Anexia Monitoring

A WordPress plugin used to monitor updates for core, plugins and themes. It can be also used to check if the website is alive and working correctly.

Installation and configuration

Install the plugin by copying all files into the plugins directory.

In the projects wp-config.php add the access token configuration:

define('ANX_MONITORING_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'custom_access_token');

Usage

The plugin registers some custom REST endpoints which can be used for monitoring. Make sure that the ANX_MONITORING_ACCESS_TOKEN is defined, since this is used for authorization. The endpoints will return a 401 HTTP_STATUS code if the token is not defined or invalid, and a 200.

Version monitoring of core, plugins and themes

Returns all a list with platform and module information.

URL:

• Active permalinks: /wp-json/anxapi/v1/modules/?access_token=custom_access_token
• Default: /?rest_route=/anxapi/v1/modules/&access_token=custom_access_token

Response headers:

Status Code: 200 OK
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json

Response body:

{
   "runtime":{
      "platform":"php",
      "platform_version":"7.0.19",
      "framework":"WordPress",
      "framework_installed_version":"4.5.8",
      "framework_newest_version":"4.7.5"
   },
   "modules":[
      {
         "name":"plugin-akismet",
         "installed_version":"3.1.10",
         "newest_version":"3.3.2"
      },
      {
         "name":"plugin-content-anchor-links",
         "installed_version":"1.4",
         "newest_version":"1.4"
      },
      {
         "name":"plugin-hello-dolly",
         "installed_version":"1.6",
         "newest_version":"1.6"
      },
      {
         "name":"theme-twentyfifteen",
         "installed_version":"1.5",
         "newest_version":"1.7"
      },
      {
         "name":"theme-twentysixteen",
         "installed_version":"1.2",
         "newest_version":"1.3"
      },
      {
         "name":"theme-twentyfourteen",
         "installed_version":"1.9",
         "newest_version":"1.9"
      }
   ]
}

Live monitoring

This endpoint can be used to verify if the application is alive and working correctly. It checks if the database connection is working and makes a query for users. It allows to register custom check by using hooks.

URL:

• Active permalinks: /wp-json/anxapi/v1/up/?access_token=custom_access_token
• Default: /?rest_route=/anxapi/v1/up/&access_token=custom_access_token

Response headers:

Status Code: 200 OK
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
Allow: GET
Content-Type: text/plain

Response body:

OK

Custom live monitoring hooks

This check can be defined into the themes functions.php or in the plugins.

add_action( 'anx_monitoring_up_check', function() {
    ...
    My custom is alive check
    ...
});

List of developers

• Harald Nezbeda, Lead developer

Project related external resources

• WordPresss documentation