Website Security Audit Stretford

Where Stretford business websites are exposed

Trade suppliers and distributors in Trafford Park often run customer accounts on WooCommerce, with saved addresses, order history and sometimes credit terms. That makes the login page and account area worth more to an attacker than any brochure page. Venues trading on match days collect names, phone numbers and booking details through forms, and those entries can sit in the WordPress database for years unless someone sets a retention rule.

The weak points are usually ordinary: a plugin with a published flaw that nobody updated, a login page that accepts endless password guesses, staff sharing one admin account, or server settings left at their defaults. An audit finds and explains each one, following our website security audit Manchester service.

The work is a check and a report. We do not try to break in unless a penetration test is agreed separately, and a site that is already hacked needs malware removal in Stretford rather than an audit.

Remote checks, and a meeting if you want one

We need a temporary admin login and, where your host allows it, a limited hosting account; both can be removed once you have the report. Findings are presented on a video call, so colleagues can join from anywhere. If you would like the report talked through at your premises, we can visit by arrangement, roughly 20 to 25 minutes from Cheetham Hill via Chester Road depending on traffic, or you are welcome at our M8 office.

Stages of the audit

Your audit pack

• A plain English summary for directors and managers
• Findings ranked high, medium and low
• Named plugins with known flaws, and what to do about each
• A user and role table covering WordPress and hosting
• Notes on stored form entries and customer data
• Recommended header and SSL settings
• A fixed quote for the fixes, only if you want one

Who can get into your site, and how we check

On sites run by firms with several depots, shifts or partners, access is where most findings come from, so we look well beyond the WordPress Users screen.

• Shared logins. One admin account used by the whole office means nobody can tell who changed what; named accounts fix that.
• Former staff and agencies. Accounts left active after people moved on, including old developers with full admin rights.
• Roles set too high. Warehouse or sales staff holding Administrator rights when Shop Manager or Editor would do.
• Hosting and domain control. Whoever holds the control panel, registrar or DNS can take over a site without touching WordPress.
• Two-factor coverage. Whether every account that can publish or change settings uses a second factor.
• Forgotten keys. Application passwords and API keys created for stock or courier integrations that nobody remembers.

Once access is tidy, WordPress maintenance keeps it that way, and our cookie consent setup helps if the audit finds trackers loading before visitors agree.

Frequently asked questions

Security audits for Chorlton, Sale and Eccles

We run the same checks for neighbouring areas, with website security audits in Chorlton, Sale and Eccles. The main security audit page sets out the method in full, and Web Print Signs in Stretford lists our other services here.

Curious how your site would hold up? Ask for an audit quote, call 0161 315 1151 or send a WhatsApp to 07737 902425.