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RedSecLabs
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Guardian Gaze Security – Malware & Database Scanner, File Integrity Monitoring, IP Blocking
WordPress malware and database scanner that detects and helps you remove malware, hidden backdoors, and unauthorized file changes.
Guardian Gaze Security ranks #27,348 among WordPress.org plugins with 20+ active installations, is #1,493 of 4,572 in the Security category, a 4.9/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Sep 5, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Compatible with WP 7.1
v2.6.1
Current Version v2.6.1
Updated 2 weeks ago
Last Update on 05 Sep, 2026
Refreshed 9 hours ago
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#1,493 of 4,572 in Security
Top 50% by installs
Downloads -42.9% this week
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- Version
- 2.6.1
- Last Updated
- Sep 05, 2026
- Requires WP
- 5.3+
- Tested Up To
- 7.1
- PHP Version
- 7.2 or higher
- Author
- RedSecLabs
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Guardian Gaze Security – Malware & Database Scanner, File Integrity Monitoring, IP Blocking
No. You can run a malware scan, a database scan, or a file integrity check immediately after activating the plugin — there is no registration wall. Linking your site (free, optional) simply keeps your malware definitions up to date automatically; scanning works with the bundled definitions either way.
Both. The built-in Database Malware Scanner checks wp_options, wp_posts, wp_postmeta, and wp_comments for injected iframes, base64-encoded payloads, spam links, and backdoor-style code — content that a file-only scanner would never see. File scanning covers WordPress core, plugins, themes, and uploads.
Guardian Gaze combines file-based and database-based malware scanning in one plugin, without requiring registration before you can scan. Built by RedSecLabs, it focuses on research-driven detection engineering, continuous monitoring, and performance-conscious design — practical WordPress security without aggressive lockouts or unnecessary system overhead.
Guardian Gaze scans WordPress core files, plugins, and themes for unauthorized changes and known malware/backdoor patterns, and separately scans your database tables for injected malicious content. It monitors file integrity and highlights suspicious modifications inside your WordPress installation so you can review them before taking action.
The free plugin provides: • File-based malware and backdoor pattern scanning • Database malware scanning • File integrity monitoring • IP management and country-level traffic filtering • Scheduled scanning with email reports The optional Premium add-on layers on AI-assisted analysis, 2FA, reCAPTCHA, brute-force lockout, and automated hardening — see "Premium Add-On" above.
The free plugin includes IP management: you can manually block or allow specific IP addresses and apply country-level blocking including against your login page. Advanced login security — two-factor authentication, Google reCAPTCHA, and automatic brute-force lockout — is available through the optional Premium add-on.
Guardian Gaze includes IP-level and country-level traffic blocking, which stops known bad actors and cuts down bot noise. It is not a full web application firewall (WAF) that inspects every request for attack patterns. If you need a WAF, Guardian Gaze works alongside Cloudflare or a host-level firewall. Guardian Gaze covers what those tools cannot: malware and backdoors hidden inside your files and database.
Scheduled scans can email you a report on a daily or weekly basis. Scan results, including any threats found, are also always visible in the Guardian Gaze dashboard.
Yes. Cloud-based firewalls like Cloudflare filter network-level traffic and block certain attack patterns, but they cannot see inside your WordPress files or database. They do not scan your WordPress core, plugins, themes, or database tables for malware, hidden backdoors, or unauthorized modifications. Guardian Gaze operates inside your WordPress environment, providing application-level and database-level detection that infrastructure-level firewalls cannot.
Guardian Gaze is designed to be lightweight and performance-conscious. Scans are structured to reduce unnecessary resource usage while still providing thorough file and database coverage.
