Blog

Practical guides on website health - what a finding means, how to fix it and how the fix moves your grade. Guardr keeps watch on the sites you ship.

Uptime and Security Headers Monitoring for Client Sites

One dashboard, one alert stream, every client site. Uptime and security headers monitoring for freelancers and agencies. Outages confirmed from three regions.

uptime-monitoringhttp-headerswebsite-healthagencies

Status Pages Are Live: Uptime Your Customers Can Verify

Uptime your customers can verify. Guardr status pages are live on both plans: components, incidents, maintenance windows, per-component subscribers and feeds.

status-pageuptime-monitoringincident-communicationstatuspage-alternativerelease

WordPress Uptime Monitoring Plugin: Guardr Is Now on WordPress.org

See uptime, response time and a health grade inside wp-admin. The Guardr WordPress uptime monitoring plugin scans from the edge with no agent on your server.

wordpressuptime-monitoringwebsite-healthplugin

FIFA World Cup 2026 Stadium Site Health Scan

See how all 16 official FIFA World Cup 2026 stadium websites scored on headers, TLS, cookies and DNS. Every grade, every score and the findings behind them.

http-headersfifa-world-cup-2026website-healthcase-studystadiums

We Scanned 10 Shopify Agency Websites. Here Is What We Found.

See how 10 leading Shopify agencies score on their own websites. We checked HTTP headers, TLS, cookies and DNS - every grade, the patterns and the fixes.

http-headersshopifyagencywebsite-healthaudit

How to Fix Missing X-Frame-Options Header (Step-by-Step)

Add the X-Frame-Options header in one line and stop other sites framing your pages. Step-by-step fixes for Cloudflare, Nginx and Apache, plus how to verify.

http-headersx-frame-optionswebsite-healthguideclickjacking

StatusCake Alternative for Uptime and HTTP Headers

Guardr covers what StatusCake leaves out: security headers, DNS records, cookie flags and exposed paths - plus uptime checks every minute and the exact fix.

uptime-monitoringwebsite-healthhttp-headersstatuscake-alternative

UptimeRobot Alternative for Freelancers and Web Agencies

UptimeRobot alternative for agencies: uptime alerts plus a health grade for headers and TLS. The first site is free and every site after it is $3.00 per month.

uptime-monitoringwebsite-healthhttp-headersalternative

How to Fix Missing Content-Security-Policy Header (Step-by-Step)

Add a Content-Security-Policy header without breaking your site: start in report-only mode, then enforce. Copy-paste steps for Cloudflare, Nginx and Apache.

csphttp-headerswebsite-healthguide

The Guardr API: A Hands-On Tutorial with Real Examples

Automate website health scans with the Guardr REST API. Three endpoints covered with real JSON responses plus a working GitHub Actions gate on your grade.

apitutorialci-cdhttp-headerswebsite-health

SecurityHeaders.com API Shutdown: How to Migrate Your Scans

Keep CI/CD HTTP header checks running after the SecurityHeaders.com API shutdown in April 2026. A step-by-step migration guide with a drop-in replacement.

apihttp-headersmigrationci-cdguide

Hardenize Alternative for Agencies and Freelance Developers

Hardenize moved to enterprise pricing after the Red Sift acquisition. Guardr is the self-serve alternative that grades HTTP headers, TLS, DNS and cookies.

http-headerswebsite-healthmonitoringhardenizealternative

SecurityHeaders.com API alternative: drop-in grades that keep watching

Replace the SecurityHeaders.com API with a free grade check that keeps watching your client sites. Curl examples for the public GET and keyed POST included.

api-migrationhttp-headerswebsite-healthagencies

What Does a Website Health Grade Mean?

Your site just got a C+. Should you panic? Here is what a website health grade actually measures, how it is calculated and the fixes that raise yours fastest.

health-gradewebsite-healthhttp-headersguide

How to Fix Missing HSTS Header (Step-by-Step)

Fix a missing HSTS header on Cloudflare, Nginx, Apache and more. Here is what Strict-Transport-Security does, why it matters and how to verify the fix.

hstshttp-headerswebsite-healthguide

Your Website Is Your Business - Is It Actually Working?

Find out whether your website is really working. Independent uptime monitoring and a plain health grade for your response headers show what to fix first.

uptimewebsite-healthresponse-headerssmall-business

How to Add Security Headers to Your Website (Complete Guide)

Add HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options and the other security headers in minutes. Copy-paste snippets for Cloudflare, Nginx and Apache, plus how to verify each one.

http-headersresponse-headerswebsite-healthguide