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I have found an interesting read for people to check their themes.
Never trust nulled WordPress plugins and themes
However many of you might want to use those nulled or free plugins and themes for God’s Sake, If you are one of them then read the remaining article
Detecting Malicious codes
After downloading the plugin or theme, The first thing you should do is to check for virus, trojans and other worms that you may not like it.
Check for Virus and Trojans
Go to VirusTotal.com and upload the zip file to check for virus.
If your file is infected you will get a red signal and if not then you can move on to next step.
Now let's check for unwanted codes in plugins using another WordPress plugin called Exploit Scanner, which can be securely downloaded from the WordPress website.
After installing it go to Dashboard >> Tools >> Exploit Scanner and run the scan. It will take some time to complete the scan and the time depends on the number of plugins you have installed.
After the scan, you can see a list of codes that are suspected. You can use the browser search function to find the plugins that you installed from outside WordPress repository.
Check for Theme authenticity
Adding a backlink in a free theme is a very common technique but you can easily find those exploited themes by the plugin called Theme Authenticity Checker (TAC).
Check for Theme authenticity
Adding a backlink in a free theme is a very common technique but you can easily find those exploited themes by the plugin called Theme Authenticity Checker (TAC).
Install the plugin and go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> TAC
You can see the list of themes installed with their authenticity result. It will give a warning if any encrypted links are found in a theme.
Install the plugin and go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> TAC
You can see the list of themes installed with their authenticity result. It will give a warning if any encrypted links are found in a theme.
Never trust nulled WordPress plugins and themes
However many of you might want to use those nulled or free plugins and themes for God’s Sake, If you are one of them then read the remaining article
Detecting Malicious codes
After downloading the plugin or theme, The first thing you should do is to check for virus, trojans and other worms that you may not like it.
Check for Virus and Trojans
Go to VirusTotal.com and upload the zip file to check for virus.
If your file is infected you will get a red signal and if not then you can move on to next step.
- VirusTotal Scan result
- Check for unwanted codes in Plugins
Now let's check for unwanted codes in plugins using another WordPress plugin called Exploit Scanner, which can be securely downloaded from the WordPress website.
After installing it go to Dashboard >> Tools >> Exploit Scanner and run the scan. It will take some time to complete the scan and the time depends on the number of plugins you have installed.
After the scan, you can see a list of codes that are suspected. You can use the browser search function to find the plugins that you installed from outside WordPress repository.
Check for Theme authenticity
Adding a backlink in a free theme is a very common technique but you can easily find those exploited themes by the plugin called Theme Authenticity Checker (TAC).
Check for Theme authenticity
Adding a backlink in a free theme is a very common technique but you can easily find those exploited themes by the plugin called Theme Authenticity Checker (TAC).
Install the plugin and go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> TAC
You can see the list of themes installed with their authenticity result. It will give a warning if any encrypted links are found in a theme.
Install the plugin and go to Dashboard >> Appearance >> TAC
You can see the list of themes installed with their authenticity result. It will give a warning if any encrypted links are found in a theme.
