A true Web Application Firewall to protect and secure WordPress.
- Installs
- 100,000+
- Rating
- 4.9 (220)
- Updated
- 25 days ago
NinjaScanner – Virus & Malware scan
A lightweight, fast and powerful virus scanner for WordPress.
- Active installs
- 40,000+
- #904 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 1M
- 1,020,712
- Downloads, 30 days
- 8.3K
- 2K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.0 / 5
- 36 reviews
- Last updated
- 3 months ago
- Aug 16, 2026
- Version
- 3.3.1
- 26 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | August 16, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 4.7.0 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.1 or newer |
| First published | December 9, 2017 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 3 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.0 / 5 from 36 reviews
| 5 stars | 26 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 0 |
| 3 stars | 1 |
| 2 stars | 3 |
| 1 star | 6 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
A lightweight, fast and powerful virus scanner for WordPress.
NinjaScanner is a lightweight, fast and powerful virus scanner for WordPress which includes many features to help you scan your blog for malware and virus.
Features
- File integrity checker.
- File comparison viewer.
- Exclusion filters.
- File snapshot.
- Database snapshot.
- Anti-malware/Antivirus.
- Sandbox for quarantined files.
- Ignored files list.
- Google’s Safe Browsing Lookup API.
- Background scans.
- Scheduled scans (Premium).
- WP-CLI integration (Premium).
- Debugging log.
- Email report.
- Integration with NinjaFirewall (WP and WP+ Edition).
- Multi-site support.
- Contextual help.
- And many more…
File Integrity Checker
The File Integrity Checker will compare your WordPress core files as well as your plugin and theme files to their original package. Its File Comparison Viewer will show you the differences between any modified file and the original. You can also add your Premium themes and plugins to the File Integrity Checker. Infected or corrupted files can be easily restored with one click.
File Snapshot
The File Snapshot will show you which files were changed, added or deleted since the previous scan.
Database Snapshot
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Latest changelog entry
- Improved the code on all AJAX actions that checks if a file is readable/writable.
- Small fixes and adjustments.
Screenshots
Summary page. 
Basic settings. 
Advanced settings. 
Nerds settings.
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.