WP Security Ninja

WP Security Ninja documentation

Guides for install, firewall, scanners, licenses, and Pro features. Need help? Contact support.

AI Security Advisor

3

• What happens when you generate a report

• How to enable AI Security Advisor

• How to get your first security report

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Installation and usage

18

• Install Security Ninja

• Install Pro version

• Installation Wizard

• How to access your website via FTP

• Does Security Ninja Work with WordPress.org?

• How to include custom code on your website

• Remove settings when deactivating

• Dashboard Widget with quick site overview

• Last Login

• Activate Default Security Measures

• Data Processing Agreement

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Firewall

• How to use the firewall

• How to get back in to your website

• How to restore access without the unblock URL

• Block IP Network

• Change login URL

• How to ban subnet mask IP range

• Login Form Protection

• Temporary login plugins

• Whitelisting Services in WP Security Ninja

• Secret Access URL

• Automatically Validated Crawlers

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MainWP

13

• How to Install and Set Up Security Ninja with MainWP

• How to Control White Label Settings Remotely

• Using Security Ninja tokens in MainWP Pro Reports

• Install the Free MainWP Extension for Security Ninja

• Get started with Security Ninja and MainWP

• How to access Security Ninja in MainWP Dashboard

• Bulk Actions in MainWP

• How to Show/Hide the column

• Use the Security Ninja Events tab

• Fleet email alerts in MainWP

• Security Ninja sample templates for MainWP Pro Reports

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Vulnerabilities

• What does “plugin closed” mean?

• Email Alerts for Detected Vulnerabilities

• How to use the vulnerability scanner

• How the vulnerability scanner works

• Dangers of Outdated Plugins

• What is the outdated.dat file?

• Problems with the vulnerability scanner

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Account

24

• My account page

• Non-Sensitive Diagnostic Data

• Keeps getting logged out

• Cancel subscription

• Forgotten password

• Change account

• Does the plugin work with WordPress Multisite?

• Problems logging in

• Military and Veteran Discounts

• Delete my account

• Controlling License Usage by Whitelisting Sites

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Security Tests

29

• Security Tests

• Security Issues were found

• Update functions.php

• Fix - temporary folder not writable

• Secure or remove readme.html

• What is the sn-backups folder?

• Check if plugins are up to date

• If full WordPress version info is revealed in meta data

• User “admin” with administrator privileges exists

• “Anyone can register” option is enabled

• Unnecessary information on failed login attempts

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License

12

• How to change your license key

• License activation problems

• How to upgrade from annual to lifetime license

• How to upgrade your license

• Can I Resell or Transfer My License?

• How to use license on another website

• License Recovery for Security Ninja

• How to renew manually

• How To Renew Your License Early or Apply a Coupon

• Early License Renewal & Proration

• Automated License Activation for Multiple Sites - license_key.txt

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Troubleshooting and debugging

18

• How to locate JavaScript conflicts

• How to create an admin account

• Virus detected in plugin?

• Fix errors showing up frontend

• Debug - Get server and website information

• How to use WP_DEBUG

• Jetpack compatibility

• Many admin-ajax.php requests

• Parts of admin load via HTTP

• Increase WordPress memory limit

• Failed to connect to api.freemius.com

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Filters and hooks

• securityninja_whitelist filter

• Filter - user_agent_items

• Filter - securityninja_visitorlog_filter_url

• Filter - blocked_hosts_items

• Filter secnin_cf_check_blocked_hosts

• Filter wf_sn_client_ip

• Filter wf_sn_trusted_proxy_cidrs

• securityninja_ignored_file_extensions

• Customizing Firewall Filter Rules

• secnin_show_woocommerce_login_message

• Filter. securityninja_social_crawler_user_agents

• securityninja_temporary_login_params

• securityninja_is_temporary_login_link

• securityninja_malware_exclude_paths

• securityninja_malware_scannable_extensions

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Visitor Log

2

• What is the visitor log

• Change how long visitor logs are kept

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Security Fixes

11

• Security Headers

• Secure Cookies

• Disable plugin & theme editor

• Disable WP Sitemaps

• Disabling the Application Passwords Feature in WordPress 5.6

• Preventing Username Enumeration on Your WordPress Site

• Remove unwanted files

• Hide WP Version

• Hide Windows Live Writer - WLW

• Hiding PHP Version by Removing “X-Powered-By” and “Server” Headers

• Content Security Policy

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Core Scanner

3

• Core Scanner

• Scan WordPress

• How to ignore files

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Malware Scanner

6

• Malware Scanner

• Scan for malware

• False positive results

• Whitelist files and folders in Malware Scanner

• Comprehensive Malware Cleanup Checklist

• How to exclude paths from the Malware Scanner

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Event Logger

6

• How to use the event logger

• Webhook Events

• Automate Alerts: Security Ninja Webhooks via Zapier

• Monitoring New Administrator Accounts

• Event Logger Settings

• How to search and filter events

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White label

2

• What is the White label feature

• How to white label the plugin

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Affiliates

3

• Affiliates

• Known Affiliate Link Issues

• Branding assets

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Scheduled Scanner

2

• Scheduled Scanner

• Add custom schedule to scanner

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