Boon Band

<p>BoonRisk gives you a <strong>clear security and readiness report</strong> for your WordPress site. See exactly what security risks exist, why they matter, and what to do about them — all explained in plain language.</p>
<p><strong>Safe & Read-Only:</strong> This plugin only reads your site configuration. It does not scan files, block traffic, or make any changes to your WordPress installation.</p>
<h4>What You Get</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Security Check Report</strong> — See your site’s security status: PHP version, WordPress updates, user settings, HTTPS, and 30+ configuration checks</li>
<li><strong>Clear Explanations</strong> — Every finding explains “why this matters” and “what to do about it” in plain language</li>
<li><strong>Prioritized Risks</strong> — Top risks ranked by impact so you know what to fix first</li>
<li><strong>Printable Report</strong> — Professional HTML report you can view, print, or share directly from WordPress admin</li>
</ul>
<h4>What This Plugin Does NOT Do (100% Safe)</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>No file scanning</strong> — Does not scan your files or look for malware</li>
<li><strong>No traffic blocking</strong> — Does not act as a firewall or block visitors</li>
<li><strong>No site changes</strong> — Does not modify settings, files, or database</li>
<li><strong>No active testing</strong> — Does not simulate attacks or run security scans</li>
<li><strong>Read-only analysis</strong> — Only reads your configuration, never writes or changes anything</li>
</ul>
<h4>Who Is It For?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Site owners</strong> — Understand your security risks without technical expertise</li>
<li><strong>Freelancers & agencies</strong> — Generate client-ready reports in minutes</li>
<li><strong>Developers</strong> — Quick baseline check before or after deployments</li>
<li><strong>Teams</strong> — Consistent security reporting across multiple WordPress sites</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free Security Check (No Account Required)</h4>
<p>Run a complete security and readiness check instantly — 100% local, no data sent anywhere:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Overall Risk Level</strong> — Clear Low/Medium/High rating with explanation of what it means</li>
<li><strong>Top Risks First</strong> — See your biggest security issues ranked by impact</li>
<li><strong>30+ Configuration Checks</strong> — WordPress updates, PHP version, HTTPS, user permissions, backups, 2FA, debug mode, and more</li>
<li><strong>Action Plan</strong> — Every issue includes “why it matters” and “how to fix it”</li>
<li><strong>Professional Report</strong> — Printable HTML report you can view in WordPress admin or share with your team</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What you’ll learn:</strong> “Is my site at risk?” and “What should I fix first?”</p>
<p><strong>100% Private:</strong> All checks run on your server. Nothing is sent externally. No account or email required.</p>
<h4>Optional: Web Dashboard</h4>
<p>Connect the plugin to the <a href="https://boonrisk.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">BoonRisk web dashboard</a> for additional capabilities (optional, requires free account):</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://boonrisk.com/scanner/" rel="nofollow ugc">Surface Scan</a></strong> — External scan of your site’s public-facing security headers, SSL configuration, and exposed services</li>
<li><strong>Vulnerability Intelligence</strong> — Known CVEs matched to your installed plugins and themes with severity ratings</li>
<li><strong>Continuous Monitoring</strong> — Automatic daily checks with alerts when your security posture changes</li>
<li><strong>Track Over Time</strong> — See how your site security improves (or changes) month over month</li>
<li><strong>PDF Reports</strong> — Download professional reports to share with clients or management</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> The local security check is fully functional on its own. The web dashboard is completely optional.</p>
<p>Learn more at <a href="https://boonrisk.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">boonrisk.com</a></p>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<h4>Local Assessment (Default)</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Go to <strong>BoonRisk</strong> <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <strong>Local Assessment</strong></li>
<li>Click <strong>Run Assessment Now</strong></li>
<li>View your Security Posture Summary and Top Risks</li>
<li>Click <strong>View Full Report</strong> for a printable HTML report</li>
</ol>
<p>All analysis happens on your server. Nothing is sent externally.</p>
<h4>Web Dashboard (Optional)</h4>
<ol>
<li>Create a free account at <a href="https://boonrisk.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">boonrisk.com</a></li>
<li>Go to <strong>BoonRisk</strong> <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <strong>Connect (Optional)</strong></li>
<li>Enter your API key</li>
<li>Send your assessment to the dashboard for vulnerability intelligence, surface scan, and monitoring</li>
</ol>
<p>External API calls only happen when you explicitly request them.</p>
<h3>Data Usage</h3>
<h4>Local Assessment</h4>
<p>In local mode, <strong>no data is sent externally</strong>. All checks run inside WordPress.</p>
<h4>Web Dashboard (Optional)</h4>
<p>When you send data to the dashboard, the following is transmitted:</p>
<ul>
<li>PHP and WordPress versions</li>
<li>Active plugin and theme names/versions</li>
<li>Configuration flags (debug mode, file editor status, etc.)</li>
</ul>
<p>What you get in return:</p>
<ul>
<li>Known vulnerability data for your installed plugins and themes</li>
<li>Surface scan results for public-facing security</li>
<li>Severity context for identified risks</li>
<li>Historical trend data and monitoring alerts</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What is never collected:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>User data or personal information</li>
<li>Passwords or credentials</li>
<li>Post/page content</li>
<li>Database contents</li>
<li>File contents</li>
</ul>
<p>Data is sent <strong>only when you click</strong> Send to Dashboard or enable automatic daily sync. No personal data is collected.</p>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>Read our full privacy policy at https://boonrisk.com/privacy</p>


BoonRisk – Site Security Check & Report

Security posture report for WordPress — 30+ checks, prioritized risks, and a printable report. Get a clear picture in minutes.

Patchstack

<p>Patchstack is a powerful tool that helps identify security vulnerabilities within your websites’ plugins, themes, and WordPress core. It is powered by the WordPress ecosystem’s most active community of ethical hackers. Patchstack is trusted by leading WordPress experts such as Pagely, Cloudways, GridPane, Plesk, and others!</p>
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<p>Patchstack is a security plugin for WordPress that finds WP core, plugin and theme vulnerabilities in your websites.</p>
<p>The free version includes up to 48-hour early warning for new vulnerabilities found by our security research community. It also allows you to automatically update vulnerable software, manage updates remotely, and get snapshot reports on your sites’ security status.</p>
<p>The paid version includes automatic vulnerability protection. Patchstack deploys highly targeted rules on a per-site basis, only when a specific vulnerability is detected on a site.</p>
<p>This prevents vulnerable components from being exploited without modifying website code, or impacting site performance or functionality. Patchstack’s paid version includes access to 12,000+ individual protection rules (vPatches).</p>
<p>Patchstack paid version also includes other preventive security features, such as 2 factor authentication, WordPress specific hardening rules, a Community IP blocklist for malicious IP addresses, advanced security settings, and custom protection rules.</p>
<h3>Post-hack cleanups vs attack prevention in WordPress security</h3>
<p>Unlike the standard approach to WordPress security (malware scanning and infection cleanups), Patchstack is focused on preventing infections in the first place.</p>
<p>Thanks to its big WordPress security research community and partnerships with nearly one thousand plugin vendors and developers, Patchstack is regularly among the first to identify new vulnerabilities.</p>
<h3>Who is Patchstack’s WordPress security plugin for?</h3>
<p>Patchstack’s vulnerability management works extremely well for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Agencies with WordPress care/maintenance plans for their customers’ websites</li>
<li>WooCommerce websites to protect their revenue and customers from attacks</li>
<li>Hosting companies that want to deliver highly targeted vulnerability protection easily and at scale<br />
Website owners</li>
</ul>
<p>You don’t have to be highly technical to use it. Install the plugin, connect it with the Patchstack App, and stay safe!</p>
<h3>What features are included in the Patchstack Personal (Free) plan?</h3>
<p>Patchstack’s Personal plan is a free security service for WordPress that lets you find and manage vulnerabilities in your websites. It includes access to a central security dashboard via the Patchstack web App for more visibility and control over your sites’ security:</p>
<ul>
<li>Be the first to know about new vulnerabilities.</li>
<li>Receive notifications if any installed plugins or themes have security issues.</li>
<li>Detect the latest security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins.</li>
<li>Detect the latest security vulnerabilities in WordPress themes.</li>
<li>Detect the latest security vulnerabilities in WordPress core.</li>
<li>Receive real-time alerts via email if any security vulnerabilities are found.</li>
<li>Manage core, plugin and theme updates from a single dashboard.</li>
<li>[Optional] Enable automatic updates for vulnerable plugins only.</li>
<li>Generate snapshot reports about the security status of your website.</li>
</ul>
<h3>What features do Patchstack paid subscriptions have?</h3>
<p>Patchstack’s paid subscriptions include automatic protection for WordPress vulnerabilities, as well as other protection modules.</p>
<ul>
<li>Virtual patching to prevent vulnerable components from being exploited</li>
<li>Advanced hardening module for added WordPress security</li>
<li>Remote hardening settings (including .httacess, login protection and reCAPTCHA)</li>
<li>Community IP Blocklist of known attacker IP addresses<br />
All of these features are included in the Developer and Enterprise plans.<br />
Additionally, Developer and Enterprise plan users have access to custom protection rule creation, periodical security reports and report scheduling.</li>
</ul>
<p>Personal (Free) plan users can enable these features on a per-site basis for $5 / site per month.</p>
<p><strong>Important Resources</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://patchstack.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Patchstack website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.patchstack.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Help Center</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.patchstack.com/patchstack-plugin/changelog/" rel="nofollow ugc">Changelog</a></li>
<li><a href="https://patchstack.com/database" rel="nofollow ugc">Patchstack Vulnerability Database</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>See what our customers say about our paid plans:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>“An excellent and valuable service that’s backed by a company that contributes a significant number of resources and money directly back to the WordPress ecosystem.” – John Blackbourn  </li>
<li>“Patchstack is like CrowdStrike, but for websites!” – Ryan McCue, HumanMade  </li>
<li>“The service here is superb! And they are always right on it with the best solution to solve the problem or question at hand. The tool itself speaks for itself. I am very satisfied with this project and the service they offer.” – Daniel Canup  </li>
<li>“This is a security plugin everyone needs to install. The Patchstack team are incredible at what they do. We have been using them for years and have not been disappointed!” – @craniumstudio  </li>
<li>“We’ve been with Patchstack for a LONG time (even before they were Patchstack). It has always done its job seamlessly and without fail. Ongoing innovation and updates to the Patchstack product mean this plugin is a winner. 5 stars all the way.” – @guapx  </li>
</ul>
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Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins Security

We have been connected with PatchStack Team for Our WordPress Plugins/Themes Audits, Their knowledge and expertise is unbelievable. They have helped us make our products secure on top of that given lots of tips to make WordPress Sites Secure. 

After having an amazing experience with them as an audit partner, We come to know about this plugin for on-site security, We have started to use that in our sites and It's phenomenal too. 

I am not surprised to see such an extraordinary plugin for security, Because It's made by THE PATCHSTACK TEAM.

Install it on your WordPress site and Go take a deep sleep. Patchstack team is there for your site. Big congratulations to the team on this amazing plugin and wish to use that all possible sites of ours and clients.

Now, WordPress Security is in Good Hands

I get all my clients to use Patchstack, love the look'n'feel too.

Only wish they would make local sites (dev environments) a bit more seamless like Jetpack does with their "Offline Mode".

Truly next-gen security

Been using the Patchstack for years. The plugin is lightweight and great. 

The only WP security firewall you need

Just works ;)


As a website developer, PatchStack is a critical part of my security protocol for any site that I build. Having all plugins and themes on auto-update is not an ideal setup when this can break a production site that needs 99.99% uptime, and having a quarterly security review on all sites is difficult to manage. This makes the security work-flow event-driven and efficient.


use it or lose it


I started using the free version of Patchstack about a year and a half ago, and upgraded to the Developer plan several months ago. I switched over from another service, and I found that Patchstack found more vulnerabilities and sent notices faster. I'm also subscribed to some security newsletters, and I've found they are much slower. They often report vulnerabilities days or sometimes even weeks after Patchstack does.



The free version is great, but the paid version gives me even more peace of mind. I know that my websites are protected right away, and the firewall protection means I don't have to jump on the upgrades immediately.



Also, some vulnerabilities get reported even when the developer hasn't fixed the plugin yet. So far, on the paid version, Patchstack reported and virtually patched all of the ones that came up on my websites. It's nice to not have to think about removing a plugin right away, just because the developer is slow to release a fix.


The best choice for reducing plugin risk


An excellent and valuable service that's backed by a company that contributes a significant amount of resources and money directly back to the WordPress ecosystem.


Excellent service


Originally this was a 1 star review but triage team turned it around. Patchstack published CVE-2025-57923 and did not respond for a couple weeks while we actively tried to respond to a purported vulnerability.



However the Head of Threat Intelligence at Patchstack reached out to us directly. We were able to communicate directly, understand the underlying concerns and he helped us resolve this issue within hours. Very helpful. Triage team obviously doing their best. Much credit to them.


Helpful Outreach from Triage

Patchstack automatically identifies and mitigates security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins, themes, and core.

BoonRisk – Site Security Check & Report vs Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins Security