Site Watch’s WordPress/AJAX runtime
- The health callback is callable.
- The admin-AJAX hooks are registered.
- The plugin can prepare a valid internal AJAX health result.
- The result is returned with the protected WordPress health response.
Website Down Watch combines external uptime with a protected WordPress health response that includes the Site Watch plugin’s own internal admin-AJAX runtime result. A successful page load is useful. Application-level context tells you more.
Website Down Watch checks the Site Watch plugin’s own internal admin-AJAX runtime as part of the protected WordPress health response. It does not pretend to click every button or test every third-party AJAX action installed on your site.
The public page result and the internal WordPress/AJAX result are different signals. Keeping both prevents a simple 200 response from becoming the whole story.
The current Site Watch plugin validates its admin-AJAX runtime while building the authenticated WordPress health response. No second request to wp-admin is needed for this result.
Because the current internal check is completed inside the protected health request, it does not need a second public WordPress route just to prove the plugin runtime exists.
The internal runtime result is returned beside other WordPress health signals, so the dashboard can distinguish public availability from what WordPress reports about itself.
The AJAX runtime result has meaning only when the protected WordPress health request itself is available. Website Down Watch keeps those states distinct instead of turning every missing result into the same red alarm.
The handler and compact result are valid in the current WordPress process.
The public page can still be Up while WordPress reports this warning.
There is no valid internal result to interpret for that check.
The useful dashboard view is not “AJAX yes/no” in isolation. It shows the public page, WordPress health and internal runtime together so the state is understandable at a glance.
The monitoring service uses the private Site Watch health endpoint and its generated secret. The AJAX runtime check does not sign in as an administrator or load WordPress dashboard content.
The monitoring service does not need WordPress administrator credentials for this health signal.
The check returns compact health data rather than downloading and analysing wp-admin pages.
The protected Site Watch health namespace still requires the generated private key.
The service receives the monitoring result needed for site health context, not an administrator session.
Internal AJAX runtime belongs beside uptime, WordPress health, selected pages, public content and protected-page access/content checks. Use the dedicated pages to go deeper into each layer.
Free includes the full local diagnostic toolkit. Basic, Plus and Advanced automate public and WordPress-aware checks, while Plus adds automatic public/protected content monitoring and Advanced adds scheduled WooCommerce Health. Every plan still includes the manual eleven-check WooCommerce Health diagnostic when WooCommerce is active. Current GBP pricing and any active first-year discount are loaded from the public pricing service; checkout opens in the Freemius overlay without leaving this page.
Scheduled WordPress-local monitoring: for the most reliable timing, use a real 1-minute server cron. It wakes the scheduler only; Signed-in Page Check and Critical Content still start at 5 minutes, and WooCommerce Health remains 5 / 15 / 60 minutes on Advanced. Read the cron setup guide →
Compare manual diagnostics, automatic WordPress health, page frequency and coverage, response-time history, protected-page checks, alert routing, incident history and WooCommerce automation.
| Feature | Free | Basic | Plus | Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manual WordPress & database healthRun on demand to verify the live WordPress runtime and database connection without creating an incident or alert. | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
| Manual maintenance-mode checkReports whether WordPress maintenance mode is active as part of Run local WordPress check. | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
| Manual AJAX functionality checkRuns Site Watch’s protected internal WordPress AJAX test on demand. | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
| Manual SSL certificate checkInspects the site’s HTTPS certificate on demand; the local diagnostic may open a short TLS connection to the site. | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
| Selected WordPress Page CheckChecks up to 100 WordPress page records for existence, publication state and a valid permalink; it does not read the visible page. | Up to 100 · manual | Up to 100 · automatic: 1–24 h | Up to 100 · automatic: 15 min–24 h | Up to 100 · automatic: 5 min–24 h |
| Locally saved monitored page slotsKeep the homepage plus four optional same-site pages configured locally. Paid plan limits decide how many are monitored automatically. | Up to 5 | Up to 5 | Up to 5 | Up to 5 |
| Manual public required-content testOpen a saved public page and verify optional required text or an Element ID without creating an incident or alert. | Up to 5 local pages | Up to 5 local pages | Up to 5 local pages | Up to 5 local pages |
| Manual signed-in / member-only access checkRun local WordPress check opens each protected page as the selected local Monitoring test user and verifies access even when no content assertion is configured. | Up to 5 local pages | Up to 5 local pages | Up to 5 local pages | Up to 5 local pages |
| Element ID & required-text assertionsOptional content assertions can be saved for public or signed-in/member-only pages and tested manually on every plan. | Manual | Manual | Manual | Manual |
| Local Monitoring test userChoose the WordPress account whose normal permissions or membership are used for protected-page checks. The user ID stays local and no account password is stored or sent. | Local only | Local only | Local only | Local only |
| Manual eleven-check WooCommerce HealthWhen WooCommerce is active, run all eleven checks: core, database, products, cart, add to cart, checkout, payments, shipping, order flow, store email and background scheduler. No order, payment, email or customer cart/session change is created. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Titanium Error Intelligence integrationShows the compact local Error Intelligence summary when that plugin is active. Paid monitoring plans can also route supported new-error and behavior/impact escalation alerts. | Summary | Summary + alerts | Summary + alerts | Summary + alerts |
| Frontend Site Watch badge shortcodesTwo optional frontend shortcodes can show the locally synchronized automatic-monitoring state without making a visitor-browser monitoring API request. | 2 shortcodes | 2 shortcodes | 2 shortcodes | 2 shortcodes |
| Automatic checks from outsideChecks continue on schedule when nobody is signed in to WordPress and can still detect when the hosting itself is unavailable. | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Public pages checked automaticallyThe number of saved page addresses the monitoring service can open automatically for one website. | × | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Automatic public-page frequencyChoose how often the monitoring service opens the included public pages. | × | 15 / 30 / 60 min | 5 / 15 / 30 / 60 min | 1 / 5 / 15 / 30 / 60 min |
| Automatic WordPress / maintenance / AJAX / SSL healthThe protected Site Watch health request checks WordPress/database state, maintenance mode, the internal AJAX runtime and SSL without a WordPress username or password. | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HTTP status & response timeRecords the HTTP result and response time for completed automatic public-page requests. | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Response-time historyThe Dashboard keeps local daily Average, Fastest and Slowest response statistics for every automatically monitored page. | × | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days |
| Fast / Balanced / Cautious confirmationState-based website, WordPress, selected-page, Critical Content and automatic WooCommerce Health Problems use the shared confirmation choice before alerting. | × | 3 choices | 3 choices | 3 choices |
| Per-signal alert routingChoose available channels separately for website availability, WordPress health, AJAX, SSL, selected pages, Critical Content, WooCommerce Health and Error Intelligence events. | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Problem & recovery alertsSends a notification after an eligible monitoring problem is confirmed and can send another after a true recovery is confirmed. | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email addresses for alertsMaximum email recipients for one monitored website. | × | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Confirmed incident historyKeeps confirmed problems and recoveries; routine successful checks are not listed. | × | 30 days | 30 days | 90 days |
| Automatic required content on public pagesAutomatically checks saved required text or an Element ID on included public pages every 5, 15, 30 or 60 minutes and can alert after the configured problem confirmation. | × | × | Up to 3 · 5 / 15 / 30 / 60 min | Up to 5 · 5 / 15 / 30 / 60 min |
| Automatic Signed-in Page CheckAutomatically opens an included protected page inside WordPress as the selected local Monitoring test user and verifies access. Optional Element ID or required-text rules are checked separately as Critical Content. The fastest automatic interval is 5 minutes: 5, 15, 30 or 60 minutes. No password, persistent login cookie, protected HTML, user identity or screenshot is sent to Website Down Watch. | × | × | Up to 3 · 5 / 15 / 30 / 60 min | Up to 5 · 5 / 15 / 30 / 60 min |
| Telegram alertsConnect one private Telegram chat for each monitored website and use it in per-signal alert routing. | × | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Discord alertsConnect one Discord channel for each monitored website using its private incoming-webhook address and use it in per-signal alert routing. | × | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic eleven-check WooCommerce HealthRepeats the complete eleven-check WooCommerce Health diagnostic inside WordPress every 5, 15 or 60 minutes. Confirmed Problems and true recoveries can use the selected alert channels; Warning states remain visible without notifications, and the store signal never marks the website itself down. | × | × | × | 5 / 15 / 60 min |
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Automates one public page plus WordPress, maintenance, AJAX and SSL health with email alerts.
Adds three-page coverage, automatic public and signed-in protected-page checks, Telegram and Discord.
Adds five-page coverage, one-minute public monitoring and scheduled eleven-check WooCommerce Health.
Billing is annual and remains in GBP. Current prices are retrieved from the Website Down Watch public pricing service.
Watch it from outside. Verify WordPress from inside. Use one clear confirmation policy for state-based website, WordPress, page, content and automatic WooCommerce Problems before alerting.