Instant WordPress health check
What is your WordPress site trying to tell you?
Run a free external check for known software vulnerabilities, performance problems, SEO issues, and domain health signals.
Your WordPress health snapshot
Four checks. One clear result.
A fast outside-in health check
See a focused summary of the public signals that can affect your site's security, visibility, and visitor experience.
WordPress software
Visible WordPress, PHP, plugin, and theme versions are compared with BugShield's vulnerability intelligence.
Mobile performance
We check the public site's loading experience for performance signals that can frustrate visitors.
SEO essentials
A bounded crawl checks public pages for common metadata, image, and broken-link problems.
SSL and domain health
We review public certificate and registration signals for issues that may need attention.
Built for a useful first look
Clear answers, then a practical next step
Your result turns a wide set of website signals into a simple summary, so you can quickly understand whether your WordPress site needs attention.
Explore maintenance plansOverall issue count
See how many potential problems were detected across the scan.
Known vulnerabilities
Find out whether visible WordPress software matches known security issues.
Four health areas
Review software, performance, SEO, SSL, and domain signals at a glance.
A clear next step
If the scan finds concerns, BugShield can investigate the detail and help resolve them.
WordPress site health scan FAQs
Questions about the free site scan
Straight answers about what the scan checks, how results work, and what to do next.
What does the free WordPress site health scan check?
The BugShield WordPress site health scan checks publicly visible signals across four areas: WordPress software security, mobile performance, SEO essentials, and SSL and domain health. The result shows an overall issue count and a status for each area.
Can the scan find vulnerable WordPress plugins and themes?
Yes, when a website publicly exposes enough version information. BugShield compares visible WordPress core, plugin, theme, and PHP versions with known vulnerability data and reports the number of potential vulnerabilities found.
How does BugShield check WordPress and PHP versions?
BugShield looks for version signals that a website makes publicly available, then compares those versions with known security and support information. Some websites hide version details, so an external result may have partial software coverage.
Is the WordPress site health scan free?
Yes. You can run the WordPress site health scan for free and receive an on-page summary. While a scan is running, you can also add your email address if you would prefer to receive the completed result by email.
Do I need to install anything before running the scan?
No installation is needed for the free external scan. Enter your website address and BugShield checks the public version of the site. The BugShield plugin is used with maintenance plans for deeper internal inventory and continuous monitoring.
Why might a WordPress health scan have partial coverage?
Caching, security tools, hosting rules, and good version-hiding practices can limit what an external scan can identify. Partial coverage means some public signals were unavailable; it does not mean the website has no issues.
What should I do if the scan finds potential issues?
Keep a copy of the summary and arrange a closer review before making changes. A BugShield maintenance plan adds continuous monitoring and developer support, while a one-off fix is available when you need help with a specific WordPress problem.
Found something that needs attention?
Choose a BugShield maintenance plan and let a WordPress developer investigate, monitor, and fix the underlying issues.
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