{"id":5966,"date":"2021-08-16T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T06:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=5966"},"modified":"2025-02-27T18:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:39:04","slug":"top-free-tools-for-scanning-your-wordpress-website-vulnerabilities-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-free-tools-for-scanning-your-wordpress-website-vulnerabilities-in-2021","title":{"rendered":"Top Free Tools for Scanning Your WordPress Website Vulnerabilities in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-free-tools-for-scanning-your-wordpress-website-vulnerabilities-in-2021\/#Free_Tools_for_WordPress_Website_Scanning\" title=\"Free Tools for WordPress Website Scanning\">Free Tools for WordPress Website Scanning<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-free-tools-for-scanning-your-wordpress-website-vulnerabilities-in-2021\/#Sucuri_SiteCheck\" title=\"Sucuri SiteCheck\">Sucuri SiteCheck<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-free-tools-for-scanning-your-wordpress-website-vulnerabilities-in-2021\/#WordPress_Security_Scan\" title=\"WordPress Security Scan\">WordPress Security Scan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-free-tools-for-scanning-your-wordpress-website-vulnerabilities-in-2021\/#MalCare\" title=\"MalCare\">MalCare<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/top-free-tools-for-scanning-your-wordpress-website-vulnerabilities-in-2021\/#WP_Sec_Scan\" title=\"WP Sec Scan\">WP Sec Scan<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">WordPress is a leading content management system that is powering numerous websites these days. It is user-friendly and helps in the fast set up of a website. Since it has a large user base, it will be the target of the hackers. This will risk the security of the website that contains confidential information about the business as well as the customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you have invested in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/wordpress-development\/\">WordPress development<\/a><\/span>, your main focus should be on maintain g the security of the website. For this, it is important to find out the security vulnerabilities beforehand, so it becomes not severe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The good news is that WordPress offers free scanning tools that will suit this purpose very well. You should choose any tool by assessing your website requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Free_Tools_for_WordPress_Website_Scanning\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Free Tools for WordPress Website Scanning<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The WordPress tools that are listed below provide detailed reporting related to the security vulnerabilities and possible measures to fix them. Let\u2019s take a look at them:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sucuri_SiteCheck\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Sucuri SiteCheck<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sucuri SiteCheck is a renowned website scanning tool that provides proper vulnerability reports. This tool is helpful in detecting the malwares, viruses, outdated software, and other website errors.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px auto; border: 2px solid #065beb; padding: 20px 25px; border-radius: 6px; background: 0;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 62%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Are You Looking to Hire Dedicated WordPress Developers?<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 36%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"padding: 10px 22px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; color: #ffffff; background-color: #065beb; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; display: block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact us today!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WordPress_Security_Scan\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>WordPress Security Scan<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The next one in the list is WordPress Security Scan which checks plugins and hosting platform. It takes up a few pages for checking and conducts a deep analysis of their HTML source. With this scanning, the security flaws will be highlighted along with the solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MalCare\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">MalCare<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">MalCare is a comprehensive cloud-based scanning tool offered by WordPress. It finds out the malware by checking all your files and database as well. The plus point of using this tool is that it will not hamper your site\u2019s performance while checking as it makes use of the cloud server.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/how-to-create-a-wordpress-blog-post-that-actually-converts\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">How to Create a WordPress Blog Post that Actually Converts?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WP_Sec_Scan\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>WP Sec Scan<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This WordPress specific scanning tool will perform a thorough analysis of your website. You can sign up here for free. After that, you can enter your URL for scanning purpose. It will do a weekly scan ad send alerts via email if any bug gets detected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Always remember the fact that regular WordPress website scanning detects security threats in the early stage and safeguard it from getting hacked. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/dedicated-wordpress-developer\/\">Hire WordPress experts<\/a><\/span> who will keep a close check on your website using the aforementioned tools. You can conduct an extensive research to find the professionals in this domain.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/reasons-why-wordpress-is-the-best-blogging-platform-for-business\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Reasons Why WordPress is the Best Blogging Platform for Business<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[256],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cms"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5966"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11378,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions\/11378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}