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WordPress Scanner Action

Performs syntax checks, virus scanning and plugins and themes vulnerability checks for WordPress sites

This Github Action performs standard scanning for WordPress sites which includes PHP syntax checks, virus scanning and plugins and themes vulnerabilities scanning.

API Access

This Action leverages our own WP-CLI Vulnerability Scanner to perform the known vulnerabilities scanning of WordPress plugins and themes. WP-CLI Vulnerability Scanner works with WPScan, Patchstack and Wordfence Intelligence to check reported vulnerabilities; you can choose any one of these three to use. Note: Authentication is optional for the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability API.

Inputs

Name	Required	Default	Description
`vuln_api_provider`	True	-	The vulnerability API provider for the WordPress plugins and themes scanning. Supported values: `wordfence`, `patchstack` and `wpscan`
`vuln_api_token`	False	-	The API token to authenticate against the vulnerability API provider. This input is optional if `vuln_api_provider` is set to `wordfence`
`disable_vuln_scan`	False	`false`	Disable the WordPress plugins and themes vulnerability scanner
`virus_scan_update`	False	`true`	Update the ClamAV definitions database before executing the virus scanner (recommended)
`disable_virus_scan`	False	`false`	Disable the ClamAV virus scanner
`phpsyntax_enable_debug`	False	`false`	The PHP syntax checks could generate a large output depending on the amount of PHP files in the repository, for this reason the output is suppresed by default. Set this input to `true` if you want to visualize the full output. Useful for troubleshooting in case the PHP syntax checks fails
`disable_phpsyntax_check`	False	`false`	Disable the PHP syntax checks
`content_dir`	False	`$GITHUB_WORKSPACE`	Location of the `wp-content` directory inside the repository. Set this input to `./` if you have a `wp-content` based repository
`wp_core_version`	False	`latest`	WordPress core version to use for the plugins and themes vulnerability scanner. Must match the version of your WordPress site for better results
`composer_build`	False	`false`	Install the Composer dependencies in your `composer.json` file before executing the WordPress plugins and themes vulnerability scanner. The `composer.json` file must exists in the repository's root directory. Set this input to `true` if you install plugins and themes via Composer in CI. Note: This won't affect your final deploy artifact
`no_fail`	False	`false`	Exits the scanner without failing even if any issues are found

Examples

Install Composer dependencies before scanning

This example assumes that you have a wp-content based repository and uses Patchstack as the API provider.

name: "PHP Syntax Check, virus scanning, and WP Plugins & Themes vulnerability scanning"

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - '**'

jobs:
  wp-scanner:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
      
      - name: WordPress Scanner
        uses: 10up/wp-scanner-action@v1
        with:
          vuln_api_provider: 'patchstack'
          vuln_api_token: ${{ secrets.PATCHSTACK_TOKEN }}
          content_dir: './'
          wp_core_version: '6.5.5'
          composer_build: 'true'

Plugins and Themes under version control

This example assumes that you have all plugins and themes under version control inside a directory named wp-content in the repository.

name: "PHP Syntax Check, virus scanning, and WP Plugins & Themes vulnerability scanning"

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - '**'

jobs:
  wp-scanner:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
      
      - name: WordPress Scanner
        uses: 10up/wp-scanner-action@v1
        with:
          vuln_api_provider: 'patchstack'
          vuln_api_token: ${{ secrets.PATCHSTACK_TOKEN }}
          content_dir: './wp-content'
          wp_core_version: '6.5.5'

Support Level

Active: 10up is actively working on this, and we expect to continue work for the foreseeable. Bug reports, feature requests, questions, and pull requests are welcome.

Changelog

A complete listing of all notable changes to this Github Action are documented in CHANGELOG.md.

Contributing

Please read CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md for details on our code of conduct, CONTRIBUTING.md for details on the process for submitting pull requests to us, and CREDITS.md for a listing of maintainers and contributors.

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