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How I Keep My WordPress Sites Safer with One Simple Plugin
How I Keep My WordPress Sites Safer with One Simple Plugin WordPress powers over 40% of the web, and while it's incredibly powerful and flexible, it also becomes a target for malicious actors. If you're managing a WordPress site, especially one with many plugins, themes, or client contributors, you need a plan to detect unauthorized file changes before they turn into real security problems. That’s where the Recent File Scanner plugin has made a big difference for me. *What is Recent File Scanner? * Recent File Scanner is a lightweight plugin I created (and now use on all my sites) that scans your WordPress installation for recently added files — specifically in the /wp-content/plugins/ and /wp-content/themes/ directories. You can configure it to check files created in the last: 1 day 3 days 7 days or any custom number of days! This makes it easy to catch: Unauthorized uploads Hidden backdoors from malware Unexplained file additions after a plugin update or migration *Real-World Use Cases * Here are a few situations where this plugin saved the day:
How I Keep My WordPress Sites Safer with One Simple Plugin
WordPress powers over 40% of the web, and while it's incredibly powerful and flexible, it also becomes a target for malicious actors. If you're managing a WordPress site, especially one with many plugins, themes, or client contributors, you need a plan to detect unauthorized file changes before they turn into real security problems.
That’s where the Recent File Scanner plugin has made a big difference for me.
*What is Recent File Scanner?
*
Recent File Scanner is a lightweight plugin I created (and now use on all my sites) that scans your WordPress installation for recently added files — specifically in the /wp-content/plugins/ and /wp-content/themes/ directories.
You can configure it to check files created in the last:
1 day
3 days
7 days
or any custom number of days!
This makes it easy to catch:
Unauthorized uploads
Hidden backdoors from malware
Unexplained file additions after a plugin update or migration
*Real-World Use Cases
*
Here are a few situations where this plugin saved the day:
