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MainWP performs Site Hardening checks on your child sites to identify potential issues. You can disable specific checks that are not relevant to your setup using a code snippet.

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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

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Why Remove Site Hardening Checks

Some security checks may not apply to your environment. For example:
  • You intentionally keep debug mode enabled on development sites
  • Your server configuration requires specific PHP settings
  • Certain inactive themes are kept for testing purposes
MainWP Site Hardening scan showing check results

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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.Custom Dashboard extension PHP tab for adding code snippets

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Available Check Identifiers

CheckIdentifier
WordPress Version'wp_uptodate'
PHP Version'phpversion_matched'
PHP Error Reporting'php_reporting'
Database Error Reporting'db_reporting'
SSL Protocol'sslprotocol'
Debug Mode'debug_disabled'
Outdated Plugins'sec_outdated_plugins'
Inactive Plugins'sec_inactive_plugins'
Outdated Themes'sec_outdated_themes'
Inactive Themes'sec_inactive_themes'

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Disable Multiple Checks

To disable several checks at once, use this code and uncomment the checks you want to disable: 
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;
}
Lines starting with // are commented out and the check remains active. Remove the // to disable that check.

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Restore Checks

To re-enable a check:
  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