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SiteGround hosting has a WordPress installation plugin called SiteGround Security, which can perfectly replace other paid security plugins of the same type, such as Wordfence. As long as you use SiteGround hosting, you can use SiteGround Security plugin for free. (Other non-SiteGround hosts can also use this plugin, but it can only play its biggest role on SiteGround hosts.)
Here are some introductory articles for the SiteGround Security plugin that you can check out about:
The security of our clients’ websites has always been an extremely important part of our web hosting services. Some of the brightest technical minds in our team have been continuously dedicated to crafting unique security solutions and keep the safety level of our hosting infrastructure on an unmatched high level. We have been an industry pioneer in developing server level protections like account isolation, server health monitoring, anti-bot traffic prevention, etc. We also know that on top of the server level solutions, the security of each individual website should be strengthened on application level too. That is why we provide services like auto updates, backups and WAF protection to our clients.
Today we are happy to introduce another tool that can greatly enhance any WordPress site security – our brand new SiteGround Security plugin. The SiteGround Security plugin is available for free download for anyone and it comes preinstalled with all new WordPress installations hosted at SiteGround and provides its users an easy way to protect a WordPress site from malicious attacks. It also includes valuable tools that can help a website owner react in case there is a suspicion that the site might have been compromised. Read below to learn how to make your site safer with our new plugin.
Protect your WordPress against common attacks
In the Site Security section of our plugin you will be able to easily switch on several rules that will harden your website security and prevent common malware, bruteforce and other security issues. Some of these rules, like hiding your WordPress version or deleting your default readme.txt, will make it harder for crawlers to detect you’re even using WordPress. Thus your website will not be easily identified as a possible attack victim when a vulnerability appears. Other rules in this section will add advanced XSS protection and protect your system folders from being injected with malicious files.
Strengthen your login security
In the Login Security section of our plugin you will be able to apply several methods that protect your login from unauthorised access. One of the most recommended methods to protect your login is the 2-factor authentication and with the SiteGround Security plugin, you can easily switch it on for your WordPress administrative area. Some simple, yet very effective protection measures like changing your login URL and not allowing “admin” to be used as a username can be also easily set here. You can also limit the number of login attempts from one and the same IP, which will block attackers trying to guess your password through brute force. And if you want to go even deeper in protecting your WordPress login, there are two more advanced options available. You can specify the IPs from which your login page can be accessed. The option should be used with caution if you use dynamic IP, so that you do not block yourself out.
Monitor your admin area activity log
One of the best plugin features is the detailed Activity log. It allows you to pinpoint things like bad IP addresses that try to access your website as well as registered users that are performing tasks they are not supposed to. For example, you can block with one click IPs that have numerous incorrect logins and at the same time find out which user has deleted that post you are missing. For the initial version, we keep the log 16 days back so it’s worth giving it a look every now and then especially if you have a busy site and number of users with the capabilities to edit content.
React if you suspect your site might have been compromised.
In the Post-hack section of the plugin you will find a set of actions that are useful, if you believe your site security has been compromised. Here you will be able to automatically log out all users and force them to change passwords. This way if any user was compromised, you may stop the malicious access through its account. You will also be able to reinstall all your current plugins. This will make sure you are using a clean copy of each plugin instead of a possible compromised one. Please bear in mind that although these post-hack actions are handy, they are not a substitute to a thorough site clean up that might need to be done by a WordPress security expert, if there are signs that your website might have been hacked.
How to get the SiteGround Security Plugin?
SiteGround Security plugin is available as any other free WordPress plugin. You can find it in the official WordPress plugin repository (https://wordpress.org/plugins/sg-security/) or install it directly through your WordPress admin area. If you host your next WordPress website at SiteGround, using the plugin comes right out-of-the-box, since all new WordPress installations now come with the SiteGround Security plugin preinstalled with some of its features enabled by default.
最好的插件功能之一是详细的活动日志。它允许您查明诸如尝试访问您网站的不良 IP 地址以及正在执行他们不应该执行的任务的注册用户之类的事情。例如,您可以通过一键阻止具有大量错误登录的IP,同时找出哪个用户删除了您丢失的帖子。对于初始版本,我们会将日志保留 16 天,因此值得时不时地查看一下,特别是如果您有一个繁忙的网站和具有编辑内容功能的用户数量。
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