Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/watchful

A web developers toolbox for remotely managing and monitoring tens, hundreds, or thousands of WordPress websites at once.

4K active installs v2.0.9 PHP 7.2+ WP 4.6+ Updated Mar 12, 2026
backupmanage-multiple-siteswordpress-dashboardwordpress-managementwordpress-manager
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CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 22d ago
Risk Assessment

The static analysis of the 'watchful' v2.0.9 plugin reveals a strong adherence to secure coding practices. The absence of dangerous functions, SQL injection vulnerabilities due to 100% prepared statements, and proper output escaping all contribute to a positive security posture. Furthermore, the plugin demonstrates no external HTTP requests, file operations, or identifiable attack surface points such as AJAX handlers, REST API routes, or shortcodes that lack proper authentication or permission checks. The vulnerability history also shows a clean record with no known CVEs, indicating a generally well-maintained and secure plugin.

Despite the excellent static analysis results, the lack of any recorded nonce checks or capability checks, while not inherently a vulnerability in isolation, represents a potential area for concern. Without these, particularly for any future additions that might introduce an attack surface, there's a theoretical risk if sensitive actions are performed without proper authorization verification. However, given the current analysis showing zero entry points and no detected flows in taint analysis, this risk is currently minimal. The overall assessment is that 'watchful' v2.0.9 is a highly secure plugin based on the provided data, with the only minor consideration being the complete absence of nonce and capability checks.

Key Concerns

  • No nonce checks implemented
  • No capability checks implemented
Vulnerabilities
None known

Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
0 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
0
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0
Attack Surface

Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 3
actioninitwatchful.php:40
actionadmin_initwatchful.php:42
actionplugins_loadedwatchful.php:44
Maintenance & Trust

Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedMar 12, 2026
PHP min version7.2
Downloads169K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings6
Active installs4K
Developer Profile

Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful Developer Profile

watchful

3 plugins · 14K total installs

70
trust score
Avg Security Score
87/100
Avg Patch Time
2457 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/watchful/assets/css//wp-content/plugins/watchful/assets/js/
Script Paths
/wp-content/plugins/watchful/assets/js/watchful-dashboard.js/wp-content/plugins/watchful/assets/js/watchful-widget.js
Version Parameters
watchful/assets/css/watchful-dashboard.css?ver=watchful/assets/css/watchful-widget.css?ver=watchful/assets/js/watchful-dashboard.js?ver=watchful/assets/js/watchful-widget.js?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
watchful-dashboard-wrapper
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Remote Website Management Plugin by Watchful