Your First 7 Minutes with Nova Heaven

From zero to a fully protected WordPress site in under 7 minutes. This guide walks you through every step to creating your account, activating your license, installing the plugins, and running your first scan.

Step 1: Create Your Free Account

  1. Visit novaheaven.io/dashboard
  2. Click the Register tab
  3. Enter your email, display name, and choose a password (minimum 8 characters)
  4. Click Create Account

You will see a confirmation screen asking you to check your email.

Step 2: Confirm Your Email

  1. Open the confirmation email from Nova Heaven (check spam if it does not arrive within a few minutes)
  2. Click the confirmation link, it takes you to a “Seal Verified” page
  3. You are automatically redirected to your dashboard

What happened behind the scenes: A free Nova Scan license was created for you automatically. It is valid for 90 days and can be renewed for free, indefinitely. Just click the renew button on your Divine Keys page when it is close to expiring. There is no site limit on the free plan.

Step 3: Find Your License Key

  1. In your dashboard, click the Divine Keys tab
  2. Your license key is displayed at the top
  3. Click the key to copy it to your clipboard, you will need it in the next step

The Divine Keys page also shows your plan, how many sites you have activated, and which products are available to you.

Step 4: Activate Your Site

Before installing anything on WordPress, tell Nova Heaven which site you want to protect:

  1. On the Divine Keys page, find the Nova Scan product card
  2. Type your site URL in the input field (e.g. https://yoursite.com)
  3. Click Add

Your site now appears under the Nova Scan card with a green status. You can add as many sites as you need on the free plan.

Step 5: Install Nova Core

Nova Core is required. Every Nova plugin depends on it for licensing, updates, and shared features. Install it first.

  1. Download Nova Core from your Nova Heaven dashboard
  2. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
  3. Upload the Nova Core zip file
  4. Click Install Now, then Activate
  5. A new Nova Core menu appears in your WordPress sidebar

Step 6: Enter Your License Key

  1. In WordPress admin, go to Nova Core → Divine Keys
  2. Paste your license key into the input field
  3. Click Activate

You should see a success message and your license details will appear, plan name, days remaining, and which products are entitled.

If you see an error, double-check that:

  • The key was copied correctly (no extra spaces)
  • You activated your site URL on the Divine Keys page in Step 4
  • Your site can make outbound HTTPS requests (some hosts block this)

Step 7: Install Nova Scan

Once Nova Core is active and your license is verified, installing Nova Scan is simple:

  1. Go to Nova Core → Overview in your WordPress admin
  2. In the plugin grid, find Nova Scan, it shows as “Not Installed”
  3. Click View Nova Scan to download it from novaheaven.io
  4. Upload the zip via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin and activate

Nova Scan will automatically register with Nova Core and verify your license. If everything is green, you are ready to scan.

After the initial install, all future updates are handled automatically through Nova Core, no more manual zip uploads.

Your First Scan

  1. Go to Nova Core → Nova Scan
  2. You land on the Dashboard tab, this shows your site health overview
  3. Click the Scan tab
  4. Choose a scan profile:
    • Quick Scan: checks plugins, themes, and uploads (fastest)
    • Standard Scan: checks the full wp-content directory
    • Deep Scan: checks your entire WordPress installation
  5. Click Start Scan

Nova Scan is powered by the N-Dimensional Engine, a proprietary detection engine built to identify both known and zero-day threats without relying on a traditional virus definition database.

Understanding Your Results

After the scan completes, switch to the Results tab. Each finding shows:

  • Severity: Critical, High, Medium, or Low
  • Confidence: how certain the NDE is (0 to 100%)
  • File path: where the suspicious file lives
  • Detection type: NDE detection, pattern match, or both

From here you can quarantine suspicious files (moves them to a safe location), delete confirmed threats, or mark as clean if you trust the file.

What Next?

  • Enable the Firewall: Go to the Protections tab to activate WAF protection, brute-force blocking, and request filtering
  • Set Up Scheduled Scans: In Settings, configure automatic daily or weekly scans
  • Explore the Dashboard: The main dashboard shows threat trends over time, scan history, and your overall site health score
  • Try Hyper Nova: If you want performance optimization alongside security, upgrade your plan to add Hyper Nova caching

Need help? Visit the FAQ or contact us.

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