup profile selected

1.6.9

  • Show Watchful authentication errors on the backend authentication page only

1.6.8

  • Fix wrong detection of mySQL version
  • Fix validation parameter on activate plugin endpoint

1.6.7

  • Fix notices

1.6.6

  • PHP 8 compatibility fixes

1.6.5

  • Update “tested up to” version

1.6.4

  • Update “tested up to” version

1.6.3

  • Remove advice from the vulnerability scanner that is not relevant anymore

1.6.2

  • Automatically remove the Watchful plugin fixer used to fix an issue with the updater system during the update process

1.6.1

  • Minor bug fixes

1.6.0

  • Throw an exception when updating a plugin which requires a PHP version higher than the current PHP version

1.5.9

  • Fix Audit test

1.5.8

  • Fix integration with XCloner

1.5.7

  • Fix a bug open_basedir restriction will cause the plugin to fail executing the vulnerability scanner.

1.5.6

  • Add audit test for administrators weak password

1.5.5

  • Fix missing list of weak passwords to compare against the database password during a security scan.

1.5.4

  • Fix warning when using PHP >=8.0

1.5.3

  • Fix connection error when AI1WM is disabled

1.5.2

  • Fix require of XCloner files

1.5.1

  • Fix an issue when updating the plugin through Watchful from an old version

1.5.0

  • Added support for Themes listing and updates.
  • Minor refactoring on controllers.
  • Fixed a PHP notice when using XCloner integration.
  • Fixed a bug when looking for latest backup date done by Akeeba Backup.

1.4.12

  • Tested with last WP version 6.0

1.4.11

  • Remove unused class.

1.4.10

  • Fix bug during site validation when WordPress is in debug mode.

1.4.9

  • Improve function used to get last backup date from supported backup plugins.

1.4.8

  • Tested with last WP version 5.9.3

1.4.7

  • Add SSO feature
  • Replace direct usage of class “ZipArchive” with WP function “unzip_file”
  • Minor fixes

1.4.6

  • Add compatibility to Watchful Apps
  • Add maintenance mode

1.4.5

  • Fix theme files check

1.4.4

  • Fix last backup date when using multiple backup profiles

1.4.3

  • Fix last backup date when using Akeeba API v2

1.4.2

  • Update tested WP version

1.4.1

  • Fix missing require to WP plugin administration API

1.4.0

  • Return new plugin version after an update to avoid log duplicates

1.3.2

  • Fix missing “permission_callback” while registering public endpoints

1.3.1

  • Fix Akeeba Backup integration

1.3.0

  • Add PHP 8.0 compatibility

1.2.20

  • Fix version number

1.2.19

  • Check for wp-config.php outside the web root

1.2.18

  • Add themes files to Early Warning Audit

1.2.17

  • Add backup status for AI1WM

1.2.16

  • minor fix

1.2.15

  • remove type hint from exception handler

1.2.14

  • fix WP core update form Watchful
  • change URL to add a site to Watchful
  • added WP admin user detection

1.2.13

  • fix PublishPress EDD updates

1.2.12

  • fix XCloner sorting backup dates
  • fix XCloner integration

1.2.11

  • minor fix XCloner last backup date

1.2.10

  • add support to XCloner remote destinations

1.2.9

  • minor fix on XCloner support

1.2.8

  • change URL to retrieve hashes

1.2.7

  • fix installation themes process
  • add support to XCloner backup plugin

1.2.6

  • fix “Add site to Watchful” button
  • add XCloner backup plugin discovery

1.2.5

  • fix warning about missing inclusion
  • fix Akeeba settings detection

1.2.4

  • Initial Release.

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