shadowscan

ShadowScan Security Link gives you ShadowScan Guard local WordPress hardening for plugin auto-updates, username enumeration reduction, version/plugin exposure reduction, sensitive-file blocking, and basic connection/self-check diagnostics.
The plugin supports dual backend pairing with both Guard and ShadowScan. Pair with Guard backend for Guard-specific features, or connect to ShadowScan Portal to sync heartbeat status and unlock managed features for sites with an active Essential or Premium plan, or an approved reviewed pricing path. Basic Hosting can stay hosting-only, while ShadowScan Guard local hardening remains available in the plugin until managed entitlements are active.
Pairing the plugin and enabling remote diagnostics each require an explicit administrator acknowledgment in WP Admin. Those checkpoints are covered by the <a href="https://shadowscan.com.au/plugin-addendum" rel="nofollow ugc">ShadowScan Plugin Addendum</a>.
ShadowScan does not install, activate, or configure third-party security tools. If another security plugin is present, the connector only records its presence as metadata.
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin can connect to external services to sync status, process security workflows, and support optional diagnostics after an admin pairs the site to ShadowScan.
<ul>
<li>Service: ShadowScan API (hosted at Supabase Edge Functions)</li>
<li>URL: <a href="https://axuhxgeafczsoctlzycz.supabase.co/functions/v1/" rel="nofollow ugc">ShadowScan API</a></li>
<li>Used for: ShadowScan pairing, heartbeat sync, command polling, command-result upload, subscription/policy sync, and support contact submissions.</li>
<li>Data sent and when: site URL, WordPress version, PHP version, connector version, Guard Layer/control status, heartbeat timestamps, and command execution metadata whenever the connector syncs with ShadowScan; contact form fields only when an admin submits support contact.</li>
<li>Terms: <a href="https://shadowscan.com.au/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">shadowscan.com.au/terms</a></li>
<li>Privacy: <a href="https://shadowscan.com.au/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">shadowscan.com.au/privacy</a></li>
<li>
Plugin Addendum: <a href="https://shadowscan.com.au/plugin-addendum" rel="nofollow ugc">shadowscan.com.au/plugin-addendum</a>
</li>
<li>
Service: Guard API (hosted at Supabase Edge Functions)
</li>
<li>URL: <a href="https://dzaidjskedmlrtyqdobg.supabase.co/functions/v1/" rel="nofollow ugc">Guard API</a></li>
<li>Used for: Guard pairing validation, migration token validation, and Guard backend operations.</li>
<li>Data sent and when: pairing codes, migration tokens, and site metadata only when pairing with Guard backend or processing migration scenarios.</li>
<li>Terms: <a href="https://shadowscan.com.au/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">shadowscan.com.au/terms</a></li>
<li>Privacy: <a href="https://shadowscan.com.au/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">shadowscan.com.au/privacy</a></li>
<li>
Plugin Addendum: <a href="https://shadowscan.com.au/plugin-addendum" rel="nofollow ugc">shadowscan.com.au/plugin-addendum</a>
</li>
<li>
Service: Have I Been Pwned Passwords API
</li>
<li>URL: <a href="https://api.pwnedpasswords.com" rel="nofollow ugc">api.pwnedpasswords.com</a></li>
<li>Used for: optional breached-password checks in password policy enforcement.</li>
<li>Data sent and when: k-anonymity password hash prefix (first 5 SHA-1 characters, no raw passwords) only when a password is checked by the policy flow.</li>
<li>Terms: <a href="https://haveibeenpwned.com/TermsOfUse" rel="nofollow ugc">haveibeenpwned.com/TermsOfUse</a></li>
<li>
Privacy: <a href="https://haveibeenpwned.com/Privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">haveibeenpwned.com/Privacy</a>
</li>
<li>
Service: Sentry
</li>
<li>URL: <a href="https://sentry.io" rel="nofollow ugc">sentry.io</a></li>
<li>Used for: optional error and fatal-event telemetry to assist troubleshooting.</li>
<li>Data sent and when: error event metadata (such as exception messages, stack traces, and runtime context) only after an admin explicitly enables Sentry telemetry in plugin settings and a Sentry DSN is configured; the optional MU diagnostics helper can send early-startup fatal errors only while both Sentry telemetry and remote diagnostics are enabled.</li>
<li>Terms: <a href="https://sentry.io/terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">sentry.io/terms</a></li>
<li>Privacy: <a href="https://sentry.io/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">sentry.io/privacy</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-Party Libraries</h3>
This plugin bundles: 
* <a href="https://github.com/antonioribeiro/google2fa" rel="nofollow ugc">pragmarx/google2fa</a> (MIT License) 
* <a href="https://github.com/Bacon/BaconQrCode" rel="nofollow ugc">bacon/bacon-qr-code</a> (BSD-2-Clause; Copyright (c) 2017-present, Ben Scholzen “DASPRiD”)
<h3>Hooks</h3>
<code>shadowscan_log</code> 
Fires when the plugin emits an internal log message. You can hook this in a must-use plugin or theme if you want to capture logs.

ShadowScan Security Link

ShadowScan Guard local WordPress hardening and basic diagnostics, with optional Guard or ShadowScan portal connection for managed features.

Abhishek Sinha

Abhishek Site Cleanup Controls gives developers and site owners fine-grained control over 35+ WordPress features that are often unnecessary. Each feature has a simple on/off toggle, organised into five logical groups inside Settings -> Site Cleanup Controls.
No features are enabled by default — activate only what you need.
<h4>Security</h4>
<ul>
<li>User Enumeration — Block ?author=N redirect attacks that expose usernames.</li>
<li>Author Archives — Return 404 for author archive pages.</li>
<li>XML-RPC + Pingback — Fully disable the XML-RPC endpoint and remove the X-Pingback header.</li>
<li>Plugin and Theme Editor — Set DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT to prevent in-admin file editing.</li>
<li>Application Passwords — Disable the Application Passwords feature.</li>
<li>REST API — Restrict REST API access to authenticated users only.</li>
<li>Right Click — Disable the browser context menu on the frontend.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Performance</h4>
<ul>
<li>Emojis — Remove all emoji scripts, styles, and DNS prefetch hints.</li>
<li>Embed Objects — Disable WordPress oEmbed and embed scripts.</li>
<li>Dashicons — Prevent Dashicons from loading for non-logged-in visitors.</li>
<li>Heartbeat — Deregister the Heartbeat API script.</li>
<li>Block Library CSS — Remove wp-block-library and global-styles stylesheets on the frontend.</li>
<li>Version Var (?ver=) — Strip ?ver= query strings from enqueued asset URLs.</li>
<li>PDF Thumbnails — Skip thumbnail generation for uploaded PDF files.</li>
<li>oEmbed — Remove oEmbed discovery links and disable autoembed.</li>
<li>Remote Block Patterns — Stop WordPress fetching patterns from api.wordpress.org.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Head Cleanup</h4>
<ul>
<li>Generator Meta Tag — Remove the WordPress version meta tag from head.</li>
<li>WLW Manifest — Remove the Windows Live Writer manifest link.</li>
<li>Really Simple Discovery (RSD) — Remove the RSD link tag.</li>
<li>Short Link — Remove the shortlink tag and HTTP header.</li>
<li>Adjacent Posts Links — Remove prev/next link tags from single post heads.</li>
<li>RSS Feeds — Redirect all feed URLs to the homepage.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Admin Cleanup</h4>
<ul>
<li>capital_P_dangit — Remove WordPress forced capitalisation filter.</li>
<li>Screen Options and Help Tabs — Hide Screen Options and Help dropdowns.</li>
<li>Howdy to Welcome — Replace “Howdy,” with “Welcome,” in the admin bar.</li>
<li>Navigation Items in Admin Bar — Remove WP logo, site name, updates, and comments.</li>
<li>Clean Dashboard — Remove all default dashboard widgets.</li>
<li>Privacy Tools — Hide Export/Erase Personal Data from the Tools menu.</li>
<li>Site Health Page — Hide Site Health from the Tools menu.</li>
<li>WP Login Logo and Favicon — Hide the WordPress logo on the login page.</li>
<li>Admin Email Verification Prompt — Disable the admin email confirm interstitial.</li>
<li>Empty Trash (1 week) — Shorten automatic trash-emptying from 30 days to 7 days.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Content</h4>
<ul>
<li>Comments — Disable comments sitewide.</li>
<li>Post Revisions — Disable revision storage.</li>
<li>Search — Redirect all search queries to the homepage.</li>
</ul>
<h4>WordPress Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Thumbnails / Featured Images — Remove post thumbnail support.</li>
<li>Widgets — Disable all widgets and sidebars.</li>
<li>Navigation Menus — Remove nav menu theme support.</li>
<li>Tags — Unregister tags from posts.</li>
<li>Categories — Unregister categories from posts.</li>
<li>Post Formats — Remove post format theme support.</li>
<li>Custom Fields — Remove custom fields meta box from editor.</li>
<li>Excerpts — Remove excerpt support from posts and pages.</li>
<li>Trackbacks — Remove trackback support from posts.</li>
<li>Attachment Pages — Redirect attachment URLs to the file directly.</li>
<li>Automatic Updates — Disable automatic core, plugin, and theme updates.</li>
<li>Self Pings — Stop WordPress pinging your own site.</li>
<li>jQuery Migrate — Remove jQuery Migrate script on the frontend.</li>
</ul>

Abhishek Site Cleanup Controls

Selectively disable WordPress features to improve performance, security, and cleanliness. Toggle each feature individually from a single settings page …

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