A field guide to the bugs on your websitehello@mendbird.com

Plate I. Avis reparatrix, the common Mendbird

Every website has bugs. Mendbird finds them and pecks them out.

A free check for your website. You get field notes in plain English: what we found, how serious it is, and exactly what to ask your developer.

Tap a bug to send the bird after it, or tap the page to let one loose. Pecked so far: 0

What the Mendbird looks for

No. 1

Known security flaws

We work out what your site is built with and check every part against the public lists of known flaws, updated daily.

No. 2

A lapsing address or padlock

When your domain runs out, who it is managed through, and whether visitors see the secure padlock.

No. 3

Slow pages and Google blocks

How quickly it answers, whether it fits a phone, and whether anything is telling Google to stay away.

No. 4

Spam folder email and cookies

Whether your emails are set up to stay out of spam, and whether tracking runs before visitors agree.

Want a closer look?

Go deeper, and keep watch.

The free check sees what any visitor can see. The Mendbird helper works from inside your site, so it reads the exact version of everything it runs and checks each one against the daily lists of known flaws. It only reads, and never changes anything.

WordPress

A plugin you add from your dashboard

WordPress itself, every plugin and theme with its exact version, and PHP.

Other PHP sites

One file your developer uploads, for Joomla, Drupal, Laravel or hand built sites

PHP and its add-ons, the site's own software, and every package it is built from.

Your own server

A small program for Linux servers

The operating system's software, the web server, PHP, Node.js and the database.

Wix, Squarespace and Shopify

No helper needed

They keep their own software up to date, so the daily watch looks after your domain, padlock, email and Google.

Then Mendbird checks again every morning and emails you the day a new flaw hits anything you run. Part of the Watch plan, £9 a month.

Start watching

Check

For a quick look at any site

Freeas often as you like

  • A full report in about ten seconds
  • Every finding in plain English
  • What to ask your developer

Check a site

Our pick

Watch

For your own business site

£9a month per site, or £90 a year

  • Checked again every morning
  • An email the day a new flaw hits your software
  • A warning weeks before your domain or padlock runs out
  • The helper for a deeper look from inside

Start watching

Agency

For web designers and agencies

£49a month for 25 sites, or 100 for £99

  • Every client site watched
  • Your logo and your name on it
  • A monthly report to send each client

Start the Agency plan

Fix

When you just want it sorted

Quoteda fixed price, agreed first

  • A real person fixes what the report found
  • Your quote within one working day
  • Nothing is done until you say yes

Ask for a quote