How to remove unwanted Hardening Checks

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What You’ll Learn

• How to disable individual Site Hardening checks
• How to disable multiple checks at once
• Available check identifiers

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Prerequisites

• Custom Dashboard extension (free)

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Why Remove Site Hardening Checks

• You intentionally keep debug mode enabled on development sites
• Your server configuration requires specific PHP settings
• Certain inactive themes are kept for testing purposes

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Disable a Single Check

1

Open Custom Dashboard

Navigate to MainWP > Add-ons > Custom Dashboard.

2

Add the PHP code

Go to the PHP tab and add this code:

add_filter( 'mainwp_security_issues_stats', 'mycustom_mainwp_security_issues_stats', 10, 3 );
function mycustom_mainwp_security_issues_stats( $false, $issues, $website ) {
    if( is_array( $issues ) && isset( $issues['sec_inactive_themes'] ) ) {
        $issues['sec_inactive_themes'] = 'Y';
    }
    return $issues;
}

3

Customize the identifier

Replace 'sec_inactive_themes' with the identifier for the Site Hardening check you want to disable.

4

Save changes

Click Save Changes.

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Available Check Identifiers

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Disable Multiple Checks

add_filter( 'mainwp_security_issues_stats', 'mycustom_mainwp_security_issues_stats', 10, 3 );
function mycustom_mainwp_security_issues_stats( $false, $issues, $website ) {
    if( is_array( $issues ) ) {
        //$issues['wp_uptodate'] = 'Y';
        //$issues['phpversion_matched'] = 'Y';
        //$issues['php_reporting'] = 'Y';
        //$issues['db_reporting'] = 'Y';
        //$issues['sslprotocol'] = 'Y';
        $issues['debug_disabled'] = 'Y';
        $issues['sec_outdated_plugins'] = 'Y';
        $issues['sec_inactive_plugins'] = 'Y';
        $issues['sec_outdated_themes'] = 'Y';
        $issues['sec_inactive_themes'] = 'Y';
    }
    return $issues;
}

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Restore Checks

1. Return to the Custom Dashboard extension
2. Remove the corresponding line from the PHP code (or comment it out with //)
3. Click Save Changes

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Self-Check Checklist

• Custom Dashboard extension installed
• PHP code added to PHP tab
• Correct identifiers used for checks to disable
• Changes saved
• Site Hardening scan no longer shows disabled checks

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Related Resources

• Custom Dashboard Extension - Extension documentation
• Vulnerability Checker Extension - Security scanning
• How Secure is MainWP - Security overview