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wpscan

WordPress security scanner - enumerates plugins, themes, users, and known vulnerabilities. Needs an API token for vuln data.

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Overview

Where wpscan fits

WordPress security scanner - enumerates plugins, themes, users, and known vulnerabilities. Needs an API token for vuln data.

Detection-first use

Start with the least intrusive template that can distinguish your hypothesis from a normal response. Preserve raw output and a negative control.

Install

Installation references

Install with gemAuthorization required
gem install wpscan
Positive signal
Tool-specific output that supports the stated hypothesis.
Negative control
No result, or identical behavior against a known-safe control.
Intrusiveness
Review flags and target scope before execution.
Test safely

Command templates

EnumerateAuthorization required

Populate placeholders only with assets that are explicitly in scope.

wpscan --url {url} --enumerate {enum} --api-token {token}
Positive signal
Tool-specific output that supports the stated hypothesis.
Negative control
No result, or identical behavior against a known-safe control.
Intrusiveness
Review flags and target scope before execution.
Related

Continue the workflow

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Attribution and verification

Version history: normalized permanent page created 2026-08-20. Upstream activity and popularity are separate signals and do not establish tool safety.