WordPress site monitoring

Every change on your site. Explained.

Plugin updates, database errors, 404 floods, debug log spikes — WP Canary catches them first and sends you a plain-English morning digest. No dashboards. No guesswork. Just clarity.

Free forever · Pro from $29/yr · No account required to install

Sound familiar?

Your site changes while you’re not looking.

Plugin deactivated overnight

An update conflict quietly took out a plugin. You found out when a customer mentioned the checkout was broken.

Database errors piling up

Corrupted tables and collation mismatches build up silently — slowing your site before they cause real damage.

404 flood draining your SEO

Bots and broken links generate hundreds of 404s a day. Nobody’s watching. Your search rankings slowly erode.

What WP Canary monitors

Seven modules. One morning digest.

Each module runs on its own schedule and feeds into a single daily report — so you always know what’s happening, without logging into anything.

Database health

Table errors, collation mismatches, overhead

FREE

Plugin watchdog

Deactivations, version changes, conflicts

FREE

404 flood detection

Spike alerts before SEO damage sets in

FREE

Ad interference

Detects plugins blocking ad scripts

PRO

Debug log analysis

PHP errors surfaced in plain English

PRO

Morning digest

Daily email summary of all module flags

PRO

License & update health

Expired keys, missed updates flagged

PRO

See it in action

What lands in your inbox every morning

🐤 WP Canary — Morning Digest
OKDatabase health — No errors · 3 tables optimised
FlagPlugin watchdog — WooCommerce updated 8.9 → 9.0 · review recommended
Alert404 flood detection — 247 404s in 6 hrs · possible bot sweep
OKDebug log — 2 notices · no critical PHP errors
OKLicense health — All keys valid · next renewal in 47 days

Setup in under 5 minutes

Install once. It works quietly from there.

1

Install the plugin

Upload via your WP dashboard or install directly from the WordPress plugin directory. Free tier is ready immediately.

2

Set your email & schedule

Enter the address where your morning digest should land. Choose daily or weekly cadence. That’s it.

3

WP Canary watches

Seven modules run in the background. Anything flagged lands in your digest — explained in plain English, not code.

Built for

One plugin. Three kinds of peace of mind.

DIY owners & bloggers

You built your site yourself and you’d like to keep it that way — without surprise breakage ruining months of work.

Small business owners

Your WordPress site runs your business. Downtime isn’t an inconvenience — it’s lost revenue. WP Canary flags problems before customers do.

Freelancers & agencies

You manage client sites for a living. WP Canary gives you a monitoring layer across every site — fewer emergency calls, happier clients.

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you’re ready.

The free tier is genuinely useful — Pro just makes it complete. Every paid plan starts with a 4-day trial.

Free
$0
forever · no card required
Database health
Plugin watchdog
404 flood detection
Dashboard alerts
Download free
Monthly
$3.99
per month
4-day free trial
Everything in Free
Morning digest email
Debug log analysis
Ad interference
License health
Start 4-day trial
Lifetime
$109.99
pay once · yours forever
4-day free trial
Everything in Pro
All future updates
No renewals, ever
Priority support
Start 4-day trial

4-day free trial on all paid plans (card required · cancel anytime) · One site per licence · 14-day refund

What site owners are saying

★★★★★

“I had no idea my WooCommerce plugin had been deactivated for three days. WP Canary caught it the next morning. That alone paid for it.”

— Sarah M., e-commerce store owner

★★★★★

“I manage 14 client sites. The morning digest means I’m always ahead of problems instead of reacting to them. My clients think I’m a wizard.”

— James T., freelance WP developer

Quick answers

Common questions

Does WP Canary slow down my site?

No. All monitoring runs on WP-Cron schedules during low-traffic periods and adds no overhead to front-end page loads.

What’s the difference between Free and Pro?

Free covers the three core monitoring modules with dashboard alerts. Pro adds the morning digest email, debug log analysis, ad interference detection, and licence health monitoring.

Can I use WP Canary on client sites?

Yes — a single Pro licence covers one site. Agencies managing multiple sites can install on each site under separate licences.

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From the blog

WordPress site health, explained