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Wordfence CLI Documentation

Wordfence CLI is a high performance, multi-process, command-line malware scanner written in Python.

Contents

• Installation
  • Installation with pip
  • Install the Debian package
  • Install the RPM package
  • Binaries
  • Docker
  • Manual Installation
• Updating
• Configuration
• Output
• Configuring your server to send email
• Malware Scanning
  • Subcommand Configuration
  • Automatic Remediation
  • Faster Scanning with Vectorscan
  • Examples
    • Scanning a single directory for malware
    • Writing malware scan results to a CSV
    • Running Wordfence CLI in a cron
    • Piping files from find to Wordfence CLI
• Vulnerability Scanning
  • Subcommand Configuration
  • Examples
    • Scanning a single WordPress installation for vulnerabilities
    • Writing vulnerability scan results to a CSV
    • Running the vulnerability scan in a cron
• Autocomplete of CLI's subcommands and parameters
• Frequently Asked Questions