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SteelWP Documentation

Getting Started

Welcome to the official documentation for SteelWP — a high-signal WordPress security auditing and...

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Activation Server Unreachable

Licensing and Activations Common Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when your site cannot connect to the SteelWP licensing server. ...

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License Already in Use

Licensing and Activations Common Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when your license has reached its maximum number of active site...

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License Not Activating

Licensing and Activations Common Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when your license cannot be activated on your site. The activat...

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License Limits & Usage

Licensing and Activations License Management

What This Means Each SteelWP license allows activation on a limited number of sites. This limit d...

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Managing Your License

Licensing and Activations License Management

What This Means Your SteelWP licenses are managed through your account portal. This allows you to...

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Deactivating a License

Licensing and Activations Activation

What This Does Deactivating a license removes it from your current site. This frees up the licens...

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Activating Your License

Licensing and Activations Activation

What This Does Activating your license enables Pro features in SteelWP. A valid license key is re...

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Licensing Overview

Licensing and Activations Overview

What Licensing Is SteelWP uses a licensing system to enable Pro features and manage usage across ...

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CSP Breaking Site

Troubleshooting Headers & Browser Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when a Content Security Policy (CSP) blocks resources required ...

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Headers Not Appearing

Troubleshooting Headers & Browser Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when security headers expected from SteelWP are not visible in ...

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Nginx Configuration Issues

Troubleshooting Server & Environment

What This Means This issue occurs when expected protections are not applied on a server running N...

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Server Rules Not Working

Troubleshooting Server & Environment

What This Means This issue occurs when server-level protections applied by SteelWP do not take ef...

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Blocked by Hardening Rules

Troubleshooting Access & Lockouts

What This Means This issue occurs when legitimate requests are being blocked by one or more harde...

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Unable to Access Admin

Troubleshooting Access & Lockouts

What This Means This issue occurs when you are unable to access the WordPress admin area after ap...

Updated 2 days ago by Jason Wassing

Unexpected Site Behavior

Troubleshooting General Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when your site behaves unexpectedly after applying one or more ...

Updated 2 days ago by Jason Wassing

Changes Not Applying

Troubleshooting General Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when changes made through SteelWP do not appear to take effect ...

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Scan Not Running

Troubleshooting General Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when the SteelWP scan does not run or does not produce results ...

Updated 2 days ago by Jason Wassing

Weak Header Configuration

Findings Reference Headers & Browser Security

What This Means This finding indicates that one or more security headers are present but not conf...

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Missing Security Headers

Findings Reference Headers & Browser Security

What This Means This finding indicates that one or more recommended security headers are missing ...

Updated 2 days ago by Jason Wassing