Dave

Yep, that was it. As it turns out a number of the plugins had the same issue with one or more of their files so I simply deleted and reinstalled. Have done this many times in the past but this was the first time it had happened to me. Lesson learned. Thanks for the quick response.

Very nice, thank you!

Thanks again for responding Gioni. If the custom signatures field has nothing to do with code signatures why does it say Specify custom PHP code signatures. One item per line. below the input field?

Perhaps the better question is, what is that field actually for? There is virtually no documentation about it that I can find.

OK thanks Gioni. If what you say is true then what is the Custom signatures field used for on the Scanner settings page?

Having custom signatures seems to imply that I can create one for my custom code so the scanner will know what and where it is and flag it if it changes without its signature being updated.

They are not a plugin. All of the code resides outside of the WP directories but within the public HTML directory (below it in a separate directory).

The wording of “custom signature” implies that I should be able to create one from a known source of the files I have put on the site and have the scanner compare the site to the “custom signature” to make sure nothing has been altered yet there is no documentation that I can find that explains how to create a signature.