bearmor

Finally, a WordPress security plugin that doesn’t slow down your site.
Bearmor Security is built for small to medium businesses, freelancers, and agencies who need real protection without the bloat. No confusing dashboards, no technical jargon, no performance hit.
<h3>Why Bearmor?</h3>
🎯 Built for Non-Technical Users 
You shouldn’t need a security degree to protect your website. Bearmor gives you clear, actionable insights in plain English.
⚡ Lightweight & Fast 
Unlike bloated competitors, Bearmor won’t slow down your site. Clean code, efficient scans, zero impact on performance.
💰 Most Features FREE 
While others lock everything behind paywalls, Bearmor gives you professional-grade security for free. Compare us to Wordfence, Sucuri, or iThemes Security – we’re more generous.
🛡️ Real Protection, Not Theater 
We focus on what actually matters: detecting threats, blocking attacks, and keeping you informed. No fake “critical alerts” to scare you into upgrading.
<h3>🆓 FREE Features (Yes, Really Free)</h3>
<h3>Malware Scanner</h3>
<ul>
<li>Deep file scanning for backdoors, shells, and malicious code</li>
<li>Smart detection with pattern matching and heuristics</li>
<li>Quarantine threats with one click</li>
<li>Whitelist false positives to prevent future alerts</li>
<li>Scans plugins, themes, uploads, and core files</li>
</ul>
<h3>File Integrity Monitoring</h3>
<ul>
<li>Real-time tracking of all file changes</li>
<li>See exactly what changed, when, and where</li>
<li>Quarantine suspicious changes instantly</li>
<li>Mark safe changes to keep your dashboard clean</li>
</ul>
<h3>Login Security</h3>
<ul>
<li>Brute force protection with automatic IP blocking</li>
<li>Login activity log – see every login attempt</li>
<li>Anomaly detection – alerts for suspicious login patterns</li>
<li>Geographic tracking – know where logins come from</li>
<li>Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) via email – completely free</li>
</ul>
<h3>Security Hardening</h3>
<ul>
<li>One-click hardening for common vulnerabilities</li>
<li>Disable XML-RPC, file editing, directory browsing</li>
<li>Hide WordPress version and login errors</li>
<li>Enforce strong passwords</li>
<li>All with simple on/off toggles</li>
</ul>
<h3>Activity Logging</h3>
<ul>
<li>Track all admin actions</li>
<li>See who changed what and when</li>
<li>Filter by user, action type, or date</li>
<li>Essential for multi-user sites</li>
</ul>
<h3>Security Dashboard</h3>
<ul>
<li>At-a-glance overview of your security status</li>
<li>Security score with clear letter grade (A-F)</li>
<li>See threats, recent activity, and recommendations</li>
<li>No clutter, just what matters</li>
</ul>
<h3>🚀 PRO Features (Optional Upgrade)</h3>
<h3>What’s FREE Forever</h3>
<ul>
<li>Malware Scanner – Full file scanning with quarantine</li>
<li>File Monitoring – Real-time change tracking</li>
<li>Login Security – Brute force protection and blocking</li>
<li>2FA Authentication – TOTP support built-in</li>
<li>Quarantine Threats – One-click isolation of malware</li>
<li>Security Hardening – All hardening options included</li>
</ul>
<h3>Upgrade to PRO</h3>
<ul>
<li>🔥 Advanced Firewall – Block attacks before they reach WordPress</li>
<li>🤖 AI Security Analysis – ChatGPT explains threats in plain English</li>
<li>📊 Deep Vulnerability Scanner – Database scanning and comprehensive CVE checks</li>
<li>⏰ 24/7 Uptime Monitoring – External monitoring with instant email alerts</li>
<li>🌍 Geo-Blocking – Block entire countries and IP ranges</li>
<li>🎯 Priority Support – Email support with faster response times</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://bearmor.eu/pricing" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about PRO →</a>
<h3>🎯 Perfect For</h3>
<ul>
<li>Small Business Owners who need protection without complexity</li>
<li>Freelancers managing multiple client sites</li>
<li>Agencies who want reliable security without performance issues</li>
<li>Anyone tired of bloated, confusing security plugins</li>
</ul>
<h3>🔒 Privacy & External Services</h3>
Bearmor Security connects to our secure API server (bearmor.eu) for: 
– License verification (PRO users only) 
– Uptime monitoring (PRO users only) 
– AI analysis (PRO users only)
Data sent to our servers: 
– Site URL 
– Admin email (for notifications) 
– Security scan results (PRO AI analysis only) 
– Site ID (anonymous identifier)
We DO NOT: 
– Sell your data 
– Track your visitors 
– Store sensitive information 
– Share data with third parties
For FREE users, only basic site registration data is sent (URL + email). No security data leaves your server.
Read our full privacy policy: https://bearmor.eu/privacy
<h3>📊 Why Choose Bearmor?</h3>
<h3>vs. Wordfence FREE</h3>
<ul>
<li>We include 2FA (they lock it behind PRO)</li>
<li>We include quarantine (they lock it behind PRO)</li>
<li>Lighter performance impact</li>
<li>Simpler, cleaner interface</li>
</ul>
<h3>vs. Sucuri FREE</h3>
<ul>
<li>We include malware scanner (they lock it behind PRO)</li>
<li>We include file monitoring (they lock it behind PRO)</li>
<li>We include 2FA and quarantine</li>
<li>More features in free version</li>
</ul>
<h3>vs. iThemes Security</h3>
<ul>
<li>More generous free tier</li>
<li>Better malware detection</li>
<li>Cleaner dashboard</li>
<li>Faster scans</li>
</ul>
<h3>🚀 Quick Start</h3>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate Bearmor Security</li>
<li>Run your first malware scan (Dashboard → Scan Now)</li>
<li>Enable recommended hardening options (Dashboard → Hardening)</li>
<li>Set up 2FA for your account (Settings → Two-Factor Auth)</li>
<li>You’re protected! 🎉</li>
</ol>
No configuration needed. Works out of the box.
<h3>💬 Support</h3>
<ul>
<li>Documentation: https://bearmor.eu/docs</li>
<li>Support Forum: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bearmor-security</li>
<li>Email: security@bearmor.eu (PRO users get priority)</li>
</ul>
<h3>🌟 What Users Say</h3>
“Finally, a security plugin that doesn’t make me feel stupid. Everything just works.” – Sarah M., Freelancer
“Switched from Wordfence. Bearmor is faster and the free version has more features.” – Mike T., Agency Owner
“The AI analysis feature is a game-changer. It explains threats in plain English.” – David R., Small Business Owner
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
Bearmor Security respects your privacy. Here’s exactly what data we collect and why:
FREE Users: 
– Site URL (to identify your installation) 
– Admin email (for security notifications) 
– Plugin version (for update checks)
PRO Users (in addition to above): 
– Security scan results (for AI analysis) 
– Uptime monitoring data (ping responses) 
– Firewall block logs (for threat intelligence)
We NEVER: 
– Sell your data to third parties 
– Track your website visitors 
– Store passwords or sensitive user data 
– Share data without your explicit consent
Data Storage: 
– All data encrypted in transit (HTTPS) 
– Stored on secure servers in EU 
– Retained for 90 days, then automatically deleted 
– You can request data deletion anytime
Third-Party Services: 
– OpenAI (ChatGPT) for AI analysis (PRO only) 
– Our own servers for uptime monitoring (PRO only)
Full privacy policy: https://bearmor.eu/privacy 
Contact: security@bearmor.eu
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to external services in certain situations:
Bearmor API (bearmor.eu) 
– When: Plugin activation, license verification, PRO features 
– Data sent: Site URL, admin email, security scan results (PRO only) 
– Purpose: License management, AI analysis, uptime monitoring 
– Privacy: https://bearmor.eu/privacy 
– Terms: https://bearmor.eu/terms
WordPress.org API (api.wordpress.org) 
– When: Checking WordPress core file integrity 
– Data sent: WordPress version number 
– Purpose: Verify core files haven’t been tampered with 
– Privacy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/ 
– Terms: https://wordpress.org/about/
WPVulnerability.net API (wpvulnerability.net) 
– When: Scanning for known plugin/theme vulnerabilities 
– Data sent: Plugin and theme slugs (names only, no site data) 
– Purpose: Check for known security vulnerabilities 
– Privacy: https://www.wpvulnerability.net/privacy-policy 
– Terms: https://www.wpvulnerability.net/terms-of-service
IP-API.com (ip-api.com) 
– When: Firewall blocks an IP or login from restricted country 
– Data sent: IP address only 
– Purpose: Determine country of origin for geo-blocking 
– Privacy: https://ip-api.com/docs/legal 
– Terms: Free tier for non-commercial use
OpenAI API (PRO only) 
– When: AI security analysis is requested 
– Data sent: Anonymized security scan results 
– Purpose: Generate security recommendations 
– Privacy: https://openai.com/privacy 
– Note: No personally identifiable information is sent
All external connections use HTTPS encryption. FREE users connect for: initial registration, vulnerability checks, and geo-blocking. No security scan data leaves your server unless you upgrade to PRO.

Bearmor Security

Lightweight, powerful WordPress security for small businesses. Malware scanning, login protection, 2FA, hardening - most features FREE.

iThemes

Lew Ayotte

SolidWP

Timothy Jacobs

Jared Hill

Lisa Canini

<h4>Reduce your WordPress website’s risk to nearly zero with Solid Security</h4>
<a href="https://go.solidwp.com/wporg-security-ithemes" rel="nofollow ugc">Formerly iThemes Security. Looking for iThemes? Learn more here.</a>
On average, 30,000 websites are hacked every day.* Cyberattacks in the US increased by 57% in 2022.** Bad actors who want to hack your site, steal your data, and cripple your business are a 24/7/365 threat.
You need a proactive, strategic approach to WordPress website security that protects your site from brute force attacks, malware infections, and other cyber threats.
<a href="https://go.solidwp.com/solid-security-pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Solid Security</a> shields your site from cyberattacks and prevents security vulnerabilities. It automatically locks out bad users identified by our Brute Force Protection Network that is nearly 1 million sites strong and leverages your own blacklist. It secures and protects your most commonly attacked part of your WordPress website – user login authentication.
With Patchstack integration (Pro) protects your site before you even have a chance to address vulnerabilities and before a plugin or theme vendor or developer can even issue a patch.
That’s 24/7/365 always-on truly Solid Security.
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<h4>🌐 Secure your Website in Minutes</h4>
The Solid Security setup and onboarding experience allows anyone to secure their WordPress website in under 10 minutes, regardless of technical acumen. Knowing that you have enabled all the right security settings for your website will leave you feeling like your site has never been more secure.
<h4>📚 Security Site Templates to Fit Your Type of Site</h4>
Enabling the correct security settings based on the type of website you are building or maintaining is essential for proper security. An eCommerce site requires a different level of security than a basic blog. Solid Security Site Templates make it quick and easy to apply the right security settings for your website.
Choose from six different site templates to apply the type of security your site needs:
<ol>
<li>Ecommerce – websites that sell products or services</li>
<li>Network – websites that connect people or communities</li>
<li>Non-Profit – websites that promote your cause and collect donations</li>
<li>Blog – websites that share your thoughts or start a conversation</li>
<li>Portfolio – websites that showcase your craft</li>
<li>Brochure – simple websites that promote your business</li>
</ol>
<h4>⌚ Real-Time Website Security Dashboard</h4>
Every day, lots of activity is happening on your website that you can’t see. Many of these activities can be related to your site’s security, so monitoring these events is vital to keeping your site secure.
The <a href="https://go.solidwp.com/solid-security-pro" rel="nofollow ugc">Solid Security Pro</a> plugin provides a real-time WordPress security dashboard that monitors security-related events on your site around the clock. The Solid Security Dashboard is a dynamic dashboard with all your WordPress website’s security activity stats in one place, including brute force attacks, banned users, active lockouts, site scan results, and user security stats (Pro).
<h4>🗝️ WordPress Login Security</h4>
Setting up and maintaining proper WordPress configurations and managing user account access are essential aspects of hardening your site against threats and vulnerabilities. Basic and Pro include features that address both of these factors.
<ul>
<li>
Two Factor Authentication (2FA) – Make your WordPress login nearly impenetrable to attack by requiring users to enter a security code along with a password to login. The Solid Security plugin allows you to add two-factor authentication to your WordPress login with several authentication methods, including mobile apps like Authy and Google Authenticator, email, and backup codes.
</li>
<li>
Password Requirements – Create and enforce a password policy for your users in less than a minute.
</li>
<li>
reCAPTCHA (Pro) – Stop bad bots from engaging in abusive activities on your website, such as attempting to break into your website using compromised passwords, posting spam, or even scraping your content.
</li>
<li>
Passwordless Logins (Pro) – WordPress security made easy. Secure your user accounts with 2fa & strong passwords while allowing real users login with a click of a mouse.
</li>
<li>
Trusted Devices (Pro) – Identify the devices you and other users use to block session hijacking attacks and limit Administrator privileges to Trusted Devices.
</li>
<li>
Automated Vulnerability Patching (Pro) – Solid Security Pro includes Patchstack which patches vulnerabilities before you have a chance to and applies fixes even before a plugin developer or vendor has issued a patch.
</li>
</ul>
Learn more about how <a href="https://go.solidwp.com/wporgpasswordless" rel="nofollow ugc">passwordless login is the future</a> and how Solid Security can help you implement it today.
<h4>👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The Right Amount of Security for Every User Level</h4>
Different types of user levels require different levels of security. During the Solid Security setup process, you can identify your website’s key user groups. Once the different types of users are identified, you can apply the level of security that is just right for each user group.
Here are a couple of examples of how User Groups are useful for securing your site:
<ul>
<li>
For Clients – Let’s say you are configuring Solid Security on a client’s website. You will decide whether or not they are required to use two-factor authentication and if they should have access to the Solid Security settings.
</li>
<li>
For Customers – If you have an eCommerce website, you will decide whether or not you want to protect customer accounts with a password policy.
</li>
</ul>
Privilege Escalation (Pro) also adds a safe, secure way to grant temporary admin-level access to your website.
<h4>🤖 Block Bad Bots & Ban User Agents with Lockouts</h4>
<ul>
<li>
Ban Users (Basic and Pro) – Permanently block repeat offenders from accessing your site. 
Local Brute Force Protection – Automatically identify and stop the most common method of attack on WordPress sites.
</li>
<li>
Local Brute Force Protection (Basic and Pro) – Automatically identify and stop the most common method of attack on WordPress sites.
</li>
<li>
Network Brute Force Protection (Basic and Pro) – The network is the Solid Security community and is nearly one million websites strong. If someone tries to break into websites in the Solid Security community, Solid Security will block them across the network.
</li>
<li>
Magic Links (Pro) – Security shouldn’t get in your way. Magic Links allow you to log in to your WordPress site while your username is locked out by the Solid Security Local Brute Force Protection feature.
</li>
</ul>
<h4>🔍 Monitor Your Site’s Security Health</h4>
<ul>
<li>
File Change Detection (Basic and Pro) – Solid Security logs changes made to your website that can help detect malicious activity on your website.
</li>
<li>
Site Scanner (Basic and Pro) – Schedule checks to run four times per day (Basic) or hourly (Pro) for known vulnerabilities of WordPress core file, plugins and themes. Using the Google Safe Browsing API, the Site Scan also checks your Google’s blocklist status and will alert you if Google has found any malware on your website.
</li>
<li>
Patchstack integration (Pro) – Automated virtual patching of some vulnerabilities before you even have a chance to address them yourself, and before a plugin or theme vendor or developer can even issue a patch.
</li>
<li>
Site Scanner (Pro) – Unlock Version Management to automatically apply a patch to vulnerable software detected by the Site Scan when one is available.
</li>
<li>
User Logging (Pro) – Keep a record of user activity in your WordPress security logs, including login/logout, user registration, adding/removing plugins, switching themes, changes to posts and pages, and more.
</li>
<li>
Version Management (Pro) – The Version Management feature in Solid Security Pro allows you to auto-update WordPress, plugins, and themes. Beyond that, Version Management also has options to harden your website when you are running outdated software and scan for old websites.
</li>
</ul>
<h4>🧠 Smarter, More Actionable Vulnerability Prioritization</h4>
Not all vulnerabilities pose the same level of risk, and the traditional Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score doesn’t always reflect the realities of running a WordPress site.
Solid Security now uses the Patchstack Priority score, which goes beyond CVSS to provide a real-world risk assessment tailored to WordPress. It factors in how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited and its actual impact on your site.
With Patchstack Priority, you get a clearer picture of what really matters, helping you focus on the vulnerabilities that pose the greatest risk, and worry less about noise from low-impact issues.
<h4>🛠️ Website Security Utilities</h4>
<ul>
<li>
Enforce SSL – Force all connections to the website to be made over SSL/TLS.
</li>
<li>
Database Backups – Create backups of your WordPress database. (Not a complete backup.)
</li>
<li>
Geolocation (Pro) – Improve Trusted Devices by connecting to an external location or mapping API.
</li>
</ul>
<h4>🚀 Advanced Security Tools</h4>
<ul>
<li>Identify Server IPs – Prevent issues caused by inadvertently locking out your server IPs.</li>
<li>Change User ID 1 – Change the user ID for the first WordPress user, potentially preventing attacks that assume the user with ID1 exists and is an administrator.</li>
<li>Change Database Prefix – Change the database prefix that WordPress uses, potentially preventing attacks that assume the database prefix is “wp_”.</li>
<li>Check File Permission – See the file and directory permissions of key areas of your site.</li>
<li>Server Config Rules – View or flush the server security rules generated by Solid Security.</li>
<li>wp-config.php Rules – View or flush the wp-config.php security rules generated by Solid Security.</li>
<li>Change WordPress Salts – Secure your site after a successful attack by changing the WordPress salts used to secure cookies and security tokens.</li>
<li>Hide Login URL – change the login URL of your site, making it harder for bots to find your login page and attack it.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🛟 Need Help?</h4>
Free support may be available with the community’s help in the WordPress.org support forums. Our Solid Security support team provides top-notch technical support to all our Solid Security Basic users there.
<a href="https://go.solidwp.com/security-help-center" rel="nofollow ugc">Our Help Center will help you become an iThemes Security expert.</a>
Get additional peace of mind with professional support from our expert team and pro features to take your site’s security to the next level with Solid Security Pro.
<h4>Recover From a Hacked Site</h4>
Solid Security makes regular backups of your WordPress database, allowing you to get back online quickly in the event of a hack or security breach. Use Solid Security to create and email database backups on a customizable schedule.
For complete site backups and the ability to restore or move WordPress to a new host or domain, check out <a href="https://go.solidwp.com/security-basic-solid-backups" rel="nofollow ugc">Solid Backups</a>.
<h4>Solid Central Integration</h4>
Manage more than one WordPress site? Release lockouts and keep your themes, plugins, and WordPress core up to date from one dashboard with <a href="https://go.solidwp.com/security-basic-solid-central" rel="nofollow ugc">Solid Central</a>.
*Zippia. “30 Crucial Cybersecurity Statistics [2023]: Data, Trends And More” Zippia.com. Jun. 15, 2023, https://www.zippia.com/advice/cybersecurity-statistics/
**https://blog.checkpoint.com/2023/01/05/38-increase-in-2022-global-cyberattacks/
<h3>License</h3>
Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection

The Best WordPress Security Plugin to Secure & Protect WordPress


When paired with Cloudflare for added security, this plugin is nice and lightweight. It's secure enough when you already have other security measures on your website and good hosting.



I do wish they had an option to disable reporting vulnerable software every time a plugin was one miner version behind on updates, especially since I have an auto update plugin on my website.



Other than that, if you have good and secure hosting, and are using a cloudflare dns, this is a good and lightweight plugin. (note: I'm also using nginx instead of apache).


Decent Plugin When Paired With Cloudflare


My experience was when testing this plugin on behalf of some of my customer's complaints.



Right after installing it, some dynamic images stopped working due to modifications this plugin makes to .htaccess file.



Such modifications are registered as being part of iThemes Security which makes it even harder to identify.



Because most of my customers don't even use git or any version control system, it gets even harder to identify such changes.



Also, by deactivating or even removing the plugin (using wp-cli or via panel) will not undo those intrusive changes.



Same goes to changes made in wp-config.php disallowinging file editing, regardless you configure the plugin to not alter your wp-config.php file.


Inadivertly changes .htaccess configuration


This plugin makes website protection simple with real-time monitoring and automatic blocking that works quietly in the background. I feel more confident knowing threats are stopped before they cause damage. The cost of the premium plan could be a hurdle for smaller projects but the features are impressive.


Reliable Security You Can Count On

Harden your site security with Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Vulnerability Scanner, Firewall, and more. Formerly iThemes Security.

Bearmor Security vs Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection