Is your website safe? Find out in seconds.
Guardian Gaze's free website scanner and website security checker scan any URL for malware, blacklist status, outdated software, and hidden security threats.
Disclaimer: This website malware scanner performs a remote surface scan. Results are indicative, not exhaustive. For deep server-level scanning and complete WordPress security visibility, install the Guardian Gaze plugin.
Four checks, every scan, zero setup
Every scan runs four checks automatically, making Guardian Gaze a fast and effective website security checker with no configuration required.
Malware & malicious code
Scans your page source for injected scripts, suspicious redirects, and hidden iframes that visitors never see.
Blacklist status
Checks whether your domain appears on Google Safe Browsing, PhishTank, or other major security blocklists.
Outdated software & plugins
Identifies WordPress core versions, themes, and plugins that are running behind known-vulnerable releases.
Security misconfigurations
Flags missing headers, exposed files, and configuration gaps that attackers routinely exploit.
Why regular security checks matter
Most compromised websites don't look broken. Malware often hides in plain sight, silently redirecting mobile visitors, stealing form data, or using your server to send spam. By the time you notice, search engines may already have flagged you, and recovering lost rankings takes far longer than preventing the problem in the first place.
Whether you use a website malware scanner occasionally or rely on continuous WordPress security monitoring, regular scans help uncover threats before they impact visitors or search visibility.
How to read your results
After scanning, Guardian Gaze returns a clear status for each check, helping you quickly understand the results from your website security checker scan.
No issues were detected at the surface level. A green pass is a good sign that nothing suspicious is visible in your page source.
Something worth investigating. It doesn't always mean you've been hacked, but it does mean you should look closer.
Action is needed now. A critical alert points to a problem that should be addressed without delay.
Results reflect what's visible in your page source and publicly accessible files. For a complete picture, including server-side files, database integrity, and login activity, install the Guardian Gaze WordPress plugin for a full internal scan.
Get full WordPress security protection for your site
One-Click Malware Removal
When a scan flags an infected file, Guardian Gaze restores a clean copy from the official WordPress.org repository or safely deletes unknown files in a single click. No SFTP, no manual file comparisons.
Learn more →Database Scanning
Half of WordPress malware lives in the database, not on disk. Guardian Gaze scans wp_options, wp_posts, wp_postmeta, and user tables directly, catching hidden payloads, injected scripts, and persistence mechanisms that file scanners never see.
Learn more →Real-Time File Monitoring
Guardian Gaze fingerprints every core, plugin, theme, and custom file on your site and flags any unauthorised change the moment it's detected. Spot a modification, review the diff, and approve or remove, all from one dashboard.
Learn more →Continuous protection, from your WordPress dashboard
The plugin gives you continuous WordPress security protection, a real-time firewall, file integrity monitoring, and one-click malware removal, all from your WordPress dashboard.
Install the Plugin Free ↗About Guardian Gaze
Guardian Gaze is a research-driven WordPress security plugin and website malware scanner designed to help website owners, developers, and agencies protect their sites from malware infections, AI-detected backdoors, brute-force attacks, unauthorized file changes, and emerging WordPress vulnerabilities.
Common questions
Yes. The remote URL scanner is completely free to use with no account required. You can scan any publicly accessible website as many times as you like.
The scanner checks what is publicly visible in your site’s source code. The Guardian Gaze plugin runs on your server, so it can inspect every file, monitor admin activity, enforce a firewall, and send real-time alerts, things a remote scanner can never access.
A clean scan is a good sign, but not a guarantee. Remote scanners can only see what a browser sees. Server-side malware, backdoors, and database-level infections are invisible to this tool. If you manage a business site, the plugin gives you far more certainty.
Start by installing the Guardian Gaze plugin; it will pinpoint exactly which files are affected. If you would rather not deal with it yourself, our cleanup service handles it for you.