talkingmonkeymedia

Talking Monkey Insights 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.
<h4>What you see in WP Admin</h4>
<ul>
<li>Updates — count + list of plugins needing updates, theme update count, core update status</li>
<li>Security — threats blocked, login attempts blocked, last scan results (auto-detected from WordFence or Defender)</li>
<li>Backups — last backup time, backup count, next scheduled backup (auto-detected from UpdraftPlus or Snapshot)</li>
<li>SSL — days until expiry with color-coded status</li>
<li>REST API — endpoint URL + your API key + enable/disable toggle</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why the REST API matters</h4>
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.
The endpoint requires an API key (auto-generated on activation; regeneratable). No other authentication.
<h4>Multi-ecosystem detection</h4>
Most site monitoring plugins lock you into one ecosystem. This one auto-detects whichever security and backup plugin you have installed:
<ul>
<li>Security: WordFence or Defender</li>
<li>Backups: UpdraftPlus or Snapshot</li>
</ul>
Don’t have either installed? The corresponding section shows a neutral “no supported plugin detected” state. No upsells, no recommendations to install anything.
<h4>Privacy</h4>
This plugin does not send any data outside of your WordPress site without your explicit configuration. No telemetry. No analytics. No phone-home.
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.
<h4>Built by an agency that uses it</h4>
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.

Talking Monkey Insights

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

teamglow

All-in-one WordPress maintenance, support and client management platform for agencies – updates, backups, uptime, reports, support and more.
This plugin connects your WordPress installation to the Glow dashboard, where you can manage multiple WordPress websites from a single, centralized location.
Key Features: 
* Multi-site management: Oversee all your websites from one dashboard. 
* Efficient workflows: Streamline updates, backups, and other maintenance tasks across multiple sites. 
* Safe updates with automatic rollback: Each plugin update creates a backup, runs a compatibility check, captures before and after screenshots, verifies the site is still healthy, and automatically restores the previous version if the update broke anything. Removes the fear of update-related downtime. 
* Support your clients: Support tickets with chat-like UI and quick navigation 
* Backup functionality: Create and manage backups of your sites. 
* Uptime monitoring: Monitor the Uptime of your clients’ websites. 
* Client reports: Quickly create and send high quality reports that actually mean something to your client. 
* Time tracking: Allocate an allotted amount of time to each client. 
* Enhanced productivity: Focus on growing your business instead of repetitive maintenance.
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin connects to the Glow API to enable client and site management features for WordPress agencies, including plugin updates, license validation, and single sign-on (SSO). 
To provide these features, the plugin sends limited technical and authentication-related data from the WordPress site when actions such as connecting an account, performing updates, or initiating single sign-on are triggered. No data is sent unless the plugin is actively used and connected to a Glow account. 
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This service is provided by “Glow”: 
Terms of use: https://getglow.io/terms 
Privacy policy: https://getglow.io/privacy

Glow: maintenance & support management for agencies


Glow makes me feel like I'm actually in the loop. I can make updates for all websites with a single click, track performance over time. The reports are professional and everything is very smooth.


Gives real confidence in website maintenance

All-in-one WordPress maintenance, support and client management platform for agencies.

Talking Monkey Insights vs Glow: maintenance & support management for agencies