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Remote Website Management by Watchful

by watchful · 3,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Remote Website Management by Watchful is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Remote Website Management by Watchful
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master15 Nov 2019 to 15 Nov 2019, 1 commits
watchful22 Nov 2019 to 14 Oct 2026, 143 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
21 days ago
Releases, 24 months
21
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.2 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Remote Website Management by Watchful
Q1 20242
Q2 20242
Q3 20246
Q4 20240
Q1 20254
Q2 20252
Q3 20250
Q4 20252
Q1 20262
Q2 20265
Q3 20265
Q4 20261

Last release 14 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 5.0 from 6 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star6
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Momentum

3,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Remote Website Management by Watchful
4 May 2026192
11 May 20262,376
18 May 2026559
25 May 20262,197
1 Jun 2026489
8 Jun 2026310
15 Jun 20262,248
22 Jun 2026399
29 Jun 2026371
6 Jul 2026441
13 Jul 20262,531
20 Jul 2026413
27 Jul 2026287
3 Aug 2026292
10 Aug 2026183
17 Aug 2026247
24 Aug 2026192
31 Aug 2026143
7 Sep 20262,398
14 Sep 20262,573
21 Sep 20262,621
28 Sep 2026528
5 Oct 2026289
12 Oct 20262,434
19 Oct 2026672
26 Oct 2026658
2 Nov 202655

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 1% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version2.0.21
Authorwatchful
Added22 Nov 2019
Last updated14 Oct 2026
Active installs3,000+
Requires WordPress4.6
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.2
CategorySite Administration & Utilities > Site Migration & Cloning
Tagsbackup, monitor sites, site management, Manage Multiple Sites, remote administration

Other plugins by this author: Backup, Restore and Migrate your sites with XCloner, Changed Files app for Watchful

Questions

Is Remote Website Management by Watchful still maintained?

Remote Website Management by Watchful was last updated on 14 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Remote Website Management by Watchful safe?

Remote Website Management by Watchful has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Remote Website Management by Watchful?

The wordpress.org author is watchful. Recent committers: watchful, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Remote Website Management by Watchful?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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