Frank Corso

SiteAlert

SiteAlert checks your WordPress installation to ensure that it is healthy, up to date, and secure. Use the SiteAlert page to quickly see the results of the checks using the simple color-coded sections.
Once installed, there will be a new SiteAlert page added to the Tools menu and heart icon to your admin bar if the results of these checks need attention.
Over 10,000 active installations and 280+ five star reviews!
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<h4>Currently Checks</h4>
WordPress Version 
This plugin checks to make sure that your site is using the latest version of WordPress.
MySQL or MariaDB Version 
This plugin checks to make sure that your server is using a recent version of the database software.
PHP Version 
This plugin checks to ensure that your server is running a version of PHP that is still receiving security updates.
Plugin Updates 
This plugin checks to make sure all your plugins are up to date.
Inactive Plugins 
This will check to ensure that you do not have any inactive plugins.
Admin Username 
This check ensures that you do not have a user with the username of “admin” on your site.
Plugins No Longer Being Supported 
This plugin checks to see if you have any plugins installed that are no longer supported by the developer.
Theme Updates 
This plugin checks to make sure all of your themes are up to date.
SSL 
Checks to see if you have SSL on your site.
File Editor 
Checks if your site has disabled the file editor.
Spam Comments 
Checks to make sure you don’t have too many spam comments.
<h4>Need more?</h4>
Check out our affordable <a href="https://sitealert.io" rel="nofollow ugc">premium plan</a> that includes:
Email Notifications 
Receive summaries for all your sites including any warnings, broken links, and more!
Uptime Monitoring 
Get notified immediately via SMS or Email if your site goes down.
Page Speed Monitoring 
Keep track of how fast your site is loading.
Email Deliverability Monitoring 
SiteAlert will alert you if emails from your site are no longer being delivered.
Broken Link Monitoring 
Discover any broken links on your site before your visitors do.
Broken Images Monitoring 
Get notified if you have any broken images on your site.
Blacklist Monitoring 
SiteAlert will monitor dozens of lists and alert you if your site is blacklisted.
Moz Domain Authority Monitoring 
Monitor changes in your site’s Moz Domain Authority.
Alexa Rank Monitoring 
Monitor changes in your site’s Alexa Rank.
Accessibility Monitoring (Beta) 
SiteAlert will scan your site an alert you of potential accessibility concerns.
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<h4>Make Suggestions Or Contribute</h4>
SiteAlert <a href="https://github.com/SiteAlert/sitealert-wordpress-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">is on GitHub</a>!
Optional REST API 
If you are a developer, this plugin integrates with the REST API. The endpoints can be enabled from the settings tab of the “SiteAlert” page in the tools menu.

SiteAlert (Formerly WP Health)

Peace of mind that your site is secure and running smoothly. Performance monitoring, security checks, and instant alerts if your site goes down.

graphicwebdesigninc

GWD Connect is a comprehensive WordPress site management plugin built by <a href="https://www.graphicwebdesign.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Graphic Web Design, Inc.</a> It provides automatic backups, log monitoring, uptime tracking, automatic updates, and a powerful migration REST API — all from your WordPress admin.
To activate the Backup, Log Monitoring, and Uptime dashboards, please <a href="https://gwd.app/support" rel="nofollow ugc">contact Graphic Web Design, Inc.</a> for API activation.
<h4>Full Backup Engine</h4>
<ul>
<li>Database backups via mysqldump with PDO fallback</li>
<li>Filesystem archiving via tar with PharData fallback</li>
<li>GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) retention policy — daily, weekly, monthly tiers</li>
<li>Real-time AJAX progress bar during backup</li>
<li>SHA-256 integrity verification for all backup archives</li>
<li>Large file and directory detection with customizable exclusions</li>
<li>Secure backup download from WordPress admin</li>
<li>WP Cron scheduled automatic backups</li>
<li>Optional sync with backup.gwd.app dashboard</li>
</ul>
<h4>Log Monitoring</h4>
<ul>
<li>Auto-discovers debug.log, PHP error log, and server error logs</li>
<li>Multi-format log parsing (WordPress, Apache, Nginx, syslog)</li>
<li>Pattern normalization and deduplication — groups similar errors</li>
<li>Hourly distribution analysis with visual bar chart</li>
<li>Severity classification: fatal, error, warning, notice</li>
<li>Smart file position tracking for efficient re-reads</li>
<li>Log file size alerts — configurable email notifications when logs exceed a threshold</li>
<li>Clear individual log files from admin</li>
<li>Optional sync with logs.gwd.app dashboard</li>
</ul>
<h4>Uptime Monitoring</h4>
<ul>
<li>Real-time uptime status and response time tracking</li>
<li>SSL certificate expiry monitoring</li>
<li>Incident history with start, end, and duration</li>
<li>24-hour response time chart with native Canvas rendering</li>
<li>30-day uptime percentage calculation</li>
<li>Email notifications on confirmed downtime and recovery</li>
<li>Optional sync with up.gwd.app dashboard</li>
</ul>
<h4>Auto Updates</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatically updates WordPress core (minor and major versions)</li>
<li>Automatically updates plugins, themes, and translations</li>
<li>Email notifications when plugins are updated</li>
</ul>
<h4>Migration REST API (GWD Connector)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Swap the entire WordPress filesystem from a tar.gz or zip archive</li>
<li>Patch specific directories without wiping the rest (partial deployment)</li>
<li>Write individual files remotely</li>
<li>Swap the entire database from a SQL dump</li>
<li>Serialization-aware URL search-replace across all database tables</li>
<li>Scan and fix wp-config.php for hardcoded URLs</li>
<li>Full migration orchestration combining all steps</li>
</ul>
All API endpoints require authentication via the X-GWD-Key header. Manage your API key from the GWD Connect settings page.

GWD Connect

This plugin helps keep my website secure and everything updated.

Automatic security updates

Automatic backups, log monitoring with size alerts, uptime tracking, auto-updates, and a bulk migration REST API for WordPress.

SiteAlert (Formerly WP Health) vs GWD Connect