Site Quality Monitoring — Extras

Last modified: October 16, 2024


Overview

Important:

This tab is only available if your hosting provider has enabled Site Quality Monitoring subscriptions.

The Extras tab contains the Integrations tab, as well as the configuration tabs for any extensions and integrations you install through the Integrations tab.

Integrations

The Integrations tab displays different monitoring extensions based on your Site Quality Monitoring subscription. These extensions offer extra monitoring capabilities that you may enable for no additional cost.

Note:

For more information about Site Quality Monitoring subscriptions, read our How to Manage a Site Quality Monitoring Subscription documentation.

To activate a new monitoring extension, click Activate underneath that extension. An activation menu will appear. Click Activate in this menu to confirm activation.

If your Integrations tab displays does not display monitoring extensions, and instead displays the the Upgrade to access Integrations. message, it means that you must upgrade your subscription to access extensions. To upgrade, perform the following steps:

  1. Click Upgrade to open the Ready to upgrade your subscription? menu.
  2. Click Upgrade in this menu under your desired subscription. A payment window will appear.
  3. Follow the instructions there and click Subscribe to upgrade, or click WebPros/Back to return to the All monitored websites section.

Configure Slack alerts

To configure the Site Quality Monitoring feature to send error alerts via Slack as well as emails, first activate the extension, then perform the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the Configure alert emails section.
  2. Click Add Slack Notifications. The Slack Notification menu will open.
  3. Enter your desired title for Slack notifications in the Notification name text box.
  4. Enter your Slack webhook in the Webhook URL* text box. If you do not know how to retrieve your Slack webhook, click the Slack Webhooks link and sign in to Slack to retrieve the webhook URL.
  5. Select whether you want Site Quality Monitoring to notify you of critical errors, non-critical errors, or both.
  6. Select your notification language from the Select language menu.
  7. Click Save. You will return to the Configure email alerts menu.

Configure Microsoft Teams alerts

To configure the Site Quality Monitoring feature to send error alerts via Microsoft Teams as well as emails, first activate the extension, then perform the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the Configure alert emails section.
  2. Click Add Microsoft Teams Notifications. The Teams Notification menu will open.
  3. Enter your desired title for Teams notifications in the Notification name text box.
  4. Enter your Microsoft Teams incoming webhook in the Webhook URL* text box. If you do not know how to create a Microsoft Teams webhook, click Add an incoming webhook. Instructions will open in a new window.
  5. Select your notification language from the Select language menu.
  6. Click Save. You will return to the Configure email alerts menu.

Health Check

The IETF Health Check monitoring extension allows Site Quality Monitoring to graphically display the JSON-formatted results of an IETF-compliant health check.

When you activate the IETF Health Check extension, it adds an additional tab within the Extras tab labeled Health check. Click this tab to open the Health check section.

To configure the IETF Health Check extension, click Set up plugin to open the Health Check Settings menu. In the URL text box, enter a URL that contains an IETF-compliant JSON-formatted health check return. Click Save.

Business extensions

The following extensions allow third-party services to provide monitoring metrics:

Extension Use Configuration
Shopware 5 Business Allows Site Quality Monitoring to provide prepackaged business metrics to find and fix payment issues with your Shopware 5-enabled website. Click Set up plugin to open the Shopware 5 Settings menu. Click How to install this plugin. Instructions will open in a new window. Follow them to retrieve your Shopware 5 API key, then enter it in the API Key text box. Click Save.
Shopware 6 Business Allows Site Quality Monitoring to provide prepackaged business metrics to find and fix payment issues with your Shopware 6-enabled website. Click Set up plugin to open the Shopware 6 Settings menu. Click How to install this plugin. Instructions will open in a new window. Follow them to retrieve your Shopware 6 API key, then enter it in the API Key text box. Click Save.
WordPress & WooCommerce Monitoring Allows Site Quality Monitoring to deliver metrics to you about payment issues with your WordPress website that uses WooCommerce. Click Set up plugin to open the WordPress Settings menu. Click How to install this plugin. Instructions will open in a new window. Follow them to retrieve your WordPress API key, then enter it in the API Key text box. Click Save.