Dashboard
The VMP Security Dashboard is the home page of the plugin in your WordPress admin. It is designed to answer one question quickly: is anything on this site worth my attention right now? If the answer is no, the page should be quiet. If the answer is yes, the relevant alert is at the top with a clear next step.
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Protection status
The top of the page shows a green “VMP Security Protection Activated” banner, followed by three cards: a Firewall progress circle, a Scan progress circle, and a Premium Protection panel.
Together these cards tell you:
- Whether the firewall is Enabled or Disabled (the circle’s caption shows “WAF Protection Enabled” or “WAF Protection Disabled”).
- The current scan type (Limited, Standard, High Sensitivity, or Custom) and which option groups would raise the scan’s protection score.
- Whether real-time premium malware signatures are active (the Premium card shows either “Premium Protection Enabled” with a confirmation message or “Premium Protection Disabled” with an upgrade prompt).
The firewall starts Enabled by default after activation; there is no separate observation/learning state. To change it, open Firewall → Firewall Options and set the Web Application Firewall Status dropdown.
Status circles
The Firewall and Scan circles show a percentage representing how thorough your current configuration is. Each circle is clickable: it opens a status modal that lists the specific options still needed to reach 100% (for example, enabling rate limiting, switching on premium malware signatures, or scheduling scans). The colour shifts from red (under 40%) through yellow and blue to green (80% and above).
Some items on the checklist are enabled by default; others require a Premium license. Free configurations have a natural ceiling below 100% because the premium-tier signatures and reputation checks are gated to Premium users.
Notifications
The Notifications card surfaces actionable items detected on the site. The badge on the “Notifications” heading and a count badge in the VMP Security admin menu show how many items are pending. Each item is dismissable with the × button.
The notification types currently produced by the plugin are:
- Scan issues. A summary like “N issues found in most recent scan” that links to the Scan page when there are outstanding (non-ignored) findings.
- Plugin and theme updates. An update summary that links to WordPress → Updates when the plugin’s file-changes scan detects available plugin or theme updates.
Email alerts (login alerts, scan-finding alerts, critical alerts, update alerts) are configured separately on the All Options page.
Portal connection status
The VMP Security Portal Status card shows whether this site is currently connected to the Portal, the audit-log status, and a link to vmpsecurity.com/portal/. Portal is a hosted multi-site management dashboard available to both free and premium plugin users; the dashboard card includes Connect This Site when the site is not yet connected.
Quick links
Below the protection cards, three large quick-link tiles open the most-used pages: Tools (Live Traffic, Audit Log, Whois Lookup, Import/Export Options, and Diagnostics), Help, and All Options. The All Options page is where you configure the alert email recipient, choose which alerts to send, set the visitor-IP source, manage data-retention preferences, and toggle the dashboard widget.
Statistics
Two cards on the dashboard summarise recent activity:
- Firewall Summary. A table showing attacks blocked Today / This Week / This Month, broken down into Complex (WAF rule matches), Brute Force (login lockouts), Blocklist (Real-Time IP Blocklist matches — Premium), and Total.
- Total Attacks Blocked — VMP Security Network. A line chart showing aggregate attack volume across the VMP Security Network for the last 24 hours or 30 days.
Below those, the Firewall Detailed Summary section shows the count of blocked attacks on this site for Today / Last 7 Days / Last 30 Days / All Time, alongside a paginated table of recent block events.