diff --git a/lib/msf/http/wordpress/base.rb b/lib/msf/http/wordpress/base.rb
index 30296cade8..e67f46a40c 100644
--- a/lib/msf/http/wordpress/base.rb
+++ b/lib/msf/http/wordpress/base.rb
@@ -5,15 +5,25 @@ module Msf::HTTP::Wordpress::Base
   #
   # @return [Rex::Proto::Http::Response,nil] Returns the HTTP response if the site is online and running wordpress, nil otherwise
   def wordpress_and_online?
+    wordpress_detect_regexes = [
+        /["'][^"']*\/#{Regexp.escape(wp_content_dir)}\/[^"']*["']/i,
+        /<link rel=["']wlwmanifest["'].*href=["'].*\/wp-includes\/wlwmanifest\.xml["'] \/>/i,
+        /<link rel=["']pingback["'].*href=["'].*\/xmlrpc\.php["'](?: \/)*>/i
+    ]
+
     res = send_request_cgi(
         'method' => 'GET',
         'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path)
     )
-    wordpress_detect_regexes = [
-      /["'][^"']*\/#{Regexp.escape(wp_content_dir)}\/[^"']*["']/i,
-      /<link rel=["']wlwmanifest["'].*href=["'].*\/wp-includes\/wlwmanifest\.xml["'] \/>/i,
-      /<link rel=["']pingback["'].*href=["'].*\/xmlrpc\.php["'](?: \/)*>/i
-    ]
+
+    # handle one redirect
+    if res && res.redirect? && res.redirection
+      res = send_request_cgi(
+      'method' => 'GET',
+      'uri' => path_from_uri(res.redirection)
+      )
+    end
+
     return res if res && res.code == 200 && res.body && wordpress_detect_regexes.any? { |r| res.body =~ r }
     return nil
   rescue ::Rex::ConnectionRefused, ::Rex::HostUnreachable, ::Rex::ConnectionTimeout => e