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Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall

by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform

Version 6.3.0 4.8 / 5 rating
Active Installs
80K+
Rating
4.8 / 5
Requires PHP
8.0.0
Tested Up To
7.1.4
Last Updated
Sep 29, 2026

External Links

WordPress.org plugin page Plugin website

BenchWP Test Runs

8 total

PHP 8.2 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.2 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.3 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.3 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.4 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.4 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.5 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.5 · WordPress 7.0

Queued

PHP 8.2 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.2 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
7s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.35s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.19s
Completed
Jul 11, 2026 12:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
{
    "plugin_slug": "defender-security",
    "php_version": "8.2",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php82-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.3518,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.185668,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 0,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-11T12:00:08Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-11T12:00:13Z",
    "duration_seconds": 7.860281,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.3 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.3 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
7s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.44s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.10s
Completed
Jul 11, 2026 12:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
{
    "plugin_slug": "defender-security",
    "php_version": "8.3",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php83-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.438567,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.104047,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 0,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-11T12:00:15Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-11T12:00:20Z",
    "duration_seconds": 7.30096,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.4 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.4 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
6s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.34s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.19s
Completed
Jul 11, 2026 12:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
212
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
{
    "plugin_slug": "defender-security",
    "php_version": "8.4",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php84-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.341606,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.188293,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 212,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-11T12:00:21Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-11T12:00:26Z",
    "duration_seconds": 6.77818,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.5 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.5 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
7s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.39s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.08s
Completed
Jul 11, 2026 12:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
212
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
{
    "plugin_slug": "defender-security",
    "php_version": "8.5",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php85-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.386088,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.083799,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 212,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-07-11T12:00:28Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-07-11T12:00:33Z",
    "duration_seconds": 7.216945,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}