It’s an unfortunate reality that there will always be people on the Internet who are looking to hack their way into websites and do all sorts of nasty things. While you may not be able to completely protect yourself against these malicious attacks, you can certainly take steps to protect your site to the best of your ability.

Instead of going line by line and trying to interpret areas where your blog may be vulnerable, wouldn’t it be nice if there was an automated solution that worked in much the same way as antivirus or anti-spyware software? That’s exactly what WordPress Scanner from BlogSecurity.net is meant to provide. The simple plug-in needs only be uploaded and activated, and then you can let it do its thing.

After it is done scanning for various security vulnerabilities on your WordPress blog, be sure to de-activate the plug-in. For more detailed installation instructions and other information, check out this page. The WordPress Scanner checks the WordPress version, looks for XSS vulnerabilities in the WordPress themes, and enumerates WordPress plug-ins.

The scan provided by this plug-in is just one more thing you can do to keep your blog safe from the bad guys. Be sure to close those back doors and open windows!