Security Check

You can enable Security Check per website or across multiple websites at once.

Enable on one website

1. In your dashboard, go to the website you want to check.
2. On the left sidebar, click Security.
3. Click Activate Security Check. Choose Free or Premium, then click Activate.
   • If you choose premium, in the new pop-up, review the activation cost breakdown, then click Activate add-on.
4. Click Close.

Enable on multiple websites

You can only activate the premium version on multiple websites at once.

1. In your dashboard, in the left icon sidebar, click Add-ons.
2. Select the checkboxes next to all websites you want to check.
3. At the top menu, click Activate Add-ons, then click Security Check.
4. Click Buy add-on.
5. Review the activation cost breakdown, then click Activate add-on.
6. Click Close.

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where you want to upgrade.
2. On the left sidebar, click Security.
3. It the top-right corner, click Upgrade, then click Buy add-on.
4. In a new pop-up, review the activation cost breakdown, then click Activate add-on.
5. Click Close.

1. In your dashboard, go to the website you want to check.
2. In the left sidebar, click Security.
3. Click Check Now.
   • If this is your first time checking the website, click Run security check.
4. Wait for the scan to complete, then review your results.

If you activate the premium version, you’ll be able to schedule daily or weekly scans.

Schedule a security check per website

1. In your dashboard, go to the website you want to check.
2. In the left sidebar, click Security.
3. Click Scheduling.
4. Choose Daily or Weekly.
   • If you choose weekly, under Check every, select the preferred day of the week. The default is set to Monday.
5. Click Save Changes.

Schedule a security check on multiple websites

1. In your dashboard, in the left icon sidebar, click Add-ons. 
2. Select the checkbox next to the websites where you want to adjust settings. 
3. From the top menu, click Tool Settings, then click Security Check.
4. The options are the same as for a single website (see above).
5. Click Save settings and then Confirm. 

If you have scheduled an automated Security Check, we’ll notify you if we detect malware or vulnerabilities on your website. By default, we’ll use your global settings to determine how to send Security Check notifications for all of your websites. 

If you prefer to receive notifications for individual websites through a different channel, you can customize notification settings per website. You can choose to receive notifications at your admin email, to have your collaborators or clients notified, or to use an additional email. You can enable multiple options.  

Receive notifications via admin email

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where you want to change notification settings.
2. In the left sidebar, click Security.
3. Click Settings.
4. Scroll down and click Event notifications. 
5. Click Custom settings.
6. Click Admin, then turn on the toggle next to the email you want to use for notifications. 
7. Click Save Changes.

Automatically notify collaborators

To see this option, you must have collaborators added to your dashboard and ensure they have access to this website. 

1. In your dashboard, go to the website for which you want to change notification settings.
2. In the left sidebar, click Security.
3. Click Settings.
4. Scroll down and click Event notifications. 
5. Click Custom settings.
6. Click Collaborators, then turn on the toggle next to the collaborators who should be notified. 
7. Click Save Changes.

Automatically notify clients

To see this option, you must have clients associated with this website. 

1. In your dashboard, go to the website for which you want to change notification settings.
2. In the left sidebar, click Security.
3. Click Settings.
4. Scroll down and click Event notifications. 
5. Click Custom settings.
6. Click Clients, then turn on the toggle next to the clients who should be notified. 
7. Click Save Changes.

Receive notifications via additional email

To see this option, you’ll have to add additional notification email(s) to the general notification settings. 

1. In your dashboard, go to the website for which you want to change notification settings.
2. In the left sidebar, click Security.
3. Click Settings.
4. Scroll down and click Event notifications. 
5. Click Custom settings.
6. Click Additional Emails, then turn on the toggle next to the email you want to use for notifications. 
7. Click Save Changes.

We check your website for three different types of security issues: malware, vulnerabilities, and web trust. You can view details for each category in the scan results.

Results of a manual scan

After you manually scan your website, the results are displayed on that page after the scan completes. Click Vulnerabilities and WebTrust tabs to get more details. If threats are detected, you can act according to the details we provided to resolve them. 

To see the result of previous scans, after the current scan is complete, click Back to Security Check history and continue from Step 3 of the automated scan
section.

If you go to another page in ManageWP while the scan is still in progress, follow the steps described in the next section to get to the scan results. 

Results of an automated scan

1. In your dashboard, go to the website where want to see the results.
2. On the left menu, click Security. In the Overview tab, you’ll see the latest scan results overview.
3. Under Date, click the most recent scan (or a previous one by selecting its date and time).
4. Click Vulnerabilities and WebTrust tabs to get more details.