Issue with ManageWP.com

When I run security scan with maintenance mode plugin on: https://www.screencast.com/t/KosL4rkMjzdR

Then I run without maintenance mode on and it comes back normal and clean.

Hello @crazywpgeek,

When I run security scan with maintenance mode plugin on: https://www.screencast.com/t/KosL4rkMjzdR

I have never used ManageWP. Maybe you should click on “learn more” on each warning to see what’s the problem.

I notice the free security scan from managewp.com gives an issue. Anyone know of a workaround? Basically the site can’t be scanned while in maintenance mode, but is there any way to whitelist managewp somehow? It would be really great if that is possible.

As I said, I have never used ManageWP. So I will have to test and see what can I do. No ETA.

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George

• This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by George J.

When I run security scan with maintenance mode plugin on: https://www.screencast.com/t/KosL4rkMjzdR

Just registered on their website and did a security check on a test environment. As long as you have the website in maintenance mode, ManageWP will report that kind of errors. Here’s the explanation:

Malware entry: warning.maintenance

Description: Web page cannot be reliably scanned as it says that it is in the Maintenance Mode.

Most likely website undergoes some changes at the moment and you should scan it later when the maintenance is over. It also can be a sign of a security problem when hackers corrupted the site and the “maintenance” page is used as a fall back.

So no worries about that report because there is no malware. ??

• This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by George J.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by George J.

@crazywpgeek I’ve talked with ManageWP support, and they said that you need to exclude a list of IP addresses (go to “Settings” > “WP Maintenance Mode” > “General” tab > “Exclude” > add one IP address per line).

1. ManageWP IPs: https://managewp.com/troubleshooting/general/managewp-ips-can-white-list
2. Sucuri IPs (used by “Security Check”):
66.228.40.185
50.116.36.93
198.58.96.212
3. UptimeRobot IPs (used by “Uptime Monitor”): https://uptimerobot.com/locations
4. GTMetrix IPs (used by “Performance Check”): https://gtmetrix.com/locations.html

Hope it helps! ??

• This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by George J.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by George J.

George, thanks for checking that out so quick! ??

Just checked it out and that worked perfect!