BugsQA provides WordPress security testing for business sites, WooCommerce stores and custom plugins: we test every role, plugin and form, then retest your site the day each WordPress or PHP security release lands, so updates close holes without breaking checkout.
Our count of every 2026 WordPress security release found more fixes, faster attacks and more sites left behind.
44
WordPress Core security fixes in 2026, after 2 in 2025
11
access-control fixes in 2026, against 5 in the four years before
5 hours
median time to first attack on heavily targeted WordPress flaws
36%
of WordPress sites run PHP 8.1 or older, with no official PHP2Shell fix
Sources: WordPress.org, Patchstack, WordPress.org version statistics. See our list of WordPress vulnerabilities in 2026.
WordPress security testing fits sites that make money or hold customer data and update often.
We test your site the way attackers and your own users reach it: through roles, plugins, forms and the API.
We test every role you use (Subscriber, Customer, Contributor, Author, Editor, Shop Manager, custom roles) against the actions it needs and the ones it must not have. Access-control bugs were the fastest-growing type in WordPress Core in 2026.
We check your plugins against known vulnerabilities, flag abandoned ones and test the features they add: forms, uploads, shortcodes, settings pages and AJAX actions. Custom and AI-generated plugins get a custom plugin security review of their permission checks and input handling.
We test login, password reset, registration, checkout and contact forms and file uploads with the WordPress vulnerability testing cases from the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide.
We check what the WordPress REST API and XML-RPC expose to visitors and to each role, and test the apps and sync tools that write to your site.
After each WordPress, plugin or PHP security update, we retest logins, roles, editor blocks, comments, uploads, checkout and integrations. PHP2Shell in October 2026 meant a PHP upgrade for every site; see our PHP2Shell guide.
Security plugins and one-off audits find known problems; ongoing testing checks your site still works and stays locked down after each update.
Keep your security plugin and firewall. Add testing so updates and plugins don’t open what they were meant to close.
| BugsQA WordPress security testing | Security plugin or scanner | One-off audit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finds known vulnerable plugin versions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tests what each role can actually do | Yes, every role | No | Sometimes |
| Tests forms, uploads and checkout with bad input | Yes | Partly (firewall rules) | Sometimes |
| Retests after each security update | Same day | No | No |
| Catches updates that break your workflows | Yes | No | No |
| Output | Findings and retest results per release | Alerts and blocks | One report |
A WordPress security release can change what roles can do and break checkout. We can retest your site this week.
Each finding names the role, the plugin or setting involved and the fix.
This is an example of the format, based on the most common WordPress vulnerability class in 2026.
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An engagement goes from a free call to testing your staging site in 2 to 3 business days.
We learn your WordPress and PHP versions, hosting, plugins, roles and what the site does for your business.
We get a staging copy, a test account for each role and a list of plugins and integrations, under NDA.
We write the role matrix and test cases for logins, forms, uploads, plugins, the REST API and your key workflows.
We test and report each issue with steps, severity, affected roles and the plugin or setting involved.
We retest fixes, then repeat the core checks after each WordPress, plugin or PHP security update.
WordPress security testing runs on fixed or monthly prices.
$1,500from, fixed price per release
A full security pass on one WordPress site.
$1,700from, per month, part-time (40 hours)
Ongoing QA for agencies and busy stores: the core checks repeated after every WordPress, plugin and PHP security update.
A single post-update retest or plugin check costs $45 per hour.
You pay a known price and keep the test cases.
BugsQA works from Cali, Colombia, with 7 to 8 hours of overlap with US Eastern time.
When a WordPress security release lands in the morning, we retest your staging site the same day. You work directly with our QA engineer and client lead.
Free QA consultation
Tell us your WordPress and PHP versions, your main plugins and how many sites you run. A QA lead replies within 1 business day with the scope and plan.
What happens next:
We reply within 1 business day
A QA lead reviews your request and asks about scope and platforms.
Free 30-minute QA consult
We map your app, risks and release schedule.
Proposal and test plan
You get a recommended mix of manual testing and automation, with a quote.
Email: contact@bugsqa.com
WordPress security testing checks what a WordPress site allows: which roles can do what, how forms and uploads handle bad input, what plugins and the REST API expose, and whether updates broke anything. It goes beyond a security plugin scan by testing your roles, plugins and workflows on a staging copy.
A BugsQA WordPress security audit costs from $1,500 fixed per site, including a findings report and one retest round. Ongoing testing after every security release starts at $1,700 per month (40 hours), and single retests cost $45 per hour.
Test after every WordPress, plugin or PHP security update and before major changes, with a full audit at least once or twice a year. WordPress shipped eight security releases in 2026, six of them between July and October, so a yearly check alone misses most changes.
We report each issue with steps and a recommended fix, such as updating, replacing or reconfiguring a plugin, and retest after your developer or host applies it. We are a QA team: we test and verify, we don’t develop or host your site.
They can. Security fixes change behavior, such as which roles can do an action, and PHP upgrades can break older plugins. Test updates on staging first, or right after a forced update, covering logins, roles, the editor, forms, checkout and integrations.
No. Our WordPress security audit is QA security testing of your roles, plugins, forms and updates. If you need a formal penetration test, such as for PCI DSS on a store, use a specialist pentest firm; our testing keeps issues from returning between pentests.
Updating closes known holes. Testing makes sure the update did not open new ones or break the workflows your business runs on.
BugsQA provides WordPress security testing with role-by-role checks, plugin reviews and same-day retests after every security release, from $1,500 per site.
