Watch Settings
Configure individual watch options
Each watch has its own settings accessible from the gear icon on the watch row in your watches list.
Check interval
Override the global check frequency for this specific watch. The minimum interval depends on your plan:
| Plan | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 hour | 7 days |
| Starter | 10 minutes | 7 days |
| Pro / Business | 1 minute | 7 days |
Screenshot capture
Toggle screenshot capture on or off for this watch. When enabled, Site Spy saves a PNG screenshot alongside each text snapshot, allowing visual diff comparisons.
Screenshot capture requires the Pro plan or above.
Enabling screenshots switches the watch to a browser-based fetcher that renders the page with JavaScript before capturing.
Filters
Three filter fields let you control what gets monitored. See CSS & XPath Filters for syntax and examples.
- Monitor Only — CSS/XPath selectors to limit monitoring to specific sections
- Exclude Elements — CSS selectors for elements to remove before checking
- Text Patterns — Text or regex patterns to ignore
Pause and resume
Click the pause button on a watch to stop checking it. The watch stays in your list but no snapshots are taken until you resume it. Useful for temporarily disabling watches without losing their configuration.
Title
Edit the watch title to something more descriptive than the URL. The title appears in your watch list, notifications, and RSS feeds.
Tags
Assign color-coded tags to organize and filter your watches. Tags can also have their own notification settings — see Managing Watches for details.