Adam W. Warner

SiteLock

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Logan Kipp

<p>Your website deserves protection that’s simple, fast and built for WordPress. SiteLock WordPress Security focuses on the everyday controls that matter most and helps you establish a secure baseline in minutes — WordPress-specific hardening, login protection and a clear Site Health dashboard that keeps you in control without slowing your site down.<br />
It’s lightweight, action-first protection that complements your host defenses: essential safeguards run inside WordPress while deeper checks happen securely in the SiteLock cloud. Skip heavy on-server scans and alert fatigue — run on-demand checks when you need extra assurance, so you can ship updates with confidence.</p>
<h4>Security that grows with you</h4>
<p>Our goal is straightforward: maintain a strong baseline with minimal overhead while giving you clear visibility and room to grow as your needs evolve.<br />
And because security is never static, this plugin keeps pace. Next up: Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to strengthen login security (coming soon).</p>
<h4>Commercial plugin</h4>
<p>This plugin is free but offers additional paid commercial upgrades or support.</p>
<h3>What’s included</h3>
<h4>WordPress Hardening: Cut common attack paths in just a few clicks.</h4>
<ul>
<li>Disable directory listing.</li>
<li>Restrict PHP execution in upload folders.</li>
<li>Limit unsafe script types.</li>
<li>Force strong configuration defaults to close risky gaps.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>All options are toggle-based and reversible — safe to enable, easy to test and lightweight on performance</em></p>
<h4>Login Security: Protect what matters most — your access</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Brute-force defense</strong>: Blocks repeated failed logins and temporarily locks abusive IPs.</li>
<li><strong>Password policy prompts</strong>: Encourage stronger credentials without breaking workflows.</li>
<li><strong>Session timeouts</strong>: Automatically end idle sessions to prevent account hijacks.</li>
<li><strong>Activity awareness</strong>: View recent logins and admin changes in the <strong>Activity Log</strong>.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><em>Heads-up:</em> Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)</strong> — a second layer of verification for even greater login protection. It’s already in development and will arrive as part of the next plugin milestone.</p>
<h4>Site Health & Cloud Checks: Clarity without noise.</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Site Health Dashboard</strong>: Surface key signals in one view — WordPress hardening status, last scan timestamp and actionable indicators</li>
<li><strong>Cloud Checks</strong>: Connect your free SiteLock account to enable recurring off-server checks (Webpage Scan, SSL Verification, Email Reputation and more)</li>
<li><strong>Scan Now</strong>: Run on-demand checks after updates or changes for instant assurance -no heavy, always-on local scanners</li>
<li><strong>Activity Log</strong>: Track what’s happening across your WordPress admin. See admin/login events at a glance making it easy to spot anomalies early and keep accountability clear.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why Choose SiteLock WordPress Security?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Lightweight by design</strong>: All high-impact protections, no unnecessary load</li>
<li><strong>Real visibility</strong>: Know your security posture in seconds with Site Health</li>
<li><strong>Cloud-powered assurance</strong>: Checks run off-server, protecting performance</li>
<li><strong>Flexible setup</strong>: Use standalone or connect a SiteLock account for added layers</li>
<li><strong>Future-ready</strong>: Two-Factor Authentication and enhanced security features are already on the horizon</li>
<li><strong>Trusted heritage</strong>: From the global leader in SMB website security backed by continuous innovation and research</li>
<li><strong>Aligned to WordPress</strong>: Designed to stay out of your way and keep performance priorities intact</li>
</ul>
<h4>Who It’s For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Small businesses & startups</li>
<li>Portfolio & personal brand sites</li>
<li>WooCommerce shops & small e-commerce</li>
<li>Agencies & website maintenance services</li>
<li>Freelance developers & web designers</li>
<li>Bloggers, creators & publishers</li>
<li>Community & membership sites</li>
<li>Nonprofits & educational sites</li>
</ul>
<p><em>If you manage a WordPress website, SiteLock gives you confidence and control whether you run one site or hundreds.</em></p>
<h4>Can I Fix an Already-Infected Site with This Plugin?</h4>
<p>The plugin focuses on prevention, posture and visibility — not full malware removal. It isn’t designed to fully clean up sites that were infected before it was active.<br />
If your site is already compromised, act quickly, we recommend:</p>
<ul>
<li>Restoring from a clean backup if available</li>
<li>Remove malicious files manually or with professional help</li>
<li>For urgent assistance, consider <a href="https://www.sitelock.com/products/fix-hacked-site/" rel="nofollow ugc">SiteLock 911 – Emergency Malware Removal</a> for rapid cleanup</li>
<li>For ongoing defense, consider <a href="https://www.sitelock.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">choosing a comprehensive SiteLock plan</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Don’t Know Where To Start? Try This</h4>
<p>Here are common first moves teams take with SiteLock. Order isn’t enforced — choose what fits your site and workflow:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enable WordPress hardening that matches your hosting and theme setup</li>
<li>Turn on Login Security controls: brute-force lockouts, session timeouts, and password-hygiene prompts</li>
<li>Connect a free SiteLock account, then use Scan Now to run an on-demand check after plugin/theme updates</li>
<li>Review the Activity Log after major changes to spot unexpected admin/login events quickly<br />
Make one change at a time, validate and roll back any toggle that conflicts with your stack.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Need Help with Setup or Fixes?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Visit <a href="https://www.sitelock.com/help-center/" rel="nofollow ugc">Help Center – WordPress</a> for plugin specific help</li>
<li>For broader topics explore the <a href="https://www.sitelock.com/help-center/" rel="nofollow ugc">SiteLock Help Center</a></li>
</ul>


SiteLock Security – WP Hardening, Login Security & Malware Scans

Free, lightweight WordPress security. WP Hardening, login protection and Site Health & on‑demand checks without slowing your site. Setup in minutes.

Paul

Shield Security

<p>Shield stops bot attacks before they hack your site. Bots CAN be stopped. Shield stops them.</p>
<h3>Key Security Features At A Glance</h3>
<h3>[PRO-Only] Zero-Configuration, Fast & Reliable WordPress Backups Included</h3>
<p>We’ve made WordPress backups faster than ever with our integrated WordPress Disaster Recovery Backups solution – <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/shieldbackups" rel="nofollow ugc">ShieldBACKUPS</a>.</p>
<p>No more risky Cloud Storage/OAuth credentials exposed on your sites; Backups that work without relying on a temperamental WordPress cron.</p>
<p>ShieldBACKUPS keeps your data off-site, encrypted, and far away from hackers.</p>
<h3><em>silent</em>CAPTCHA Bad Bot Protection</h3>
<p>Bad bots are your #1 security threat. They account for nearly all WordPress security probes, attacks, injections, malware, and vulnerability exploitation.</p>
<p>Google reCAPTCHA and CloudFlare Turnstile are considered the best way to detect bots, but these along with all other CAPTCHAs interrupt the user experience.</p>
<p>Shield’s exclusive <em>silent</em>CAPTCHA detects bad bots and blocks them from taking any abusive actions on your site, such as brute-force user login attacks and WP Comments SPAM.</p>
<p>Furthermore, privacy directives from legislation such as Europe’s GDPR restrict what data you may share of your visitors. All <em>silent</em>CAPTCHA data is kept on your WordPress site and ensures full compliance with GDPR regulations.</p>
<h3>Comprehensive Activity Log</h3>
<p>Shield’s has best-in-class logging that documents every WP action on your site.</p>
<p>Unlike existing logging solutions, Shield detects changes to your WordPress sites that happen directly on your database. e.g. by hackers that have infiltrated your defenses via an exposed vulnerability.</p>
<p>No other WordPress security plugin does this.</p>
<h3>Limit Login Attempts and Block User Registration SPAM</h3>
<p><em>silent</em>CAPTCHA technology is invisible to your visitors and protects your WordPress login, registration and lost password forms from brute force attacks, and eliminates user registration SPAM from bots.</p>
<h3>User Session Theft Protection</h3>
<p>Shield can lock user session to browsers, or IP addresses. Combine with 2FA (below), you can protect your users from session theft and account theft.</p>
<h3>Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for all users</h3>
<p>Two-Factor Authentication is a crucial part of WordPress user security. It protects against account theft, takeover, and sharing. Shield supports email-based login code, Google/Microsoft/Lastpass Authenticator, Yubikey One-Time Passwords and Passkeys (pro).</p>
<h3>Exclusive Security Admin Protection</h3>
<p>Not only does Shield Security protect your WordPress site, it also provides security against tampering of key WordPress options and the Shield Security plugin itself. With Shield’s exclusive Security Admin feature, you can lockdown the security plugin from other admins to prevent accidental or malicious changes that will impact your security.</p>
<h3>CrowdSec Partnership</h3>
<p>Shield is the only WordPress security plugin with strategic partnerships that bring powerful protection to your WordPress sites. With our CrowdSec integration, your WordPress sites benefit from crowd-sourced IP Block Lists so your site can block malicious bots before they can do any damage whatsoever.</p>
<h3>All The Features You’ll Absolutely Love</h3>
<ul>
<li>[ShieldPRO] ShieldBACKUPS – Disaster-proof your WordPress site with fast, reliable, easy WordPress backups!</li>
<li>Exclusive <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/ju" rel="nofollow ugc">silentCAPTCHA Security</a> – WordPress-specific bot-detection alternative to Google reCAPTCHA and CloudFlare Turnstile.</li>
<li><a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/j0" rel="nofollow ugc">Automatic Bot & IP Blocking</a> – reputation-based security intelligence to block repeat offenders automatically.</li>
<li><strong>Instant Bad Bot Blocking with <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/l5" rel="nofollow ugc">our exclusive CrowdSec Security integration</a></strong></li>
<li>Easy To Understand Security Dashboard that highlights quick wins and areas to rapidly improve site security</li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/lf" rel="nofollow ugc">Artificial Intelligence based PHP Malware Detection</a></li>
<li>Security for your important user forms, by blocking Block Bots:
<ul>
<li>Login Forms</li>
<li>User Registration Forms</li>
<li>Lost Password Reset Forms</li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] WooCommerce & Easy Digital Downloads</li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] Contact Form SPAM Protection: Contact Form 7, NinjaForms, Elementor, WP Forms, and more!</li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] Memberpress, LearnPress, BuddyPress, WP Members, ProfileBuilder</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/iw" rel="nofollow ugc">Brute Force Security Protection, Limit Login Attempts + Login Cooldown</a></li>
<li>Powerful Firewall Rules</li>
<li>Restricted Security Admin Access
<ul>
<li><a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/ix" rel="nofollow ugc">Prevents Unauthorized Changes By Compromised Admins</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>(MFA) <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/iy" rel="nofollow ugc">Two-Factor / Multi-Factor Login Authentication</a>:
<ul>
<li>Email</li>
<li>Google Authenticator</li>
<li>Yubikey</li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] Passkeys</li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] Backup Login Codes</li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] Multiple Yubikey per User</li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] Remember Me (reduces 2FA requests for users)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/iz" rel="nofollow ugc">Block XML-RPC</a> (<em>including</em> Pingbacks and Trackbacks)</li>
<li>Security firewall for the REST API – block anonymous requests</li>
<li>Powerful IP Addresses-based Security:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/j0" rel="nofollow ugc">Automatic IP Address Blocking Using Points-Based System</a></li>
<li>Block or Bypass individual IPs</li>
<li>Block or Bypass IP Subnets</li>
<li>Full IP Security Analysis in 1 place to review activity on your sites</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Comprehensive WordPress File Scanner for Intrusions and Hacks
<ul>
<li>Detect File Changes – <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/j1" rel="nofollow ugc">Scan & Repair WordPress Core Files</a></li>
<li><a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/j2" rel="nofollow ugc">Detect Unknown/Suspicious PHP Files</a></li>
<li>Detect Abandoned Plugins.</li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] Malware Scanner – detects known and unknown malware.</li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] Plugin and Theme Scanning – identify file changes in your plugins/themes.</li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] Detect Plugins/Themes With Known Security Vulnerabilities.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/j3" rel="nofollow ugc">Create a <strong>Private Secure Login URL</strong> by hiding wp-login.php</a></li>
<li>Comment SPAM Blocking – Block <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/jf" rel="nofollow ugc">Comment SPAM from Bots and Humans</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Never Block Google</strong>: Smart Security Automatically Detects Known Good Bots: GoogleBot, Bing and other Official Search Engines including:
<ul>
<li>Google</li>
<li>Bing,</li>
<li>DuckDuckGo</li>
<li>Yahoo!</li>
<li>Baidu</li>
<li>Apple</li>
<li>Yandex</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Automatically Detects 3rd Party Services and Prevents Blocking Of:
<ul>
<li>ManageWP / iControlWP / MainWP</li>
<li>Pingdom, NodePing, Statuscake, UptimeRobot, GTMetrix</li>
<li>Stripe, PayPal IPN</li>
<li>CloudFlare, SEMRush</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Full Security Activity Log – <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/j5" rel="nofollow ugc">Monitor <strong>All</strong> Site Activity, including</a>:
<ul>
<li>Activity log for all user login & registration attempts</li>
<li>Plugin and Theme installation activity logs, including activation & deactivation etc.</li>
<li>User creation activity log, including detection of administrator promotions</li>
<li>Activity log for Page/Post create, update, delete</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Advanced User Sessions Control
<ul>
<li>Restrict Multiple User Login</li>
<li>Restrict Users Session To IP</li>
<li>Password Security – Block Pwned Passwords</li>
<li>User Enumeration Blocking – Firewall blocks requests to <code>?author=x</code></li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] Security for old and idle user account with manual and automatic User Suspend.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Full/Automatic Support for All IP Address Sources including Proxy Support</li>
<li>HTTP Request/Traffic Logging – <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/j7" rel="nofollow ugc">Full Traffic Logging and Request Monitoring</a></li>
<li>[ShieldPRO] Traffic Rate Limiting Security – prevent server overload from DoS Attacks</li>
<li><a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/j6" rel="nofollow ugc">HTTP Security Headers & Content Security Policies (CSP)</a></li>
</ul>
<h4><a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/shieldfeatures" rel="nofollow ugc">Full Shield Security Features List</a></h4>
<p>Shield is the only security plugin for WordPress that prioritises protection and intrusion prevention before repair. With Shield Security, your site will immediately to block visitors as they probe your site looking for vulnerabilities, and before they can do damage.</p>
<p><strong>No other standalone WordPress security plugin</strong> (including <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/shieldvswordfence" rel="nofollow ugc">Wordfence</a>, WP Cerber, Ninja Firewall, All-In-One Security) approaches security in this way. The 1st step in any good security system is Intrusion Detection/Prevention, the 2nd step is repair. Shield Security does both.</p>
<h4>Get the highest rated 5* Security Plugin for WordPress</h4>
<p>Per download, Shield Security <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/jl" rel="nofollow ugc">has the highest 5* rating</a> in the WordPress plugin repository.</p>
<h3>Leave Behind the Security Marketing Hype and Scare Mongering</h3>
<p>Our solution isn’t designed to scare you and make you feel unsafe.</p>
<h3>2 Key WordPress Security Strategies</h3>
<p>Shield Security uses 2 simple key strategies to protect your WordPress sites:</p>
<ol>
<li>Intrusion Prevention System – Detect Bots/Malicious IPs that will try to hack and invade your WordPress sites.</li>
<li>Block & Recover – Block Bad Bots and Repair Hacks</li>
</ol>
<h4>Key Security Strategy #1: Hacking Prevention</h4>
<p>Bad Bots are the primary cause for nearly all our security troubles – they’re relentless, automatic and powerful.</p>
<p>Shield Security is highly focused on their detection and eradication from your WordPress sites.</p>
<p>Blocking malicious bots before they do damage through malware and exploitation of vulnerabilities is the #1 security strategy to protect and enhance security on a WordPress site.</p>
<p>Shield detects these malicious visitors, then blocks their access to your site completely. This involves analysing different security bot-signals and combining them to identify a visitor as malicious.</p>
<p>These security signals include:</p>
<ul>
<li>site probes that generate 404 errors</li>
<li>failed logins</li>
<li>logins with invalid usernames</li>
<li>xml-rpc access</li>
<li>fake search engine web crawlers</li>
<li>invalid user agents</li>
<li>excessive website requests and resource abuse</li>
<li>and many more signals our security team have identified.</li>
</ul>
<p>Early identification and blocking of malicious bots reduces your WordPress site’s vulnerability to any sort of attack.</p>
<h4>Key Strategy #2: Hacking Recovery</h4>
<p>Even with the best security efforts, a site can get hacked. This usually involves file modification: either a hack file is added, or a file is changed.</p>
<p>There are 3 key WordPress assets whose files can be hacked:</p>
<ol>
<li>WordPress Core</li>
<li>WordPress Plugins</li>
<li>WordPress Themes</li>
</ol>
<p>Almost every security plugin can now do #1 – it’s easy because WordPress.org provides <em>checksums</em> for core files.</p>
<p>But, there are no hashes available for plugins and themes, particularly premium plugins, so they can’t do it.</p>
<p>Shield is <strong>the only WordPress security plugin</strong> that offers accurate detection of file modifications for all plugins and themes because we <strong>build our own file fingerprints</strong>.</p>
<p>Shield can compare the file contents of every plugin & theme in the WordPress.org repository, looking for changed or new files</p>
<p>And, if you’re a ShieldPRO client, you can protect premium plugins/themes too, including Yoast SEO and Advanced Custom Fields Pro.</p>
<p>Where possible, Shield will repair any unrecognised/modified files it detects.</p>
<h4>Non-stop Security Notifications Are Not Okay.</h4>
<p>Your security plugin must be smarter, and take responsibility for decisions, so you don’t have to.</p>
<p>Shield handles many problems for you, making intelligent decisions without noisy email notifications.</p>
<h3>Dedicated Premium Support When You Go PRO</h3>
<p>The Shield Security team prioritises email technical support over the WordPress.org forums.<br />
Individual, dedicated technical support is only available to customers who have <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/ab" rel="nofollow ugc">purchased Shield Pro</a>.</p>
<p>Discover all the advantages of switching your WordPress security Pro at <a href="https://clk.shldscrty.com/ab" rel="nofollow ugc">our Shield Security store</a>.</p>


Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches

Shield stops bot attacks before they hack your site. Bots CAN be stopped. Shield stops them.

SiteLock Security – WP Hardening, Login Security & Malware Scans vs Shield: Blocks Bots, Protects Users, and Prevents Security Breaches