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The Square Bracket Hack Prevention plugin prevents a simple but very common exploit of WordPress, by adding in a .htaccess rule upon activation preventing hackers from adding a “[” to the URL.
A common attempt at a WPSOS exploit is to add a “[” to a URL, which can often break a site and expose an ability to inject code. This plugin stops it by banning all attempts at adding a “[” to the URL. It does so via adding code to the .htaccess file.
Additionally, upon the uninstallation of the plugin, the line is removed. And if the .htaccess file is not editable, then the admin user is warned.
If you have any suggestions let us know via http://www.wpsos.io/wordpress-plugin-square-bracket-hack-prevention/
For more information and support, check out: http://www.wpsos.io/wordpress-plugin-square-bracket-hack-prevention/

Square Bracket Hack Prevention

The Square Bracket Hack Prevention plugin prevents hackers from adding a "[" to the URL.

Using the password protection will give you extra security layer of protection from brute force hacking attacks. Additionally, it’s also an easy way to password protect your entire site, without needing to create separate WordPress users for each visitor.
When you enable the password protection, the user won’t be able to see anything – not even see the protected page – until he/she inserts the username/password. You can password protect the whole website, including the administrator pages; you can password protect the administrator pages; or you can password protect the WordPress login page.
Free plugin options include:
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<li>Enabling/disabling the password protection to wp-login.php, WordPress admin pages. Note that you’ll be asked to re-type the .htaccess username/password you created before enabling any of the settings – to ensure that you wouldn’t enable the password protection without even knowing the password yourself!</li>
<li>Modifying the existing users: you can change any .htaccess user’s password and remove the users.</li>
<li>Adding one .htaccess user. </li>
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Premium plugin options:
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<li>Create/modify an unlimited number of .htaccess users;</li>
<li>Protect your whole site, making it accessible to only those who have the .htaccess user.</li>
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If you have any other suggestions, please let us know! You can contact us via http://www.wpsos.io/wordpress-plugin-htaccess-site-access-control/
For more information and support, check out: http://www.wpsos.io/wordpress-plugin-htaccess-site-access-control/

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