Introducing WP Advanced Security: Scan for Vulnerabilities, Monitor Traffic, and Get Fix Recommendations

To keep your WordPress website safe, you should search for places where the risk exists. WP Advanced Security by WooNinjas lets you check your site for security gaps, monitor incoming traffic, and identify areas that need attention.   

It scans for common code vulnerabilities, reports PHP errors and warnings, checks WordPress core files, and recommends fixes for what it finds. It works for business sites, blogs, and sites running many plugins and themes.   

Simplify WordPress Security Monitoring

Checking your website for security problems doesn’t have to require reviewing files and logs manually. WP Advanced Security by WooNinjas brings security checks, vulnerability scanning, and actionable recommendations together in one dashboard.

Vulnerability Scanner

Scan your WordPress codebase for potential security issues, including SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgery (CSRF), remote code execution, and runtime PHP errors.

Run a deep scan to check files across your WordPress installation, including plugins and themes. The findings identify the issue, its severity, and the exact file path and line number, helping you investigate problems more easily.

Real-Time Security Overview

Get a quick view of your website’s security health through the Overview dashboard. Review your server environment, security checks, vulnerability metrics, and runtime diagnostics without switching between different tools.

The dashboard also displays a Hardening Index, which provides an overall security score and helps you identify areas that need improvement.

WAF Traffic and Threat Monitoring

Keep track of incoming requests and potential exploit attempts through the WAF Traffic & Exploit Attempts chart, which shows activity handled by the plugin’s Web Application Firewall (WAF).   

Review the number of sanitized requests, blocked threats, and total traffic analyzed over the last 24 hours. This information helps you understand how incoming traffic is being checked and which threats the firewall has blocked.

WordPress Core Integrity Checks

Check your WordPress core files against official WordPress.org versions to identify unexpected changes or unfamiliar files.

The plugin also checks for unknown scripts in your website’s public root directory and displays file differences for further investigation. You can review these findings in the Vulnerability Scanner before deciding whether any action is necessary.

Security Status Checks

Get a clear picture of your website’s security with six built-in checks that examine potential risks in your WordPress codebase and file protection settings.

The security status card performs checks for SQL injection risks, unescaped user input (XSS), insecure deserialization, and potentially dangerous code execution functions. It also checks whether your uploads directory and sensitive files, such as .env and wp-config.php, are protected.

Each check displays a green tick when it passes or a red cross when an issue is found, along with the number of detected issues. You can also see how many of the six checks have passed, with an attention indicator highlighting when something needs review.

Blacklist and Threat Checks

Check your website against several security and reputation sources from the Overview dashboard.

The plugin includes checks for Google Safe Browsing, the PhishTank global database, and Spamhaus IP reputation lists. It also monitors PHP runtime logs and checks the integrity of WordPress core files.

These checks help you identify potential security concerns and decide what needs further review.

Actionable Security Recommendations

Identifying a potential vulnerability is just the beginning. The plugin also provides recommendations to help you address identified issues.

Each recommendation includes a brief explanation and suggested action. Examples include protecting sensitive files, preventing PHP execution in the uploads directory, and reviewing potentially unsafe code patterns.

You can expand recommendations to see more details and work through pending issues from the dashboard.

Detailed Findings and Log Management

Keep your scan results organized with filters for different types of findings, including security sinks, PHP errors, PHP warnings, and core integrity issues.

Search by file name, rule, or issue, sort results by column, and change the order of the findings. Each entry includes its severity, issue details, location, and an option to inspect it further.

You can also clear the current findings list and run a new deep scan when you need updated results.

Why You’ll Love WP Advanced Security by WooNinjas

Managing WordPress security becomes easier when you can identify potential problems and review suggested fixes from one place. Here’s how the plugin can help:

Identify Potential Vulnerabilities

Scan your website’s codebase for common security risks and see where the issues occur.

Monitor Website Security

Review your security score, server environment, traffic analysis, and security checks from a single dashboard.

Find Issues Faster

Use file paths, line numbers, severity levels, and filters to locate findings and investigate them.

Review Security Recommendations

Get practical suggestions for addressing detected issues and improving your website’s security settings.

Check Core File Integrity

Compare WordPress core files with official versions and investigate unexpected differences.

Monitor PHP Errors and Warnings

Review runtime logs to identify errors, warnings, and notices that may point to code problems.

A Clearer View of Your WordPress Security

WP Advanced Security by WooNinjas brings several useful security checks into your WordPress dashboard. From deep code scans to traffic monitoring and security recommendations, you can review your website’s security status and identify issues that need attention.

The plugin also helps you investigate findings in third-party plugins and themes. When an issue comes from another plugin or theme, you can update the affected software or report the problem to its developer rather than editing its files directly.

Need Help With a Security Finding?

If you need assistance understanding a finding, the plugin provides access to the WooNinjas support team through the Open a Support Ticket.

If you need help understanding a finding, you can reach the WooNinjas support team by opening a support ticket.

Before you delete files or change code based on a recommendation, be sure to make a full website backup and carefully review the finding. Not every unfamiliar file or reported issue is harmful.

Take a Closer Look at Your WordPress Security

Want a clearer picture of your website’s security health? WP Advanced Security by WooNinjas helps you scan your codebase, monitor incoming traffic, check core file integrity, and review recommendations from one convenient dashboard.

Check out the plugin to make it easier to find possible security risks and figure out what needs your attention.   

Get started with WP Advanced Security today.

Read the official documentation