https://tenium.app/blogGuides on uptime monitoring for freelancers and agencies.enTue, 10 Nov 2026 09:30:00 GMThttps://tenium.app/blog/write-an-incident-update-clients-readhttps://tenium.app/blog/write-an-incident-update-clients-readTue, 10 Nov 2026 09:30:00 GMTGuidesWhen a site is down, the client wants three answers: is it known, what is affected, and when will you say more. A simple structure for incident updates that keeps clients calm.https://tenium.app/blog/what-to-put-in-a-client-uptime-reporthttps://tenium.app/blog/what-to-put-in-a-client-uptime-reportTue, 10 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTAgenciesA client uptime report has one job: show that someone is watching. Here is the short list of things to include, the numbers to leave out, and a plain-English template you can reuse.https://tenium.app/blog/uptimerobot-alternative-for-agencieshttps://tenium.app/blog/uptimerobot-alternative-for-agenciesSun, 08 Nov 2026 14:00:00 GMTComparisonsA decision guide for agencies and freelancers leaving UptimeRobot: five questions, a cost check at 10, 40 and 100 client sites, and when staying put is the right call.https://tenium.app/blog/import-uptimerobot-monitorshttps://tenium.app/blog/import-uptimerobot-monitorsSun, 08 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMTGuidesHow the Tenium import works: a read-only API key, a preview, the five monitor types that come across, what plan limits skip, and what you must re-create by hand.https://tenium.app/blog/website-down-what-to-dohttps://tenium.app/blog/website-down-what-to-doSun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTGuidesA checklist for the first quarter hour of an outage: confirm it, find the broken layer with five commands, fix the common causes, tell the client, then make sure it cannot go unnoticed again.https://tenium.app/blog/cron-job-monitoring-with-curlhttps://tenium.app/blog/cron-job-monitoring-with-curlSun, 08 Nov 2026 11:00:00 GMTEngineeringCron jobs fail silently. Add one curl line and get an alert when a backup, import or queue worker does not run, runs late or exits with an error. Includes systemd, Docker and Kubernetes.https://tenium.app/blog/ssl-certificate-expiry-monitoringhttps://tenium.app/blog/ssl-certificate-expiry-monitoringSun, 08 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMTGuidesAutomatic renewal fails more often than people think. Build a hostname inventory, check expiry with one openssl line and set alerts at 30, 14 and 3 days, for certificates and domains.https://tenium.app/blog/sell-website-monitoring-to-clientshttps://tenium.app/blog/sell-website-monitoring-to-clientsSun, 08 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTAgenciesWhat to charge, what to promise, a client email template and a margin calculation from real plan prices, for agencies and freelancers who want monitoring as recurring revenue.https://tenium.app/blog/wordpress-site-monitoring-seven-checkshttps://tenium.app/blog/wordpress-site-monitoring-seven-checksSun, 08 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTWordPressSeven ways a WordPress site fails while still looking up: database errors, plugin fatals, dead wp-cron, bad caches, locked logins, expiry and hacks. How to detect and fix each.https://tenium.app/blog/uptime-response-time-core-web-vitalshttps://tenium.app/blog/uptime-response-time-core-web-vitalsSun, 08 Nov 2026 07:00:00 GMTGuidesThree numbers people mix up. What each one measures, where the data comes from, which thresholds matter, and which tool answers which question, with downtime tables you can quote.https://tenium.app/blog/cloudflare-waf-allow-list-uptime-monitorhttps://tenium.app/blog/cloudflare-waf-allow-list-uptime-monitorSat, 07 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMTGuidesCloudflare challenges and bot rules can make a healthy site look down to your monitor. Here is the exact WAF rule that lets Tenium through, and only Tenium.https://tenium.app/blog/uptimerobot-alternatives-2026https://tenium.app/blog/uptimerobot-alternatives-2026Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTComparisonsUptimeRobot is still the default, but Team starts at €41. We compare Tenium, Better Stack, Hyperping, StatusCake, Pingdom, Oh Dear, Cronitor and Uptime Kuma for freelancers and agencies.https://tenium.app/blog/ssl-certificate-expired-what-to-dohttps://tenium.app/blog/ssl-certificate-expired-what-to-doSat, 07 Nov 2026 11:00:00 GMTGuidesA step-by-step recovery guide for an expired SSL certificate on a client site: diagnose, renew with Let's Encrypt or your CA, fix the chain, and set up expiry alerts.https://tenium.app/blog/selling-monitoring-as-a-care-planhttps://tenium.app/blog/selling-monitoring-as-a-care-planSat, 07 Nov 2026 10:00:00 GMTAgenciesHow freelancers and agencies turn uptime monitoring into recurring revenue. Tiered care plan examples, what to promise, what not to, and why the monthly PDF report matters more than the monitoring.https://tenium.app/blog/how-we-confirm-downtimehttps://tenium.app/blog/how-we-confirm-downtimeSat, 07 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMTEngineeringA look inside the checker: why one failed request is not an outage, how we re-check from other regions within seconds, and what the incident record contains when we finally alert.https://tenium.app/blog/five-wordpress-checks-every-agency-should-runhttps://tenium.app/blog/five-wordpress-checks-every-agency-should-runSat, 07 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTWordPressStatus code alone misses most WordPress failures. Here are the five external checks that catch database errors, locked-out logins, dead wp-cron, expiring SSL and lapsed domains.