NinjaScanner Premium Edition scans WordPress files for integrity issues and potential malware, and tracks database changes. It combines integrity checks, anti-malware signatures, snapshots, background scanning, quarantine tools, and reports. Scans continue while you work on the site or after you log out of the administration dashboard.

Add NinjaScanner and set scan settings

Add and activate the plugin, then configure exclusions, algorithms, logs, email reports, quarantine behavior, and scheduled scans in its settings. Premium scheduling works with hourly, twice-daily, or daily scans. Reports can be sent to one or more email addresses.

Check files and review changes

• File Integrity Checker: Compare WordPress core, extension, and theme files with their original packages. Premium themes and extensions can also be added to the checker.
• File Comparison Viewer: Review differences between an original file and a modified file.
• Anti-malware signatures: Built-in signatures scan for potential malware and viruses. The engine is compatible with Linux Malware Detect (LMD) signatures and some ClamAV signatures. Custom signatures can be written.
• File Snapshot: See which files were changed, added, or deleted since the previous scan.
• Database Snapshot: Compare published posts and pages with the previous scan to identify additions, changes, or deletions.

When the integrity process identifies an infected or corrupted file, you can restore it with one click. Exclusion filters, algorithm selection, an ignored files list, a debugging log, and contextual help support more controlled investigations.

Manage quarantine and scan runs

Before moving a file to the quarantine folder, the sandbox tests whether the action could cause a fatal error. If it would crash the blog, NinjaScanner warns the administrator instead of quarantining the file.

WP-CLI integration includes the ninjascanner command. From a terminal, administrators can start or stop a scan and view its status, report, or log without opening the WordPress administration dashboard. Multi-site support is included. NinjaScanner can also appear in the menu of NinjaFirewall WP or WP+ Edition.

Maintain scan data

NinjaScanner stores scan information, reports, and logs on disk. The database is used only for configuration, described as less than 1Kb. Caching helps reduce bandwidth and server resources, and a Garbage Collector regularly cleans the cache.

The Premium edition includes a dedicated help desk with priority support.