{"id":84,"date":"2017-02-28T23:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T20:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpreviewspro.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2017-02-28T23:15:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T20:15:56","slug":"wordpress-security-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpneon.com\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"15 Best WordPress Security Plugins for Website Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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About 30 000 websites get hacked each day (!). That\u2019s an average of 20 websites each minute. The sad truth is that your WordPress site<\/a> could be next if you do not take the necessary steps to secure it.<\/p>\n

WordPress site<\/a>s can be an easy target because of Theme<\/a> and Plugin<\/a> vulnerabilities, weak passwords, or obsolete software. And a hacker might only need a few seconds to destroy many years worth of your hard work.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, many awesome plugins<\/a> exist that you can use to secure your WordPress site<\/a> from hackers and malicious intruders.<\/p>\n

In this article, you\u2019re going to find some nifty WordPress<\/a> security plugins which can help you block malicious code injections and other hacking attempts on your site.<\/p>\n

Also read:<\/strong>\u00a015 Best WordPress Anti-Spam Plugins to Keep Your Website Safe &#038; Secure<\/a><\/p>\n

Use these plugins to avoid hack or phishing attempts, malicious attacks, injections, corrupting scripts, and many other security threats.<\/p>\n

15 Awesome Security Plugins to Help Secure Your WordPress Site from Hackers<\/h1>\n

1. Wordfence Security<\/h2>\n

This is currently one of the most comprehensive WordPress security plugins out there. It has many features that can help you secure WordPress, and also improve the performance and speed of your WordPress site by up to 50 times.<\/p>\n

When you install Wordfence, it will first check to see if your site is already infected before doing a deep server-side scan of your source code and securing your WordPress install<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Key Features Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 WordPress caching using Falcon Engine. Improves your site speed.
\n\u2022 Real-time blocking of Known attackers
\n\u2022 Two-factor authentication to improve login security
\n\u2022 Ability to enforce strong passwords among your administrators, publishers and users
\n\u2022 Firewall to block security threats
\n\u2022 WordPress Multi-site compatibility<\/p>\n

Download Wordfence Security<\/a><\/p>\n

2. iThemes Security<\/h2>\n

Another comprehensive security plugin which offers more than 30 ways to secure WordPress. It can help you stop automated attacks, fix common loopholes, strengthen user credentials, among other things.<\/p>\n

Key Features and Benefits Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Malware Scanning
\n\u2022 Network Brute Force Protection. Bans users who have tried to break into other websites from breaking into yours.
\n\u2022 Prevents attackers from learning too much about your site
\n\u2022 Blocks bad users and increases the security of passwords and other key information.
\n\u2022 Monitors your site and reports changes to your file system and database.
\n\u2022 Regular backups of your WordPress database
\n\u2022 Multi-site compatibility<\/p>\n

Download iThemes Security<\/a><\/p>\n

3. BulletProof Security<\/h2>\n

This is a top-notch WordPress plugin that offers among others protection against different hacking attacks, login security monitoring, and database backups of your WordPress.<\/p>\n

Key Features Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 htaccess security and firewall
\n\u2022 Login security and monitoring
\n\u2022 Database backups. You can schedule or do manual backups
\n\u2022 Website performance optimized. Does not slow your site
\n\u2022 Suports FrontEnd\/BackEnd maintenance mode<\/p>\n

Download BulletProof Security<\/a><\/p>\n

4. All In One WP Security & Firewall<\/h2>\n

All In One WP Security & Firewall is a comprehensive plugin that helps secure WordPress by checking for vulnerabilities and implementing the latest WordPress security best practices and techniques.
\nKey Features Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 User accounts security
\n\u2022 User Login Security
\n\u2022 Database security and backups
\n\u2022 File system protection
\n\u2022 htaccess and wp-config.php File Backup and Restore
\n\u2022 Block Ip addresses
\n\u2022 Firewall protection
\n\u2022 Whois look up
\n\u2022 Security scanner
\n\u2022 Comment spam prevention
\n\u2022 Front-end text copy prevention<\/p>\n

Download All In One WP Security & Firewall<\/a><\/p>\n

You might also like:<\/strong> 10 Essential Free WordPress Plugins You Should be Using<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Centrora Security<\/h2>\n

Centrora is a powerful security plugin that helps protect your WordPress Sites from attacks and hacking, and is available for multiple sites.
\nIt uses a built-in Malware and Security Scanner to help you identify any security risks, malicious codes, spam, virus, and other security vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

Main Features Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Firewall Protection
\n\u2022 IP management (allow, block and track IPs)
\n\u2022 Antivirus
\n\u2022 Database security checks
\n\u2022 Ability to report security to owners or security analysts.<\/p>\n

Download Centrora Security<\/a><\/p>\n

6. WP Security Audit Log<\/h2>\n

WP Security Audit Log is a WordPress plugin that helps you identify security issues on your site before they can become serious threats.<\/p>\n

This monitoring and auditing tool works by keeping a security audit log of what is happening under the hood of your WordPress site. This way, you can easily track suspicious user activities that would later harm your website.<\/p>\n

Among other things, the plugin generates alerts when:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 A new user is created
\n\u2022 A user changes the role, password or other profile settings of another user
\n\u2022 A user creates a new post, page, category or a custom post type
\n\u2022 Failed login attempts
\n\u2022 When WordPress users log in or out
\n\u2022 And much more\u2026<\/p>\n

This plugin also contains wWordPressand php error monitoring tools and is available for multi-site installations.<\/p>\n

Download WP Security Audit Log<\/a><\/p>\n

7. 6Scan Security<\/h2>\n

This is a plugin that provides a comprehensive solution to secure WordPress by finding and automatically fixing security vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

Features Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Frequent site scans
\n\u2022 Firewall protection
\n\u2022 Automatic back ups
\n\u2022 Automatic vulnerability fix
\n\u2022 Automatic malware removal
\n\u2022 Protection against brute force attacks
\n\u2022 Email or SMS notifications
\n\u2022 Blacklist Monitoring<\/p>\n

Download 6Scan Security<\/a><\/p>\n

8. SmartFilter Security<\/h2>\n

This plugin is designed to help keep your wordpress site safe from malicious code injections in your comments and posts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It employs modern algorithms which can understand how content behaves so it can detect code injections and filter out the threats immediately. This way you can focus on enhancing your blog without worrying about such security threats.<\/p>\n

SmartFilter helps protect against threats that can:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Hack your comments
\n\u2022 Hack your posts
\n\u2022 Break themes or templates<\/p>\n

Download SmartFilter Security<\/a><\/p>\n

9. WangGuard<\/h2>\n

WangGuard is a WordPress security plugin that helps keep your WordPress site safe from spammers<\/strong> and sploggers<\/strong> -fake blogs created solely to promote affiliate programs.<\/p>\n

Once you install WangGuard you need to obtain your API key from wangguard.com<\/a> which you\u2019ll use to activate the plugin.
\nWangGuard will then check user registrations against a centralized database to find out if they\u2019re spammers or sploggers. You can also flag spam users directly from your admin panel.<\/p>\n

Key Features Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Centralized database of sploggers\/spammers
\n\u2022 Clean your installation from unwanted users and spammers
\n\u2022 Block users by domains
\n\u2022 Configure security questions for users
\n\u2022 Support for multi-sites, buddypress, bbpress, and woocommerce<\/p>\n

Download WangGuard<\/a><\/p>\n

10. NinjaFirewall<\/h2>\n

NinjaFirewall is a stand-alone web application firewall that can be installed like a WordPress plugin and shield your site from attacks by hackers. It can scan and reject any Http\/Https requests before they reach your pHp scripts or plugins thus keeping your WordPress install safe.<\/p>\n

Some Key Features Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Firewall protection
\n\u2022 Multi-site support
\n\u2022 Protects against code injections, SQL injections, brute-force scanners, etc
\n\u2022 Real-time detection
\n\u2022 Activity log and statistics
\n\u2022 Debugging mode
\n\u2022 Brute-force attack protection
\n\u2022 Email Alerts and event notifications<\/p>\n

Download NinjaFirewall<\/a><\/p>\n

11. Login LockDown<\/h2>\n

This nifty plugin will help secure your WordPress by limiting the number of login attempts<\/strong> from a given IP range.<\/p>\n

It records the IP address and timestamp for each failed login attempt. It will then block the IP address if a certain number of attempts are detected within a time period you set. This helps prevent brute force attacks.<\/p>\n

The plugin also allows you the option to unblock IP ranges manually.<\/p>\n

Download Login LockDown<\/a><\/p>\n

12. UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration for WordPress<\/h2>\n

This plugin is a personal favorite of mine. I use it along with Wordfence Security. It can be a lifesaver if one day you get hacked (God forbid).<\/p>\n

It makes it easy for you to perform a complete backup and restoration of your WordPress site whenever need arises.
\nMoreover, you can perform the backups manually or schedule them to email or popular cloud services like Dropbox, Google drive, Amazon S3, and many more.<\/p>\n

Key Features Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Quick Restore
\n\u2022 Backup to the cloud
\n\u2022 Manual or Scheduled Backups
\n\u2022 Back up both files and databases
\n\u2022 Large sites can be split into multiple archives
\n\u2022 Select the components to backup and restore<\/p>\n

Download Updraftplus Backup and Restoration for WordPress.<\/a><\/p>\n

13. Antivirus<\/h2>\n

Antivirus is a useful WordPress security plugin that can help protect your site against exploits, malware and other malicious injections. The plugin automatically scans your theme templates on a daily basis to ensure it is safe.<\/p>\n

Features Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Virus alerts
\n\u2022 Cleaning up after plugin removals
\n\u2022 Daily scans with email notifications
\n\u2022 Database notifications
\n\u2022 Manual check of template files<\/p>\n

Download Antivirus plugin<\/a><\/p>\n

14. Ultimate Security Checker<\/h2>\n

Ultimate Security Checker is a wordpress security plugin that helps you identify security problems within your installation.<\/p>\n

This plugin scans your site against hundreds of known threats, and then gives you a \u2018grade\u2019 based on how well-protected your site is.<\/p>\n

However, this plugin only identifies but does not automatically fix the problems. You can fix the problems yourself or login to the official plugin site to have them fix the issues for you.<\/p>\n

Main Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 One click installation and activation
\n\u2022 Automatic security scans
\n\u2022 Grading based on how well-protected your site is<\/p>\n

Download Ultimate Security Checker<\/a><\/p>\n

15. Rename wp-login.php<\/h2>\n

Rename wp-login.php is a simple security plugin that allows you to easily and safely customize your login page and prevent brute force attacks that are targeted specifically to wp-login.php.<\/p>\n

Important!<\/em> When using this plugin, remember to bookmark or take note of your new login url since wp-login.php page will become inaccessible. Nevertheless, you can easily undo this by deactivating the plugin.<\/p>\n

This plugin is also compatible with multi-site installations.<\/p>\n

Download Rename wp-login.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Conclusion – the best security plugins<\/h2>\n

While all these plugins are great for securing your website, you still need to have other WordPress security best practices in place to ensure you\u2019re completely safe.<\/p>\n

Small things like avoiding use of admin as your user name, changing the default database prefix, updating wordpress, checking your themes, and keeping your plugins updated will go a long way in keeping the bad guys off your site. You can also use online tool offered by top VPN providers<\/a> to strengthen the security of your WordPress site.<\/p>\n

Also, there is this good resource on wordpress.org<\/a> that highlights some common vulnerabilities and the things you can do to harden your WordPress installation.<\/p>\n

Finally, we\u2019d love to hear your thoughts. Which plugins do you use to secure your WordPress? Any other that you think we should have included in this list?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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