How to Check A WordPress Site's PHP Version (& Upgrade Compatibility)

If you notice that your WordPress hosting provider is not running PHP 7, but has it available to its users, you may want to consider making a WordPress PHP version change so you can benefit from all of PHP 7’s features. However, in order to avoid breaking your site, you should make sure all of your site’s themes and plugins are compatible. 

To check for WordPress PHP version compatibility, you can use another simple plugin called PHP Compatibility Checker.

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GitHub - googleinurl/SCANNER-INURLBR

Excellent tool to search for WordPress vulnerabilities !

Advanced search in search engines, enables analysis provided to exploit GET / POST capturing emails & urls, with an internal custom validation junction for each target / url found

Source : GitHub - googleinurl/SCANNER-INURLBR

How to Clean a Hacked WordPress Website - A Simple Guide

First things first, do not panic. 

This article will guide you through the process of cleaning a hacked WordPress website. The process is documented in an easy to follow step by step format; identifying the source of the hack, identifying the infection, cleaning the code, regaining control of your WordPress website or blog and removing the Google malware alert. This guide will help you recover from the typical WordPress hacks such as backdoors, malware, spam and other similar types of infections.

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Prevent WPScan from scanning · security.szurek.pl

Below I will show few methods which can prevent WPScan scan.

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Using WPScan: Finding WordPress Vulnerabilities

When using WPScan you can scan your WordPress website for known vulnerabilities within the core version, plugins, and themes. You can also find out if any weak passwords, users, and security configuration issues are present. The database atwpvulndb.com is used to check for vulnerable software and the WPScan team maintains the ever-growing list of vulnerabilities. 

Last time, we taught you how to install WPScan on Mac and Linux. 

This time we are going to dive into how to use WPScan with the most basic commands.

Source : Sucuri Blog

Announcing the WordPress Security Learning Center

About 4 months ago we decided to deliver what the community clearly needs: A WordPress Security Learning Center. We all put our noses to the grindstone and worked as quickly and effectively as we could. We brought in video producers, designers, copywriters and security experts from around the community.
Today we are ready to announce the completion and official launch of our WordPress Security Learning Center.

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