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Settings Overview

The connected plugin screen exposes a small set of operational settings:
  • heartbeat interval
  • pause heartbeat monitoring
  • save settings
  • unlink site
Settings are stored in the wthb_options option.

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Heartbeat Interval

The interval controls how often the WordPress integration prepares heartbeat data for Watchman Tower.

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Allowed Range

MinimumMaximumDefault
60 sec3600 sec300 sec
The plugin enforces that range when options are loaded and saved.

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How to Change It

1

Open the plugin screen

Go to Settings -> Watchman Tower.
2

Edit the interval

Update the Heartbeat Interval field.
3

Save the settings

Click Save Settings.
4

Sync with Watchman Tower

The plugin immediately sends a settings heartbeat after saving so the new state can be reflected upstream.
Settings are not auto-saved. The current plugin requires an explicit Save Settings action.

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Pause Heartbeat Monitoring

The plugin also lets you pause heartbeat monitoring without unlinking the site. When paused:
  • the pause state is stored locally
  • the state is sent upstream on settings sync
  • the inbound WT-triggered heartbeat endpoint returns a paused response instead of running the heartbeat job

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Typical Uses

  • maintenance windows
  • migration work
  • temporary noise reduction during controlled changes

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How to Change It

1

Open the plugin screen

Go to Settings -> Watchman Tower.
2

Toggle the pause checkbox

Check or uncheck Pause heartbeat monitoring.
3

Save the new state

Click Save Settings to push the updated state.
The connected screen includes an Unlink Site button. Use unlinking when you want to remove the pairing entirely. For temporary operational changes, pausing is usually the safer option.

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Inspecting Saved State

You can inspect the plugin state with WP-CLI: 
wp option get wthb_options --format=json
wp option get wthb_instance_id
Useful fields inside wthb_options include:
  • connected
  • interval_sec
  • pause
  • site_id
  • last_success
  • last_error

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Next Steps