Fortressx

<p>FortressX Security helps protect WordPress websites with practical security tools designed for site owners, freelancers, agencies and WooCommerce stores.</p>
<p>The plugin focuses on the security tasks that matter most in day-to-day WordPress administration: login protection, request filtering, file integrity monitoring, security hardening, security reporting and clear visibility into the security status of your website.</p>
<p>FortressX is designed to be easy to understand and manage without overwhelming users with unnecessary complexity.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Login protection and brute-force mitigation</li>
<li>Firewall and request protection tools</li>
<li>XML-RPC protection</li>
<li>REST API user enumeration protection</li>
<li>Security hardening recommendations</li>
<li>File integrity monitoring</li>
<li>Malware and security scanning tools</li>
<li>Security reports and status overview</li>
<li>Security event monitoring</li>
<li>Cloudflare integration tools</li>
<li>Maintenance and cleanup utilities</li>
<li>Modern and easy-to-use administration interface</li>
</ul>
<h4>Who Is FortressX For?</h4>
<p>FortressX Security is suitable for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Website owners</li>
<li>Freelancers</li>
<li>Agencies</li>
<li>WooCommerce stores</li>
<li>Business websites</li>
<li>Managed WordPress environments</li>
</ul>
<p>Whether you manage a single website or multiple client projects, FortressX provides a practical set of security tools to help monitor and improve the security posture of your WordPress installation.</p>
<h4>Optional Pro Add-on</h4>
<p>A separate commercial add-on may be available outside WordPress.org.</p>
<p>The free WordPress.org version remains fully functional and does not require a license key to use any of its included features.</p>
<p>The optional Pro add-on may provide additional security intelligence, monitoring capabilities, agency-oriented tools and other premium services.</p>
<h4>Data Handling and Privacy</h4>
<p>FortressX Security performs security-related checks within the local WordPress installation.</p>
<p>The plugin stores security settings, scan results, monitoring information, logs and security-related status data locally to provide security insights, reporting and administrative actions.</p>
<p>FortressX does not intentionally transmit WordPress user passwords, private content, customer order data or complete website files to external services.</p>
<h4>External Services</h4>
<p>Some optional features can connect to external services when enabled or configured by the site administrator.</p>
<h3>FortressX Intelligence Feed</h3>
<p>Purpose:<br />
Provides signed security intelligence updates and security-related rule data.</p>
<p>Data transmitted:</p>
<ul>
<li>Site URL or domain</li>
<li>Plugin version</li>
<li>Technical environment information required for compatibility and update delivery</li>
</ul>
<p>Used only when the related intelligence functionality is enabled.</p>
<p>Privacy Policy:<br />
https://fortressx-security.com/privacy/</p>
<h3>AbuseIPDB</h3>
<p>Purpose:<br />
Optional IP reputation checks for security and login protection features.</p>
<p>Data transmitted:</p>
<ul>
<li>IP address being checked</li>
<li>AbuseIPDB API credentials configured by the administrator</li>
</ul>
<p>Used only when enabled and configured by the administrator.</p>
<p>Terms:<br />
https://www.abuseipdb.com/legal</p>
<p>Privacy Policy:<br />
https://www.abuseipdb.com/privacy</p>
<h3>Cloudflare API</h3>
<p>Purpose:<br />
Optional Cloudflare-related security and cache management actions.</p>
<p>Data transmitted:</p>
<ul>
<li>Cloudflare account information configured by the administrator</li>
<li>Data required to perform the selected Cloudflare action</li>
</ul>
<p>Used only when enabled and configured by the administrator.</p>
<p>Terms:<br />
https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/</p>
<p>Privacy Policy:<br />
https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/</p>
<h4>Background Tasks</h4>
<p>FortressX Security may use WordPress scheduled tasks (WP-Cron) for security-related maintenance, monitoring and update operations.</p>
<p>These tasks are designed to run only when required by the enabled functionality.</p>


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<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Scans critical WordPress directories (wp-admin, wp-includes, wp-content/themes, wp-content/plugins)</li>
<li>Detects file additions, modifications, and deletions</li>
<li>Sends alert via email to the admin email address</li>
<li>Lightweight and fast</li>
<li>No configuration required – install and activate</li>
</ul>


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