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Website Security Audit Stockport

A website security audit is a planned look at your WordPress site while it is working normally, to find the weak points before someone else does. We carry them out for Stockport offices, shops and manufacturers, and you receive a written report with each fix ranked by risk.

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Why Stockport firms ask for a security check

The request often starts outside the business. A professional practice near Stockport Exchange renews its cyber insurance and the form asks how the website is protected. A manufacturer bidding to supply a larger customer is sent a supplier questionnaire with a section on web security. An independent in the old town taking card payments through WooCommerce wants to know the checkout is sound. Each needs evidence rather than reassurance.

An audit provides it. We list every piece of software on the site, check it against public vulnerability databases such as WPScan and Patchstack, and test the settings attackers go for first: login pages, admin accounts, XML-RPC, file permissions and the headers your server sends. The method follows our website security audit Manchester service.

It helps to be clear about what an audit is not. It does not clean a hacked site; if we see signs of infection we stop, tell you, and that becomes malware removal. Nor is it a penetration test, where someone actively tries to break in, unless we agree that scope with you in writing.

Working with you from the M8 office

The checks run remotely through a temporary WordPress account and limited hosting access, both of which you can delete once the report arrives. We explain the results on a video call, sharing the report and clicking through each finding on your own dashboard. If partners want to question the findings in person, we can present at your office by arrangement, roughly half an hour’s drive via the A6 or M60 depending on traffic, or you can visit us in Cheetham Hill.

How the audit runs

1

Scope and access

We agree which domains, subdomains and hosting accounts are included, and ask for limited access wherever the host allows it.

2

Software inventory

Core, theme and plugin versions are recorded and matched against known vulnerabilities, with abandoned plugins flagged.

3

Logins and roles

We list every user and role, test two-factor authentication and confirm that repeated failed logins are blocked.

4

Server configuration

PHP version, wp-config.php permissions, directory listing, XML-RPC and headers such as HSTS and Content-Security-Policy are examined.

5

Restore test

With your agreement, the latest backup is restored to a private staging copy to show it actually works.

6

Report and call

Findings arrive ranked high, medium and low, each with a plain fix, and we go through them together.

Inside the report

  • A summary written for owners rather than developers
  • Risk-ranked findings, each with the reason it matters
  • Vulnerable or abandoned plugins named, with safer alternatives
  • Every user account listed, with suggested role changes
  • Header and certificate results, with recommended settings
  • The outcome of the backup restore test
  • An optional fixed quote to carry out the fixes

Quick checks a Stockport owner can run first

None of these change your site, and they take minutes.

  • Open Users in the dashboard and count the administrators. Former staff or an old agency should not be among them.
  • Look at Dashboard, Updates. A long queue of waiting plugin updates usually means nobody owns maintenance.
  • Paste your address into securityheaders.com and see which headers are missing.
  • Run the domain through SSL Labs to confirm the certificate and its settings are current.
  • Ask your host which PHP version the site runs and when that version loses support.
  • Find out where backups are kept and when anyone last restored one.

Certificate problems are covered by our SSL and HTTPS setup work. Fixes that need keeping on top of month after month belong in WordPress maintenance in Stockport.

Frequently asked questions

Can our Stockport practice use the report for an insurance renewal?

Many owners do. The report documents the technical measures on your website and the date they were checked, which helps when a form asks how the site is protected. It is not a legal or compliance sign-off, so take advice on exactly what your insurer needs.

We supply larger firms from our Stockport works, can you help with their security questionnaire?

We can answer the website section from the audit findings in plain technical terms. Questions about office networks, email accounts or staff laptops sit outside a website audit, and we will say so rather than guess.

Will the audit slow the site down or take it offline?

No. Most checks only read information, and the restore test runs on a separate staging copy. Heavy automated scans only run if agreed first.

We already run a security plugin, is an audit still worth it?

A plugin scans files and blocks some attacks, but it cannot judge whether the wrong people hold admin rights, whether your host’s settings are sensible or whether a backup restores. The plugin itself also needs updating, and the audit checks that too.

Who carries out the fixes afterwards?

That is your choice. The report is written so your own developer can follow it, or we can quote a fixed amount to make the changes and then confirm each one on a short re-check.

Security audits in Hyde, Sale and Chorlton

Businesses close by can book the same check-up through our pages for website security audits in Hyde, Sale and Chorlton. The Manchester security audit page explains the full method, and Web Print Signs in Stockport covers our other local work.

Want a clear view of where your website stands? Request a security audit quote, phone 0161 315 1151 or WhatsApp your site address to 07737 902425.

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