Suppressing findings

Hide false positives or accepted-risk findings so they no longer affect scores, top issues, or instant alerts. Suppressions live in WP Triage only — nothing changes on WordPress.

When to suppress

Use suppressions for findings you have already mitigated elsewhere, accepted as business risk, or confirmed as noise for that install. Do not use them as a substitute for patching — the goal is a cleaner priority list, not a quieter false calm.

Where to suppress

Location Best for
Site triage viewOn this site / On all sites under each issue Reviewing one site at a time
Sites → Recurring issues The same finding on multiple client installs
Settings → Suppressions Reviewing or restoring suppressions

Scores refresh shortly after you suppress or restore (background re-assessment).

On this site vs on all sites

Recurring issues (agencies)

On Sites (active tab), the Recurring issues panel lists findings on two or more sites. Use Suppress all once instead of triaging the same plugin on every install.

Restore

Click Restore on a suppressed issue in triage, or open Settings → Suppressions. The finding can affect scores and alerts again after re-assessment.

High-risk findings

Suppressing a critical or known-exploited issue requires extra confirmation. Only do this when you deliberately accept the risk.

Suppress vs pause monitoring

Action Scope Plugin
Suppress an issue One finding (per site or all sites) Keeps syncing
Pause monitoring Entire site — all scores and alerts stop Keeps syncing; history kept

Setup: Connecting WordPress sites. Questions? Get in touch.