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Since there have been a lot of attacks on wordpress sites as of late, I figured I could give people a couple recommendations on plugins that actually help secure the site.
Bulletproof Security: This plugin secures your .htaccess files, and gives recommendations as to what you can do with file permissions on your server, along with a ton of other info.
Silence is Golden Guard: Allows you to press 1 button that will delete readme files, screenshot files, etc from all your plugins and themes. It also creates an index.php file in every directory that shows a page not found 404 error anytime someone tries to directly access any of the wordpress theme or plugin or source directories.
Use those 3, and you'll immediately increase the security of your site, and be blocked from most types of attacks.
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Since when I wrote this, bulletproof has added brute force protection, so Limit Login Attempts is no longer necessary for that purpose.
Bulletproof Security: This plugin secures your .htaccess files, and gives recommendations as to what you can do with file permissions on your server, along with a ton of other info.
Silence is Golden Guard: Allows you to press 1 button that will delete readme files, screenshot files, etc from all your plugins and themes. It also creates an index.php file in every directory that shows a page not found 404 error anytime someone tries to directly access any of the wordpress theme or plugin or source directories.
Use those 3, and you'll immediately increase the security of your site, and be blocked from most types of attacks.
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Since when I wrote this, bulletproof has added brute force protection, so Limit Login Attempts is no longer necessary for that purpose.
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