Cornelius Bergen

Gauntlet Security can find opportunities for improving the security of your site. It checks many aspects of the site’s configuration including file permissions, server software, PHP, database, plugins, themes, and user accounts. The plugin will give each check a pass, warning, or fail and explain in clear language how you can fix the issue.
How you ultimately choose to patch these issues is up to you but whatever method you use, this plugin should always provide an accurate report. It does not make changes to your database or to any of your files and it should be compatible with all other security plugins.
Checks and recommendations include:
<ul>
<li>Set correct file and directory permissions</li>
<li>Turn off directory indexing</li>
<li>Prevent code execution in the uploads directory</li>
<li>Block files in the includes directory</li>
<li>Prevent access to stray files which could be useful to attackers</li>
<li>Keep PHP up-to-date</li>
<li>Disable dangerous PHP functions</li>
<li>Disable allow_url_include and allow_url_fopen PHP flags</li>
<li>Turn off the display of PHP errors</li>
<li>Don’t advertise the PHP version you are running</li>
<li>Use a strong database password</li>
<li>Change the default database table prefix</li>
<li>Keep WordPress up-to-date</li>
<li>Turn off file editing in the control panel</li>
<li>Set security keys in WP-Config file</li>
<li>Don’t advertise the WordPress version you are running</li>
<li>Turn off self-registration</li>
<li>Force SSL when accessing the admin area</li>
<li>Review the development activity and reputation of all plugins</li>
<li>Remove unused themes from the server</li>
<li>Rename the plugin directory</li>
<li>Move the active theme to an alternate location</li>
<li>Do not use TimThumb</li>
<li>Do not use common user names (such as “admin”)</li>
<li>Do not use weak passwords</li>
<li>Do not have a user with an ID = 1</li>
<li>Minimize the number of admin users</li>
<li>Users should not display their login usernames publicly</li>
<li>Prevent username enumeration through standard author URLs</li>
<li>…more tests planned</li>
</ul>
Check the <a href="screenshots" rel="nofollow ugc">screenshots</a> for more detail on some of the above features.
Many of these security checks are based on recommendations from the WordPress codex: https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress.
<h4>Disclaimer</h4>
Some of the tips included in this plugin only require making small changes to configuration files (.htaccess, php.ini, wp-config.php, functions.php). Others require more in-depth changes to the filesystem or database. Before attempting any of these fixes, you should be comfortable experimenting and know how to undo any change you make. That includes making backups and knowing how restore your site from those backups. I can’t guarantee that the recommendations or sample code provided in this plugin will not break your site or that they will prevent it from being hacked.
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>Apache web server</li>
<li>WordPress 3.4 minimum</li>
<li>PHP 5.2.7 minimum</li>
</ul>

Gauntlet Security

Performs a detailed security analysis of your WordPress installation. Provides specific instructions on how to make your site more secure.

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The plugin allows you to easily control some tweaks of the WordPress admin side and login screen.
After activating the plugin a new menu item called “Agent Branding” will be added under the “Settings” menu.
List of Features
<ol>
<li>Change the login logo </li>
<li>Change logo URL</li>
<li>Change logo Alt text</li>
<li>Change the login background</li>
<li>Change the login Form Position (left/right/center)</li>
<li>Change admin footer text</li>
<li>Create a custom meta box on the dashboard</li>
<li>Remove default admin metaboxes</li>
<li>Remove Admin Bar</li>
<li>Add a page creation metabox: 
This metabox allows easy creation of new pages in all custom post types</li>
<li>Remove WordPress logo from admin bar: 
This will remove the WordPress logo from the admin top bar</li>
<li>Add SVG support to media upload: 
This will enable you to upload and use SVG’s using the native media uploader</li>
<li>Add the “Perfect Body Class”: 
This will add a body class to your website based on different browsers. supports: Opera, firefox, Gecko, Safari, Chrome, NS4, IE with versions.</li>
<li>Remove Update Notifications: 
This will remove the nagging updae notifications for everyone exept Admin</li>
<li>Show posts / pages etc IDs.</li>
<li>Remove WordPress version from admin footer</li>
</ol>
Colors and Theming
<ol>
<li>Change Menu Background: 
Main background color for the admin menu items</li>
<li>Hover Text Color: 
Main color for the text in menu items</li>
<li>Option to use the “Slate” theme: 
change the admin theme completely, this will overwrite the previous selected colors</li>
<li>Choose a google font for the admin interface</li>
<li>Checkbox to use or not the google fonts</li>
<li>Custom CSS Area</li>
</ol>
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Admin Branding and Tweaks

The plugin allows you to easily control some tweaks of the WordPress admin side and login screen.

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