WordPress auto-renewal is less reliable than it sounds.

A misconfigured redirect, a firewall rule, or an expired payment method can silently fail a Let's Encrypt renewal. IT Watch monitors SSL expiry, domain renewal, uptime, and DNS — and warns you 30 days before anything breaks.

The problems IT Watch solves

Let's Encrypt renewals fail silently

Most WordPress hosts renew SSL certs automatically via Let's Encrypt. But auto-renewal fails more often than you'd expect — a temporary DNS issue, a firewall blocking the ACME challenge, a misconfigured redirect. When it fails, no one sends you an alert. The cert just expires.

Domain auto-renewal has the same problem

A failed payment, an expired credit card, or a domain registrar's email landing in spam can cause a domain to lapse. The first sign is usually the site disappearing. With 30-day advance warning, you always have time to sort it out.

DNS changes can break WordPress silently

Hosts migrate servers. Registrars update nameservers. A wrong A record or missing MX record can break the site or email without any obvious error. IT Watch detects any DNS record change using dual-resolver checks.

What IT Watch monitors

SSL expiry monitoring

Checks your SSL cert expiry date and alerts at 30, 14, 7, 3, and 1 day before expiry. Catches failed auto-renewals with plenty of lead time.

Domain expiry monitoring

WHOIS-based lookups check your domain's renewal date. Same 30-day ladder. Catches registrar failures and payment issues early.

Uptime monitoring

HTTP checks every 15 minutes (Solo) or 5 minutes (Agency). Two-strike confirmation before alerting — avoids false alarms from temporary blips.

DNS change detection

Dual-resolver checks (Cloudflare + Google) compare results. Any A, CNAME, MX, or NS change triggers an alert. Useful when a host migrates or a registrar makes changes.

Simple to add a WordPress site

Enter a domain. IT Watch detects all check types automatically and sets up monitoring in seconds.

Free plan covers 3 sites · Solo $9/month covers 25 sites with 15-minute uptime checks

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