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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.

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.

Talking Monkey Insights vs Watchman Tower