Set Screenshot Frequency
Being able to set a capture interval is what makes Stillio so good at automated website screenshots. Daily snapshots are the most popular, but you can pick any frequency you like, for example:
- Once a week
- Every three days
- Every month
- Once an hour
- Every 8 hours
- Every 12 months
- Every 5 minutes
- Or any regular interval in between
How to set the screenshot capture frequency
When you add a new webpage or edit an existing one, open the Basics tab and click the capture frequency next to Capture. A new webpage starts at Every day, the most popular choice.
Pick Every hour, Every day, Every week or Every month. Want a different interval? Choose Every..., enter a number from 1 to 60 and pick a unit (minutes, hours, days, weeks or months). The shortest interval is every 5 minutes. Then click Select.
Available options
The available capture frequency options depend on your subscription plan. In trial mode and most other (legacy) plans you can capture daily screenshots or at a lower frequency. Options your plan doesn't include are greyed out. Please upgrade to the Top Shot plan if you want more frequent captures, like every hour.
What is the best screenshot capture frequency?
How often do you want your website screenshots captured? It depends on the type of page. A good rule of thumb: follow the refresh rate. The more often the content on a webpage changes, the higher your capture frequency should be, to get an excellent web archive.
Typically, a homepage or key landing page is captured once a day. News index pages may even be worth capturing as often as once an hour. Category pages that change less often can probably be archived once a week, and legal pages like terms and conditions can often be captured just once a month.
Every company is different, so we recommend deciding for yourself which frequencies work best for you.