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Using up API calls > scanning too often

Plugin Security Scanner · support · 2019-07-25T21:47:00+00:00

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It seems as though the scanner is running more than once a day. It seems every day, late in the day I start getting error reports and when I look it shows my API daily limit has been reached. Should not be happening with the limited number of installs I have. By default, the scanner should run one per day via the WordPress cron system. The vulnerability database has a restriction on 50 free calls per day. If your site has a lot of plugins and themes installed, then you may hit this limit. If you have several installs, it might be worthwhile registering for additional API keys so that each site has its own API key (and therefore limit).

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trust and abuse-prevention operations

Security abuse-prevention assurance for keeping sites trusted, protected, and recoverable

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams

Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts

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Summary: Using up API calls > scanning too often: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence quote: Using up API calls > scanning too often It seems as though the scanner is running more than once a day.

Affected feature: api

security bugs compatibility performance

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API

Plugin Security Scanner

800 active installs · 70.4K downloads · rating 98.0

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Glen Scott 2019-07-26T13:06:00+00:00

By default, the scanner should run one per day via the WordPress cron system. The vulnerability database has a restriction on 50 free calls per day. If your site has a lot of plugins and themes installed, then you may hit this limit. If you have several installs, it might be worthwhile registering for additional API keys so that each site has its own API key (and therefore limit).