Secure your website and blog
against malware and hackers
WebsiteDefender WordPress Security Plugin
The WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plugin is a free and comprehensive security tool that scans your WordPress installation for vulnerabilities, and suggests corrective measures for: weak passwords, secure file permissions, database security, version hiding, WordPress admin protection and lots more.
Key WebsiteDefender WordPress Security features:
- Easy backup of WordPress database for disaster recovery
- Removal of error-information on login-page
- Addition of index.php to the wp-content, wp-content/plugins, wp-content/themes and wp-content/uploads directories to prevent directory listings
- Removal of wp-version, except in admin-area
- Removal of Really Simple Discovery meta tag
- Removal of Windows Live Writer meta tag
- Removal of core update information for non-admins
- Removal of plugin-update information for non-admins
- Removal of theme-update information for non-admins (only WP 2.8 and higher)
- Hiding of wp-version in backend-dashboard for non-admins
- Removal of version in URLs from scripts and stylesheets only on frontend
- Reporting of security overview after Wordpress blog is scanned
- Reportig of file permissions following security checks
- Strong password generator tool to protect from brute force attacks
- Integrated tool to change the database prefix
- Disabling of database error reporting (if enabled)
- Disabling of PHP error reporting
Download the WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plugin for free from WordPress.
Post any questions or feedback about this plugin on the WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plugin forum.
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WebsiteDefender is based upon web application scanning technology from Acunetix, a pioneer in website security.