Title: TrustBeacon Email Delivery Auditor
Author: fiatlux5775
Published: <strong>July 6, 2026</strong>
Last modified: August 2, 2026

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# TrustBeacon Email Delivery Auditor

 By [fiatlux5775](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fiatlux5775/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/trustbeacon-auditor.0.1.10.zip)

 * [Details](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/trustbeacon-auditor/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/trustbeacon-auditor/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/trustbeacon-auditor/#installation)
 * [Development](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/trustbeacon-auditor/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/trustbeacon-auditor/)

## Description

TrustBeacon Email Delivery Auditor identifies publicly visible DNS, email-authentication,
and domain-configuration problems that can interfere with WordPress email transmission
and delivery.

If WordPress messages are failing, being rejected, or landing in spam, TrustBeacon
provides a single plain-English audit of the public configuration affecting your
domain and email. Every finding includes an explanation, a recommendation, and the
potential business impact.

The plugin checks email-delivery and domain-trust signals such as:

#### Email transmission and receipt

 * MX records
 * Public mail-domain configuration

#### Email authentication and deliverability

 * SPF records and enforcement strength
 * Common DKIM selectors
 * DMARC policies and enforcement strength

#### Supporting domain and website trust

 * SSL certificate availability
 * HTTP security headers
 * CAA records
 * DNSSEC indicators when supported by the server
 * Cloudflare indicators in public response headers
 * Public security plugin indicators visible in page HTML

The report includes:

 * An overall Trust Score
 * Separate category ratings
 * Passing, warning, failing, and informational findings
 * Plain-English explanations
 * Recommended corrective actions
 * Business-impact explanations

TrustBeacon is read-only. It reports findings and recommendations but does not automatically
change DNS records, email settings, or website configuration.

Important: TrustBeacon evaluates publicly visible configuration and trust indicators.
It does not send a test email, inspect private mail-server settings, guarantee inbox
placement, or provide a security certification, penetration test, malware scan, 
or compliance audit.

### Admin Dashboard

The Trust Auditor admin page presents results as a dashboard rather than a single
wide table:

 * An overall Trust Score is shown as a circular gauge alongside the trust grade
   and counts of passing, warning, failing, and informational findings, all derived
   directly from the current audit’s findings.
 * Email Authentication, Website Security, Visitor Protection, and DNS Security 
   are shown as separate summary cards using the plugin’s existing category ratings(
   Excellent, Good, Fair, Needs Attention, or Additional Review Recommended).
 * Findings are grouped by category. Each finding keeps its category, check, status,
   score, message, recommendation, and business impact; recommendation and business
   impact are available in an expandable “Recommendation and business impact” section.
 * Status is always shown as visible text (PASS, WARN, FAIL, INFO) in addition to
   color, and a small status dot is decorative only.
 * Before an audit has been run, an introductory panel explains what will be checked.
   It does not display a score or findings, so nothing can be mistaken for real 
   results.
 * The dashboard styling loads only on the Trust Auditor admin page and does not
   affect the rest of the WordPress admin area.
 * The dashboard works without JavaScript. Recommendation and business impact sections
   use the browser’s native expand/collapse control.

### External services

TrustBeacon Auditor performs remote HTTPS requests to websites selected
 by the 
site administrator in order to audit publicly available trust signals.

The plugin connects directly to the website being audited to inspect
 information
such as:

 * SSL certificate availability
 * HTTP response headers
 * Cloudflare detection
 * Security plugin indicators

Data transmitted:

 * The domain name entered by the administrator.
 * Standard HTTP request headers, including a User-Agent string.

These requests occur only when an administrator initiates an audit.

No personal visitor information is collected, stored, or transmitted.

The plugin does not use any third-party commercial APIs.

Privacy Policy:
 https://itechguide.com/privacy-policy/

Terms of Use:
 https://itechguide.com/terms-of-use/

## Screenshots

[⌊Admin audit dashboard with trust score gauge, category cards, and grouped findings.⌉⌊
Admin audit dashboard with trust score gauge, category cards, and grouped findings
.⌉[

Admin audit dashboard with trust score gauge, category cards, and grouped findings.

[⌊Pre-audit introductory panel shown before the first audit is run.⌉⌊Pre-audit introductory
panel shown before the first audit is run.⌉[

Pre-audit introductory panel shown before the first audit is run.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory, or install the
    plugin ZIP through the WordPress Plugins screen.
 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen.
 3. Open the Trust Auditor page in the WordPress admin menu.
 4. Click Run Audit.

## FAQ

### Does TrustBeacon send a test email?

No. TrustBeacon examines publicly visible DNS, email-authentication, and domain-
trust configuration. It does not send a message through the WordPress mail system
or guarantee delivery to a particular recipient.

### Can TrustBeacon explain what needs attention?

Yes. Every finding includes a plain-English message, a recommended action, and an
explanation of the potential business impact.

### Does this plugin scan private files or private server data?

No. It checks public trust indicators for the installed site.

### Does a high score prove my site is secure?

No. A high score means the checked public trust signals look good. It does not prove
that the site is secure.

### Does a low score prove my site was hacked?

No. A low score means that one or more public trust signals may be missing, weak,
or unavailable.

### Why does DKIM detection say no common selector was found?

DKIM selectors vary by mail provider. The plugin checks several common selectors,
but some providers use custom selector names.

### Why is DNSSEC sometimes informational?

Some PHP environments cannot query DNSSEC records reliably. In that case, the plugin
avoids punishing the score for a check it cannot verify.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“TrustBeacon Email Delivery Auditor” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ fiatlux5775 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fiatlux5775/)

[Translate “TrustBeacon Email Delivery Auditor” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/trustbeacon-auditor)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trustbeacon-auditor/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/trustbeacon-auditor/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/trustbeacon-auditor/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/trustbeacon-auditor/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1.10

 * Fixed the dashboard version display by synchronizing the internal version constant
   with the plugin release.
 * Updated the WordPress admin page title, menu label, dashboard heading, explanatory
   text, and limitation notice to reflect the email-delivery focus.
 * The displayed plugin version is supplied through the shared version constant 
   rather than a separate dashboard value.
 * No changes to audit checks, scoring, category ratings, or stored data.

#### 0.1.9

 * Repositioned the plugin around its primary benefit: identifying public configuration
   problems that can affect WordPress email transmission and delivery.
 * Improved the title, short description, tags, feature organization, and directory
   description.
 * Clarified that every finding includes a recommendation and business-impact explanation.
 * Clarified the distinction between public configuration auditing and sending an
   actual test email.
 * No changes to audit checks, scoring, category ratings, or stored data.

#### 0.1.8

 * Redesigned the admin results page as a dashboard: a circular Trust Score gauge,
   finding-status counts, category summary cards, and findings grouped by category
   with expandable recommendation/business impact detail.
 * Added a dedicated pre-audit introductory panel explaining what the audit checks,
   shown before any audit has been run.
 * Added a scoped admin stylesheet that loads only on the Trust Auditor admin page.
 * No changes to audit checks, scoring, or category-rating calculations. This is
   a presentation-only update.

#### 0.1.3

 * Revised scoring so INFO findings are excluded and WARN findings receive partial
   credit instead of harsh zero-point treatment.
 * Adjusted grade labels to better reflect public trust signals rather than full
   security certification.

#### 0.1.1

 * Standardized plugin name, slug, text domain, prefix, contributor metadata, licensing,
   and WordPress.org readme format.
 * Replaced mixed class prefixes with TBAUD-prefixed classes.
 * Replaced raw HTTP header fetching with the WordPress HTTP API.
 * Added safer DNS lookup wrapper and defensive handling for unavailable DNS constants.
 * Added escaping, sanitization, nonce name, capability checks, and translatable
   admin strings.

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial development version.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.10**
 *  Last updated **5 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.3**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/trustbeacon-auditor/)
 * Tags
 * [DKIM](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dkim/)[DMARC](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dmarc/)
   [email](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email/)[email delivery](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email-delivery/)
   [SPF](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spf/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/trustbeacon-auditor/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ fiatlux5775 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fiatlux5775/)

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