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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>


WordPress Security Plugin – WordShield

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

Themeisle

Creativemotion

Alexander Kovalev

webcraftic

<p><strong>Disable comments</strong> across your entire site or only for selected post types. This removes comment forms from the front end, hides comment-related menus and widgets in the dashboard, and disables pingbacks and trackbacks.</p>
<p><strong>Delete comments</strong> in bulk with a simple cleanup tool. You can remove all comments at once or filter them by post type or comment status.</p>
<p><strong>Manage links in comments</strong> by disabling the website field from the comment form for cleaner, safer comment submissions. Replace external links in comments with safe span tags so they no longer act as real, followable links.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<p><strong>Disable comments</strong><br />
– Disable comments globally or by post type<br />
– Hide all comment-related admin menus, dashboard widgets and settings<br />
– Disable pingbacks and trackbacks<br />
– Disable comments in RSS/Atom feeds</p>
<p><strong>Delete comments</strong><br />
– Delete all comments in WordPress at once<br />
– Delete comments by post type<br />
– Delete comments by comment status (spam, unapproved, trash)</p>
<p><strong>Manage links in comments</strong><br />
– Replace all external comment links with span tags via JavaScript, removing their SEO impact while keeping the text visible to users.<br />
– Remove the website/URL field from the comment form</p>
<p>All features can be enabled or disabled safely, and comment disabling does not remove existing comments unless you choose to delete them.</p>
<h3>Why use this plugin?</h3>
<p>WordPress still loads comment features even when you don’t use them, which can clutter your dashboard, expose unused functionality, and create unnecessary moderation work. This plugin gives you complete control over WordPress comments, whether you want to disable comments globally, bulk delete comments, or just manage them more efficiently.</p>
<h3>Advanced Configuration</h3>
<p>To prevent the plugin from replacing your theme’s comment template, define the following constant:</p>
<pre><code>define('DISABLE_COMMENTS_REMOVE_COMMENTS_TEMPLATE', false);
</code></pre>
<p>You can add this definition either to your <code>wp-config.php</code> file or to your theme’s <code>functions.php</code> file.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>We’re here to help. Feel free to open a new thread on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comments-plus/" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a>.</p>
<h3>Useful Resources</h3>
<ul>
<li>If you like this plugin, you’re sure to love <a href="https://themeisle.com/wordpress-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">our other plugins</a> as well.</li>
<li>Our blog is a great place to <a href="https://themeisle.com/blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">learn more about WordPress</a>.</li>
<li>Get the most out of your website with our helpful <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmRasCVwuvpSep2MOsIoE0ncO9JE3FcKP" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress YouTube Tutorials</a>.</li>
</ul>


Disable Comments & Delete All Comments

Disable comments globally on all posts or certain post types. Delete all comments at once, by post type or comment status. Manage links in comments.

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