diff --git a/wordpress/wordpress.go b/wordpress/wordpress.go
index 2d44b9f..41d71d9 100644
--- a/wordpress/wordpress.go
+++ b/wordpress/wordpress.go
@@ -268,6 +268,16 @@ loop:
 	return "", err
 }
 
+// searchCache looks for the given name in the cache and returns
+// the cached response body and whether it was found.
+func searchCache(name string, wpVulnCaches *map[string]string) (string, bool) {
+	value, ok := (*wpVulnCaches)[name]
+	if ok {
+		return value, true
+	}
+	return "", false
+}
+
 func removeInactives(pkgs models.WordPressPackages) (removed models.WordPressPackages) {
 	for _, p := range pkgs {
 		if p.Status == "inactive" {