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<p>SiteBrief is a monitoring and reporting platform built for web agencies. This plugin connects your WordPress site to your SiteBrief dashboard so you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>See WordPress and PHP version across all client sites in one place</li>
<li>Get alerts when plugins have available updates</li>
<li>Detect security issues (debug mode on, too many admins)</li>
<li>Include WordPress health data in automated client PDF reports</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>How it works:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Paste your Plugin Token from SiteBrief dashboard</li>
<li>Data syncs automatically every hour</li>
</ol>
<p>No coding required. Works in 60 seconds.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin transmits data to the SiteBrief monitoring platform, a third-party service operated by the plugin author.</p>
<h4>Service</h4>
<p>SiteBrief (https://sitebrief.net) — a website monitoring and client reporting platform for web agencies.</p>
<h4>What data is sent</h4>
<p>The following data is collected from your WordPress installation and sent to sitebrief.net:</p>
<ul>
<li>WordPress core version</li>
<li>PHP version</li>
<li>Site URL and admin email address</li>
<li>List of installed plugins (name, version, active status, whether an update is available)</li>
<li>Active theme name and version</li>
<li>Number of administrator user accounts (count only, no usernames or emails)</li>
<li>Whether WP_DEBUG mode is enabled</li>
<li>Filesystem method and DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT setting</li>
</ul>
<p>No passwords, post content, comments, customer data, payment information, or personally identifiable user data is ever collected or transmitted.</p>
<h4>When data is sent</h4>
<p>Data is transmitted to https://sitebrief.net/api/wp-agent once per hour via WordPress cron (WP-Cron). A manual sync can also be triggered from the plugin settings page (Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> SiteBrief). Data is only sent when a Plugin Token has been saved in the settings — no data is transmitted if the plugin is not connected.</p>
<h4>Legal</h4>
<ul>
<li>Terms of Service: https://sitebrief.net/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://sitebrief.net/privacy</li>
</ul>


SiteBrief Monitor

Connect your WordPress site to SiteBrief for automated monitoring, plugin health checks, and client reporting.

watchmantower

<p>Watchman Tower helps agencies and multi-site managers monitor multiple WordPress client websites from a single dashboard.</p>
<p>Track uptime, response time, SSL certificates, domain expiry, and WordPress health signals, before your clients notice problems.</p>
<p>Designed for growing agencies, Watchman Tower lets you start with 10 sites for free and upgrade as your portfolio expands.</p>
<p>Installation takes seconds. Create a Watchman Tower account directly from the plugin settings (no password required to start) or connect instantly using an existing integration token.</p>
<p>Once connected, your WordPress site sends lightweight heartbeat signals including performance metrics, version information, update statuses, and health diagnostics. All monitoring results and alerts are visible in your Watchman Tower dashboard.<br />
All monitoring results and alerts are visible inside your Watchman Tower dashboard:</p>
<p>https://app.watchmantower.com<br />
More details: https://www.watchmantower.com</p>
<p>Watchman Tower is ideal for individual site owners, developers, and agencies.<br />
The platform supports <strong>up to 10 monitored sites for free</strong>, making it one of the most accessible monitoring solutions for WordPress users.</p>
<p>This plugin is lightweight, secure, cron-friendly, CDN-compatible, and optimized for high-performance environments.</p>
<h3>⭐ Key Features</h3>
<h4><strong>Core Monitoring</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>24/7 uptime monitoring  </li>
<li>Response time tracking  </li>
<li>Latency breakdown (DNS, TLS, TTFB)  </li>
<li>SSL certificate expiry alerts  </li>
<li>Domain expiry alerts  </li>
<li>Multi-region monitoring (global probe checks)  </li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>WordPress-Specific Monitoring</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress core update alerts  </li>
<li>Plugin update alerts  </li>
<li>Theme update alerts  </li>
<li>PHP version tracking  </li>
<li>Active plugin list reporting  </li>
<li>Cron health checks  </li>
<li>Security-sensitive change detection  </li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Integration Features</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatic site registration with Watchman Tower  </li>
<li>Secure token-based communication  </li>
<li>Lightweight heartbeat system (no performance impact)  </li>
<li>Cache-compatible and CDN-safe request structure  </li>
<li>Manual “Send Heartbeat Now” action  </li>
<li>One-click unlink functionality  </li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Agency & Multi-Site Support</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>Manage all client WordPress sites from one centralized dashboard  </li>
<li>Start with 10 monitored sites for free  </li>
<li>Upgrade seamlessly as your agency grows  </li>
<li>Share public status pages with clients  </li>
<li>Configure alerts via Email, Slack, Push, and SMS  </li>
</ul>
<p>You need a Watchman Tower account to use this plugin.<br />
You can create one directly inside the plugin settings screen or by visiting:</p>
<p>https://app.watchmantower.com</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the Watchman Tower monitoring platform in order to create accounts, send heartbeat signals, and retrieve site status.</p>
<p>The following API endpoints are used:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>https://api.watchmantower.com/api/auth/wp/create-account<br />
– Used to create a Watchman Tower account directly from WordPress.<br />
Data sent: site URL, admin email, optional full name, optional password.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>https://metric.watchmantower.com/wp/heartbeat<br />
– Sends periodic uptime and performance heartbeat signals.<br />
Data sent: WordPress version, PHP version, plugin list, server performance metrics, response time, site URL, integration token.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>https://metric.watchmantower.com/wp/heartbeat/unlink<br />
– Used when disconnecting the WordPress site from Watchman Tower.<br />
Data sent: integration token and site identifier.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>https://metric.watchmantower.com/wp/status<br />
– Retrieves the current connection status for the site.<br />
Data sent: integration token.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>All requests are authenticated with a secure token stored inside your WordPress database.</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>To learn more about how data is handled, please refer to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://www.watchmantower.com/privacy-policy</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://www.watchmantower.com/terms-of-service</li>
</ul>


Watchman Tower

Centralized WordPress monitoring for agencies. Track uptime, performance, SSL, and site health across multiple client sites.

SiteBrief Monitor vs Watchman Tower