Changelog of SiteLock API updates

This page contains a record of changes made to the SiteLock Partner API. The changelog doesn’t cover the entire history of changes before 2024 and may be expanded over time.

Date Description

October 2024

Features in the SiteLock Dashboard UI have been renamed

  • Backup → Backup & Recovery

  • SMART → SMART File Scan

  • SMART/DB → SMART Database Scan

  • SMART/Patch → SMART Patch Scan

  • Malware Scan → Webpage Scan

  • TrueShield → Firewall & CDN

  • Spam Scan → Email Reputation Scan

  • SSL Scan → SSL Monitor

June 2024

  • Reduced the report generation frequency to once a day at midnight in the bulkReports and download methods.

  • Reduced the number of reports kept on SiteLock servers to three in the bulkReports and download methods.

March 2024

  • TXT records are now rotated every 30 days in the getAnpProvisioningStatus method.

  • Added the site_health_score, site_health_status, malware_medium_issues, and wp_outdated elements to the external_scan report in the bulkReports method.

  • Added the vulnerability_scan type to the scanNow method.

February 2024

  • Added the ftp_status and ftp_err_msg elements to the getSMART method.

  • Removed the app_scan and network_scan elements from the getTextReport and getMessageTypes methods.

  • The updates in the scanNow method:

    • Added the ability to pass multiple scan_code values.

    • The sqli_scan type now returns type="sqli_scan" instead of type="sql_injection".

    • The xss_scan type now returns type="xss_scan" instead of type="sql_injection".

    • The malware_scan type now returns type="malware_scan" instead of type="site_scan".

    • The sqli_scan type now runs only the SQL Injection Scan.

    • The xss_scan type now runs only the Cross-Site Scripting Scan.

    • The malware_scan type now runs the Webpage Scan, Cross-Site Scripting Scan, SQL Injection Scan, and Platform Scan.

August 2023

August 2022

  • Added the DNS add-on.

April 2021

March 2020

December 2019

August 2019

June 2019

February 2019

October 2016

July 2016

February 2016

  • Added the uploadWAFCertificate method for uploading custom certificates for use with the Firewall & CDN

January 2016

  • Updated the setWafBypass method to allow turning off just the CDN.

July 2015