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<p><strong>Talking Monkey Insights</strong> gives you a site health snapshot in your WordPress admin — and exposes the same data via a secure REST API so you can monitor multiple sites from your own dashboard.</p>
<h4>What you see in WP Admin</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Updates</strong> — count + list of plugins needing updates, theme update count, core update status</li>
<li><strong>Security</strong> — threats blocked, login attempts blocked, last scan results (auto-detected from WordFence or Defender)</li>
<li><strong>Backups</strong> — last backup time, backup count, next scheduled backup (auto-detected from UpdraftPlus or Snapshot)</li>
<li><strong>SSL</strong> — days until expiry with color-coded status</li>
<li><strong>REST API</strong> — endpoint URL + your API key + enable/disable toggle</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why the REST API matters</h4>
<p>If you manage multiple WordPress sites — agency, freelance portfolio, internal IT — built-in WP Site Health is shallow and ManageWP/MainWP require connecting to their proprietary dashboards. This plugin gives you a clean, secure REST endpoint at <code>/wp-json/tm/v1/stats</code> that you can hit from your own dashboard, BI tool, Slack bot, or whatever you already use.</p>
<p>The endpoint requires an API key (auto-generated on activation; regeneratable). No other authentication.</p>
<h4>Multi-ecosystem detection</h4>
<p>Most site monitoring plugins lock you into one ecosystem. This one auto-detects whichever security and backup plugin you have installed:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Security:</strong> WordFence or Defender</li>
<li><strong>Backups:</strong> UpdraftPlus or Snapshot</li>
</ul>
<p>Don’t have either installed? The corresponding section shows a neutral “no supported plugin detected” state. No upsells, no recommendations to install anything.</p>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<p>This plugin does not send any data outside of your WordPress site without your explicit configuration. No telemetry. No analytics. No phone-home.</p>
<p>The REST API endpoint is enabled by default but can be disabled in settings. When enabled, access requires an API key. The plugin only responds to authenticated requests; it never proactively contacts external services.</p>
<h4>Built by an agency that uses it</h4>
<p>Talking Monkey hosts WordPress sites for our own clients. We built this plugin to monitor them from our internal dashboard — and made it free + open source so other agencies and site owners can do the same. We need it to be trustworthy because we install it on every site we host.</p>


Talking Monkey Insights

Site health snapshot and REST monitoring API. Auto-detects WordFence/Defender, UpdraftPlus/Snapshot. Built for agencies running multiple sites.

Automattic

Jeremy Herve

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Renzo Canepa

<p>Automattic for Agencies is a new agency program that combines the best of Woo, WordPress.com, Jetpack, and Pressable under one roof. <a href="https://automattic.com/for-agencies/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about Automattic for Agencies</a>.</p>
<p>This lightweight plugin securely connects your clients’ sites to the Automattic for Agencies Sites Dashboard, enabling you to manage them from one place and to be notified immediately if any site is experiencing security or performance issues.</p>
<p>This plugin will also enhance the overall Automattic for Agencies portal experience:</p>
<ul>
<li>With plugin updates across the sites you manage in just a few clicks.</li>
<li>Downtime monitoring so you’ll instantly know if a client’s site needs attention.</li>
<li>And more to come.</li>
</ul>
<p>Like other Automattic products, this plugin connects to WordPress.com’s servers to provide the best end-user experience. We only sync what’s absolutely necessary to provide our program experience. When connecting your site to the Automattic for Agencies Sites Dashboard, you agree to <a href="https://wordpress.com/tos/" rel="nofollow ugc">our Terms of Service</a>.</p>


Automattic For Agencies Client

Securely connect your clients’ sites to the Automattic for Agencies Sites Dashboard. Manage your sites from one place and see what needs attention.

Talking Monkey Insights vs Automattic For Agencies Client