Basic, Free
Real-time file-change detection and instant alerts for 1 site. See exactly what changed, then review and act yourself.
File Integrity Watch
Know the instant a WordPress file changes, and have it cleaned for you.
File Integrity Watch monitors every file in your WordPress install in real time. The moment something is modified, added, or injected, you get an instant alert, and on paid plans, the changed file is automatically cleaned and redeployed before it can do damage.
In short
File Integrity Watch is a WP Tailwatch feature that continuously monitors every WordPress file against a known-good baseline, alerts you in real time when anything changes unexpectedly, and, on the Business and Agency plans, automatically cleans and redeploys modified or infected files. The free Basic plan provides detection and instant alerts.
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What it does
See every change the moment it happens.Down to the single line that was touched.
A hacked WordPress site usually starts with one quietly modified file. File Integrity Watch fingerprints every file and watches for the smallest deviation, so an injected backdoor or a tampered config doesn't sit unnoticed for weeks.
- Monitors core, theme, plugin, and uploaded files in real time
- Shows a line-level diff of exactly what changed
- Separates your legitimate updates from suspicious edits
- Auto-cleans and redeploys infected files on paid plans
How it works
Baseline, watch, and respond.Three steps that run on their own.
Connect your site once and File Integrity Watch fingerprints every file, then watches for the smallest change and steps in the moment one appears. You never have to run a scan or check a log.
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Build a trusted baseline
File Integrity Watch fingerprints every file in your WordPress install to create a known-good snapshot it can compare against going forward.
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Watch in real time
Every change is checked against the baseline. Unexpected edits, new files, and deletions are flagged instantly, with a clear diff of what changed.
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Alert or auto-fix
You get an instant push alert. On paid plans, modified or infected files are automatically cleaned and a clean copy is redeployed in place.
Why it matters
Why real-time file monitoring matters.A hack that hides for weeks is the one that hurts.
The large majority of WordPress vulnerabilities originate not in core, but in third-party plugins and themes, the very files an attacker most often modifies to plant a backdoor or web shell. Source: Patchstack State of WordPress Security report. Because those changes happen at the file level, watching your files is one of the most reliable ways to catch a compromise early, long before it shows up as defaced pages or a Google blocklist warning.
File Integrity Watch turns that into an always-on early-warning system. Instead of discovering a hack weeks later from a customer email, you know the instant a file is touched, and on paid plans, the bad change is reversed before it can spread. That is the WP Tailwatch difference: security that watches, alerts, and acts.
Plan availability
Detection free, auto-clean on paid.Start watching today, automate whenever you are ready.
Get alerted for free, upgrade for hands-off automatic cleanup of changed files.
Business, Auto-clean
Detection, alerts, and automatic clean-and-redeploy of modified or infected files for 1-20 sites. The hands-off option.
Agency, At scale
File monitoring and auto-clean across 21-1,000 sites with tiered volume pricing and one dashboard for your whole portfolio.
Works together with
Part of your mobile-first security stack.One platform instead of a pile of plugins.
File Integrity Watch pairs with the rest of WP Tailwatch to remove the need for separate plugins.
FAQ
File Integrity Watch questions.Answers on real-time file monitoring.
Straight answers on how detection, alerts, and automatic clean-and-redeploy work across the free and paid plans.
File integrity monitoring tracks every file in your WordPress install, core, themes, plugins, and uploads, and compares them against a known-good baseline. The moment a file is added, modified, or deleted unexpectedly, File Integrity Watch flags it so you can catch a hack or a rogue change the instant it happens, not weeks later.
On the Business and Agency plans, yes. When a file is modified or infected, File Integrity Watch can automatically clean it and redeploy a clean copy in place. The free Basic plan provides detection and instant alerts so you can review the change and act on it yourself.
File Integrity Watch understands the difference between expected changes, like a plugin or theme update you ran, and unexpected ones. It focuses your alerts on changes that were not initiated by a legitimate update, so you are notified about the things that actually matter instead of routine noise.
Catch every file change before it becomes a breach.
Real-time detection, instant alerts, and automatic clean-and-redeploy on paid plans, straight to your phone. Start free today.
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- 14-day money-back on paid plans