WP Lookout is no longer available as of August 1st, 2022.
The information on this page is likely out of date. Read the announcement.
WP Lookout is no longer available as of August 1st, 2022.
The information on this page is likely out of date. Read the announcement.
Now that we’ve been up and running for a few months, let’s take a look at what WP Lookout users are doing with our tracking services so far. Top Items Tracked The top themes and plugins with the most users…
One of the data points that WP Lookout tracks about WordPress.org themes and plugins is the listed author/owner of the plugin. This may seem like a relatively benign bit of information to care about. It’s reasonable to think most WordPress…
WP Lookout now supports tracking WooCommerce.com Extensions, plugins that are made available for free or for purchase from WooCommerce.com. If you use WooCommerce, you already know that it’s one of the most powerful and flexible online commerce solutions available today…
It’s the scenario that WordPress plugin authors dread: You make a few small improvements to your plugin, do some testing, and release a new version. Suddenly the support forum for the plugin is flooded with reports from users that their…
A user recently emailed us to remark on just how much time WP Lookout started saving his team when it came to tracking needed plugin updates across their client sites. We love hearing any kind of feedback from our users,…
If you’re building or publishing with WordPress, you need to have at least two WordPress sites for each project you launch. The first one is obvious: it’s the WordPress site that the rest of the world sees and uses. But…
A small but useful update is now available on the activity tracking view in WP Lookout. You can choose which kinds of tracking events you want to see, including limiting to only security-related events. You can also select a single…
If you’re using auto-updates in WordPress, it’s easy to assume that the process of getting a theme or plugin on your site to the latest available version is instantaneous. The reality is that it can take anywhere from a few…
These days, you can find a large number of WordPress site management Swiss Army Knives. The most significant advantage they offer is convenience. Instead of being a separate solution for updates, WordPress logs, security monitoring, and maintenance, you can do…
One of the most popular sayings in the WordPress community is “there’s a plugin for that.” The ability to customize and extend WordPress functionality drives WordPress’s overall success as a CMS. It’s not uncommon for a business site to use…