WordPress configuration
Core configuration, exposed files and endpoints, debug settings, scheduled tasks, update controls, and security-relevant defaults.
WordPress security audit
WordPress Security Audit: find the weaknesses a plugin-only scan can miss.
A manual, evidence-led review of the WordPress application and the controls around it. The engagement identifies exploitable weaknesses, unsafe configuration, exposed information, and recovery gaps before they become an incident.
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- Best for
- Preventive assurance, launch reviews, insurer or client questions
- Assessment
- Manual validation supported by appropriate tooling
- Deliverable
- Prioritized findings, evidence, remediation, and retest status
- Access
- External review first; least-privilege access when the scope requires it
- Typical fee
- $150–$500 per site · 2–4 business days · fixed in the written proposal
Scope
What the WordPress security audit includes
The exact scope is agreed before access is provided. A typical engagement examines the application, its extensions, the hosting boundary, and the operational controls needed to recover safely.
Plugins and themes
Installed, active, abandoned, duplicated, or unexpectedly modified components and their known vulnerability exposure.
Users and authentication
Administrative accounts, role assignments, MFA, session handling, password controls, and access pathways.
Application attack surface
Public entry points, forms, APIs, uploads, XML-RPC, administrative exposure, and information disclosure.
Hosting and runtime
Relevant TLS, PHP, file-permission, database, backup, isolation, and web-server controls available within scope.
Recovery readiness
Backup separation, restoration evidence, logging, alerting, and the operational steps used when something goes wrong.
Method
Assessment, reporting, and retesting
- 01
Scope and authorize
Define the sites, environments, access, exclusions, testing window, and escalation contacts in writing.
- 02
Inspect and validate
Review external exposure and approved internal controls. Potential issues are manually checked before they are reported.
- 03
Prioritize and explain
Document the affected component, sanitized evidence, practical impact, and a remediation path appropriate to the environment.
- 04
Remediate and retest
Implement agreed fixes or support the responsible team, then verify the result and update the report status.
Output
A report designed for action, not a scanner export
Findings are written so an owner, developer, host, or administrator can understand what matters and who should fix it.
- Executive summary and scope statement
- Prioritized findings with affected components and sanitized evidence
- Business impact and realistic attack conditions
- Specific remediation guidance and ownership notes
- Positive controls already working as intended
- Retest status for agreed remediated findings
Choose correctly
An audit is not the same as incident response or a penetration test
Choose this service when you want preventive assurance, a structured control review, or an independent answer to whether a WordPress environment is configured and operated safely.
If the site is redirecting visitors, creating spam pages, showing unknown administrators, or repeatedly becoming infected, use the malware-removal service. If the objective is adversarial testing of custom functionality or business logic, use the penetration-testing service.
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Common questions
Questions about this engagement
Is this just an automated vulnerability scan?
No. Tools help with coverage, but potential findings are manually validated and explained in the context of the actual site. Scanner output is not presented as a confirmed vulnerability.
Will you need administrator or server access?
Not always. Work can begin from the external attack surface. Credentialed checks use named, temporary, least-privilege access agreed after scoping.
Can WooCommerce or WordPress multisite be reviewed?
Yes, when they are explicitly included in scope. Their roles, integrations, data flows, and operational risk can materially change the assessment.
Can the findings be fixed and retested?
Yes. Remediation can be performed directly where agreed or delivered as guidance for the responsible team. Agreed changes can then be retested.
How much does a WordPress security audit cost, and how long does it take?
Typically $150–$500 for a single site, delivered in 2–4 business days from access to report. Site count, WooCommerce or multisite complexity, and reporting requirements move the figure — the pricing page explains the scope factors, and the proposal states the exact fixed fee.