Marc Armengou

Security Hardener applies WordPress security best practices based on the <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/security/hardening/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Advanced Administration / Security / Hardening</a> documentation and widely accepted hardening measures. It uses WordPress core functions and follows best practices without modifying core files.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
File Security: 
* Disable file editor in WordPress admin 
* Optionally disable all file modifications (blocks updates – use with caution)
XML-RPC Protection: 
* Disable XML-RPC completely (enabled by default) 
* Remove pingback methods when XML-RPC is enabled
Pingback Protection: 
* Disable self-pingbacks 
* Remove X-Pingback header 
* Block incoming pingbacks
User Enumeration Protection: 
* Block <code>/?author=N</code> queries (returns 404) 
* Secure REST API user endpoints (require authentication) 
* Remove users from XML sitemaps 
* Prevent canonical redirects that expose usernames 
* Optionally block author feed pages (<code>/author/username/feed/</code>)
Login Security: 
* Generic error messages (no username/password hints) 
* Login honeypot — silently blocks bots before any credential check 
* IP-based rate limiting with configurable thresholds 
* Security event logging (last 100 events) 
* Automatic blocking after failed attempts
Security Headers: 
* <code>X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN</code> (clickjacking protection) 
* <code>X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff</code> (MIME sniffing protection) 
* <code>Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin</code> 
* <code>Permissions-Policy</code> (restricts geolocation, microphone, camera) 
* Optional HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) for HTTPS sites — max-age set to 1 year
Additional Hardening: 
* Hide WordPress version (meta generator tag and asset query strings) 
* Remove obsolete wp_head items (RSD, WLW manifest, shortlink, emoji scripts) 
* Security event logging system 
* Optionally disable Application Passwords for API authentication
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⚠️ Important: Always test security settings in a staging environment first. Some features may affect third-party integrations or plugins.
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Privacy: This plugin does not send data to external services and does not create custom database tables. It stores plugin settings and a security event log in the WordPress options table, and uses transients for temporary login attempt tracking. All data is preserved on uninstall by default and only deleted if the “Delete all data on uninstall” option is explicitly enabled.

Security Hardener

Basic hardening: secure headers, login honeypot, user enumeration blocking, generic login errors, rate limiting, and more.

aispera31

Anti-Brute Force, Login Fraud Detector WordPress plugin is a security plugin that detects and blocks malicious IP addresses attempting to log into WordPress sites with real-time intelligence data from Criminal IP. 
Hackers attempting brute-force attacks on WordPress sites do not use normal IP addresses. Rather, they use VPN, Proxy, Tor, Hosting IP, etc. to avoid tracking. Criminal IP is an IP address-based intelligence search engine platform that scans worldwide IP addresses daily and collects such malicious information. 
The number of detectable login attempts varies depending on the plan being used by the connected Criminal IP account. Users of the Free membership plan can use up to 500 login IP detections per month for free.
<h4>Block Login IP Address Options</h4>
VPN IP – When attempting to log in using a VPN 
Tor IP – When attempting to log in from a Tor browser 
Proxy IP – When attempting to log in using Proxy 
Hosting IP – When attempting to log in from the IP address of a hosting server
<h4>Additional Features</h4>
Whitelist: Specific IP addresses can be added to the whitelist to allow login. 
Login Wait Time: Users who are eventually restricted from logging in can try again after the set login wait time. 
Blocked IP List: Allows you to view a list of all IP addresses subject to login restrictions. The items that may be seen are as follows. 
IP address 
Geographic Information (Country) 
Reason for Login Restriction (Tor/VPN/Proxy/Hosting) 
Detected Date and Time
<h4>Installation</h4>
Installing the Criminal IP Anti-Brute Force, Login Fraud Detector plug-in is very simple. 
1. Go to the ‘Plugin’ menu on the WordPress dashboard. 
2. Search ‘Criminal IP’ or ‘Criminal IP Brute Force’ in the search window. 
3. Click the ‘Install and activate’ button. 
4. When the plugin is activated, an icon with the Criminal IP logo will be displayed on the WordPress dashboard sidebar. Click the icon to go to the dashboard and click the ‘Issue API Key’ button to go to Criminal IP. 
5. Create a Criminal IP account, log in, and create an API key in My Page. 
6. Copy and paste the issued API key into the ‘Criminal IP API key’ input column on the plugin settings tab. 
7. On the Settings tab, set the login limit target and login wait time. Click ‘Save Changes’ to finish setting up the plugin. 
Please report any new features or bugs of the plugin through Criminal IP’s Customer Support. You can also contact support@aispera.com.

Anti-Brute Force, Login Fraud Detector WordPress plugin

Anti-Brute Force, Login Fraud Detector Wordpress plugin is a security plugin that detects and blocks malicious IP addresses attempting to log into Wor …

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