{"id":3494,"date":"2016-02-09T05:26:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T05:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=3494"},"modified":"2021-02-06T07:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T07:36:12","slug":"find-outdated-versions-of-wordpress-on-your-cpanel-or-plesk-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/find-outdated-versions-of-wordpress-on-your-cpanel-or-plesk-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Find outdated versions of WordPress on your Cpanel or Plesk server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The outdated versions of WordPress causes many security issues on the server. In order to prevent this issue at some level, it is necessary to keep your WordPress updated. Hacked WordPress sites will not only be a problem for the client who has hacked, but also an issue for all clients on the server, as the hacker used to send out spam from the hacked account.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you have a server with number of sites running on it, it is difficult to find out accounts which are using outdated WordPress. The below scripts helps you to find outdated versions of WordPress on your server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>cPanel Server:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Find outdated versions of WordPress:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">find \/home\/*\/public_html\/ -type f -iwholename \u201c*\/wp-includes\/version.php\u201d -exec grep -H \u201c\\$wp_version =\u201d {} \\;<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Plesk Server:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Find outdated versions of WordPress:<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">find \/var\/www\/vhosts\/*\/httpdocs\/ -type f -iwholename \u201c*\/wp-includes\/version.php\u201d -exec grep -H \r\n\u201c\\$wp_version =\u201d {} \\;<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The output will look like this.<span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"output-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">\/home\/username1\/public_html\/wp-includes\/version.php:$wp_version = \u20184.1\u2019;\r\n\/home\/username2\/public_html\/wp-includes\/version.php:$wp_version = \u20183.2.1\u2019;\r\n\/home\/username3\/public_html\/wordpress2\/wp-includes\/version.php:$wp_version = \u20183.5.1\u2019;<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This will show the WordPress installation folder\u00a0, as well as the running version.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows\/IIS (default path) with Powershell:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">Get-ChildItem -Path \u201cC:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\\u201d -Filter \u201cversion.php\u201d -Recurse | Select-String -pattern \r\n\u201c\\`$wp_version =\u201d<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That&#8217;s it!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The outdated versions of WordPress causes many security issues on the server. 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