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<p><strong>Oriole One Master Guard</strong> is a lightweight, all-in-one security plugin for WordPress. It protects your site against brute-force login attacks, hardens common WordPress attack surfaces, and gives you full control over your security configuration from a clean admin interface — all without touching WordPress core files.</p>
<p>Whether you run a personal blog, a business site, or manage WordPress for clients, Oriole One Master Guard is designed to be straightforward to configure and effective out of the box.</p>
<h4>Who Is This For?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Site owners who want meaningful login protection without relying on a large, bloated security suite.</li>
<li>Developers who need a practical hardening toolkit with sensible defaults they can tune.</li>
<li>Agencies managing multiple WordPress installations who need reliable, low-maintenance protection.</li>
</ul>
<h4>What It Does</h4>
<p><strong>Brute-Force Login Protection</strong><br />
Limits the number of failed login attempts allowed from a given IP address or username within a configurable time window. Once the threshold is reached, the account is temporarily locked and further attempts are blocked. A replay-safe token system ensures that hitting the browser back button or refreshing after a failed attempt does not count as additional attempts.</p>
<p><strong>Security Hardening</strong><br />
A dedicated Hardening tab lets you enable or disable individual hardening features with a single checkbox. The plugin applies these protections directly using standard WordPress hooks and filters, keeping the setup simple and safe.</p>
<p>Hardening options include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Block XML-RPC requests site-wide</li>
<li>Remove the users provider from WordPress sitemaps</li>
<li>Return HTTP 404 for author archive pages and prevent username enumeration via ?author=N queries</li>
<li>Restrict the /wp-json/wp/v2/users REST endpoint to logged-in users with the list_users capability</li>
<li>Remove the WordPress version tag, RSD link, WLW manifest, oEmbed discovery links, and REST API head link</li>
<li>Add a noindex, follow meta tag to category, tag, and author archive pages</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Code Preview</strong><br />
The Code Preview tab shows the generated reference snippets that correspond to your current hardening settings. This output is read-only and provided for transparency only. The plugin does not ask administrators to paste or save arbitrary PHP, JavaScript, or CSS.</p>
<p><strong>Failed Login Audit Log</strong><br />
Every lockout is recorded in a persistent audit table showing the blocked username, IP address, geolocation country, number of attempts, and the time the block was placed and will expire. Individual entries can be removed, or the entire log can be cleared with one click.</p>
<h4>Why Choose Oriole One Master Guard?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Focused and lightweight</strong> — does exactly what the name says with no unnecessary bulk.</li>
<li><strong>Transparent</strong> — the hardening behavior is clearly visible in the admin and not hidden in plugin internals.</li>
<li><strong>Non-destructive</strong> — uses WordPress hooks and the Settings API only; never modifies core files or theme files.</li>
<li><strong>Auditable</strong> — every lockout event is logged so you always know what happened and when.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>WordPress:</strong> 6.4 or higher</li>
<li><strong>PHP:</strong> 8.0 or higher</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For questions, bug reports, or feature requests, please use the support forum on the plugin’s WordPress.org page. When reporting a bug, include your WordPress version, PHP version, and a description of the steps to reproduce the issue.</p>


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All-in-one WordPress security with brute-force protection, hardening controls, and a clear failed login audit log.

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<p>A lightweight WordPress security plugin to prevent brute force attacks and disable XML-RPC.</p>
<h3>What can you do with WordShield?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Brute Force Protection</li>
<li>Disable XML-RPC API exploits</li>
<li>Change default Login URL  –<strong>Planned</strong></li>
<li>Add Security Headers –<strong>Planned</strong></li>
<li>Content Protection –<strong>Planned</strong></li>
<li>Login Security –<strong>Planned</strong></li>
<li>Hide Generator Tags</li>
<li>Disable PHP Editing</li>
</ul>
<h3>Future Roadmap</h3>
<ul>
<li>Stop user enumerations.</li>
<li>Request rate throttler.</li>
<li>Prevent comment spam.</li>
<li>IP Ban.</li>
<li>Prevent code execution.</li>
<li>2FA</li>
<li>Backup & Restore.</li>
<li>Support for multisite.</li>
<li>Logs, Notifications, and more!</li>
</ul>
<h3>Note:</h3>
<p>The current version of the WordShield Security plugin does not work in a multisite environment.</p>
<h3>Advantages of WordShield Security Plugin</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Lean Code—</strong> Unlike most other Security Plugins, WordShield focuses on the core functionalities and has zero bloat.</li>
<li><strong>Ultrafast—</strong> This lightweight plugin adds negligible overhead to your website. Each new release is tested for performance before making it available for general use. </li>
<li>It added only 0.004 seconds of execution time in our internal performance profiling tests.*</li>
<li><strong>Failsafe—</strong> This WordPress security plugin does not modify any core file. It does not alter the .htaccess file as well. With easy-to-use recovery options, you can be sure that your WordPress website <strong>will never break</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Best Practices—</strong> WordShield follows WordPress best practices and respects the coding standards.</li>
<li><strong>Maintenance & Support—</strong> WordShield has a planned roadmap for the future. It is well-supported and updated for compatibility with each WordPress upgrade.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to Limit Login Attempts in WordPress?</h3>
<p>You can limit login attempts to your WordPress website using the WordShield security plugin. You can prevent Brute Force attacks with the following steps:</p>
<ul>
<li>Open the settings screen after installing and activating the plugin.</li>
<li>Navigate to the Brute Force tab on the settings screen.</li>
<li>Set the maximum number of invalid attempts you want to allow for each user.</li>
<li>Set the time (in minutes) you want to lock a user account after exceeding the maximum number of invalid attempts.</li>
<li>If you do not want to prevent Brute Force attacks, select 0 for both of these settings.</li>
<li>Save the settings.</li>
</ul>
<p>👉 The WordShield security plugin informs the user about the remaining retries before the account becomes locked.<br />
👉 If an account gets locked, WordShield informs the user about the time to wait before trying to log in again.<br />
👉 You can customize the default error messages in any language by keying in the message in the 2 optional fields.<br />
👉 Use %%MINUTES_LEFT%% to show the time in minutes in your custom message. Use %%ATTEMPTS_LEFT%% to show the number of retries left in your custom message.</p>
<h3>How to disable XML-RPC API exploits?</h3>
<p>XML-RPC is enabled by default in every WordPress installation. While XML-RPC is necessary for certain services and plugins like Jetpack, it can make websites vulnerable to remote code injection.</p>
<p>You can protect your website from the XML-RPC vulnerability as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Open the settings screen after installing and activating the plugin.</li>
<li>Navigate to the XML-RPC tab on the settings screen.</li>
<li>Check the Disable XML-RPC checkbox to disable XML-RPC completely.</li>
<li>If you are using JetPack, you can select the Enable Jetpack access so that the Jetpack plugin continues to work seamlessly.</li>
<li>If you need specific IPs to access XML-RPC API, key in the comma-separated list of IPs in the Whitelisted IPs field.</li>
<li>Save the settings.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to Hide the Generator tags in WordPress?</h3>
<p>WordPress and WooCommerce generator tags let the potential attackers can easily identify the specific version of WordPress (or WooCommerce) you are using. This, in turn, exposes technical vulnerabilities thereby making your site more susceptible to hacking attempts.</p>
<p>You can hide the generator tags in WordPress by the following steps.</p>
<ul>
<li>Open the settings screen after installing and activating the plugin.</li>
<li>Navigate to the Extras tab on the settings screen.</li>
<li>Select the checkbox Remove Generator tags.</li>
<li>Save the settings.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to disable PHP editing?</h3>
<p>You can disable PHP editing to prevent accidental changes in plugins and themes causing a complete system crash.</p>
<p>You can disable PHP editing with the following steps:</p>
<ul>
<li>Open the settings screen after installing and activating the plugin.</li>
<li>Navigate to the Extras tab on the settings screen.</li>
<li>Select the checkbox Disable PHP editing.</li>
<li>Select the checkbox Disable theme change if you want to hide the Appearance menu as well.</li>
<li>Save the settings.</li>
</ul>


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A lightweight WordPress security plugin to prevent brute force attacks and disable XML-RPC.

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