4 Best Plugins to Scan WordPress Theme for Malicious Code
I always recommend my readers to purchase only premium themes. People ask me why buy a premium theme when you can get a free (or nulled) theme easily on the net. Using a recognized free theme from WordPress repository is fine. But, getting themes from unverified sources can cost you a lot. The answer is pretty obvious: “Possibility of malicious code in the theme files”. This malicious code can be in the form of Trojan, botnet, link to third-party malicious sites or worse, a backdoor. The attacker using this code can potentially harm your website in a way you can not even imagine. With the increase in daily WordPress attacks, I decided to write a blog post to suggest some best plugins to scan WordPress Theme for malicious code.
Before you dive into the list of plugins, it’s important to know how this malicious code can get into your theme files in the first place.
1. Theme Authenticity Checker (TAC)
Theme authenticity checker, commonly known as TAC is one of the best WordPress plugin to scan theme files for malicious code. It searches the source files of every installed theme for signs of malicious code. If such code is found, TAC displays the path to the theme file, the line number, and a small snippet of the suspect code. Although this plugin has not been updated for over 2 years, it still works well enough.
TAC also search for static links and displays the list of sites to which your theme is linking to.
2. Sucuri Security
Sucuri Inc is one of the world’s leading security services provider with specialization in WordPress security. They also have an online site scanner where you can find out if you have outdated software, your website is blacklisted or has malware.
The Sucuri Security is a security WordPress plugin made to increase your existing security. It offers key security features, each designed to have a positive affect:
- Security Activity Auditing
- File Integrity Monitoring
- Remote Malware Scanning
- Blacklist Monitoring
- Effective Security Hardening
- Post-Hack Security Actions
- Security Notifications
- Website Firewall (add on)
3. Anti-Malware Security and Firewall
Anti-Malware plugin searches for Malware, Viruses, and other security threats and vulnerabilities on your server and helps you fix them.
Features:
- Run a Complete Scan to automatically remove known security threats and backdoor scripts.
- Firewall block SoakSoak and other malware from exploiting Revolution Slider and other plugins from known vulnerabilites.
- Upgrade vulnerable versions of timthumb scripts.
- Download Definition Updates to protect against new threats.
4. Wordfence Security
Wordfence is the most popular WordPress security plugin with over 1 million active installs. Wordfence Scan leverages the same proprietary feed, alerting you quickly in the event your site is compromised. They also offer premium API key that gives you Premium Support, Country Blocking, Scheduled Scans, Password Auditing and we even check if your website IP address is being used to Spamvertize.
WordPress themes can have malicious code that can harm or steal your information. These plugins can help you identify, remove and prevent your website from getting hacked.
If you think your website has been hacked then just contact us via our contact page and we will help you fix it.
