Is Your WordPress Website Secure?

Scan Your Site Now

When it comes to successfully selling your products or services, having a nice-looking website isn’t the only thing that matters. At Yardstick, we always ensure our client websites not only look and perform great, but are also secure.

We identified a gap in the market, noticing that business owners and marketing teams often lack an easy way to see what’s happening “under the hood” of their WordPress websites. That’s why our sister company, WordZite, has launched a brand-new Free WordPress Security Scan. This comprehensive AI-powered tool checks your website for critical security, performance, and SEO issues in seconds, so you know what you need to fix to keep your business running smoothly.

Why Should I Care About Website Security?

A lapse in website security can completely destroy any marketing efforts your business is making. WordPress powers more than 40% of all websites, which makes it a prime target for cyber attacks. If your site gets hacked, you may lose your ranking on Google search engine results pages, which could lead to a big reduction in business.

Perhaps you’re lucky enough not to have experienced security issues so far, but that’s no reason to wait around for something bad to happen. It’s easy to assume everything is fine when your homepage loads, but do you know if your contact forms are protected from spam, whether your WordPress usernames are publicly visible, or if your site is missing basic security headers that prevent clickjacking and content injection? These are just a few of the issues our free scanner can help identify.

Setting a New Standard for Website Security

At Yardstick, we want to transform the internet into a safer place. That’s why we invested in building a second company that just does WordPress security – www.wordzite.com. Most marketing agencies that offer to maintain your site will limit their services to installing a few updates and running a plugin or two. We take our service to the next level by prioritizing security so you can focus on running your business. Our clients benefit from:

• Faster website performance and improved SEO scores;
• Peace of mind knowing the site is proactively monitored;
• Access to dedicated experts who understand both marketing and security;

As one of the only digital agencies in Canada with a dedicated WordPress security and performance expertise, we built WordZite from the ground up to provide continuous monitoring, hardening, and recovery services that go far beyond what “managed hosting” providers typically offer. Thanks to WordZite’s new free WordPress security scan, anyone can get a glimpse into the kind of deep-level diagnostics we provide our clients every day.

What the Free WordPress Security Scan Does

This value-packed scan reviews dozens of key indicators to assess how secure and healthy your WordPress site really is, without touching your private data or consuming server resources. It only checks publicly accessible data, ensuring that no sensitive information is ever touched.

With the simple click of a button, you will get valuable information, including but not limited to:

• Performance & SEO: mobile load speed, compression, canonicalization, CDN usage
• Software & Configuration: exposure of your WordPress version, use of secure TLS encryption, missing headers, and more
• External Reputation: scans Google Safe Browsing and VirusTotal to confirm your site isn’t flagged for malware or phishing
• Firewall & Access Control: checks for a web application firewall, obfuscation of your true server IP, and separation of web/mail servers
• Content & Usability: privacy policy, CAPTCHA protection, plagiarism detection

Best of all, this security scan uses AI-driven analysis to translate technical findings into easy-to-understand insights that will allow you to understand what’s working, what risks your website faces, and what to fix.

Intimidated by the Tech-Speak? We’ll Explain What It Means

Although the free PDF report that you get will include valuable insights in plain English, we understand that web security lingo is not something that everyone is familiar with. That’s why this Free WordPress Security Scan also offers an optional FREE 15-minute consultation with one of our experts.

You’ll have the opportunity to speak with a member of our team who can help you interpret the scan results and tell you how to apply the fixes, whether it’s patching vulnerabilities, improving site load times, or reconfiguring DNS and firewall rules.

For clients who need a deeper dive, WordZite also offers a comprehensive paid audit during which a technician logs into your WordPress and hosting environment to evaluate everything from user permissions to backup integrity.

Keep Your Website (and by Extension, Your Business) Safe

Website security shouldn’t be a mystery or an afterthought. As both digital marketing and WordPress security experts, the Yardstick team understands what your website needs are and how to keep it safe. With tools like the free scanner, we’re helping you take back control of your digital assets so your business can succeed.

Scan Your Site Now