WP Defender Pro v5.7.1 GPL – Premium WordPress Security Suite – WP Defender Pro is an all-in-one WordPress security plugin that provides robust protection against hacker attacks, malware, and other vulnerabilities, ensuring your site remains safe and secure.
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WP Defender Pro Plugin Features
- One-Click Hardening: Instantly implement a suite of WordPress security best practices with a single click. This feature automatically applies critical security measures such as disabling file editing, preventing PHP execution in unsafe directories, and updating security keys, significantly reducing common attack vectors and bolstering your site’s defenses against known vulnerabilities.
- Login Security: Enhance the protection of your login pages with powerful tools like brute force attack prevention and login lockout. Configure automatic IP blocking after repeated failed login attempts, set up CAPTCHA verification, and enable two-factor authentication (2FA) to add an extra layer of security and prevent unauthorized access to your WordPress dashboard.
- Security Scans & Reporting: Proactively monitor your website for vulnerabilities, suspicious code, and file changes with comprehensive security scans. Schedule automatic scans and receive detailed reports straight to your inbox, alerting you to potential threats and providing actionable steps to resolve them before they can cause damage.
- Malware Detection & File Repair: WP Defender Pro deep scans your WordPress core files, themes, and plugins for malicious code and backdoors. If malware is detected, it offers one-click file restoration to revert compromised files to their original, clean state, helping you recover quickly from attacks and maintain data integrity.
- Audit Logging: Keep a detailed record of every event that happens on your website, from user logins and content changes to plugin activations and settings modifications. This comprehensive audit log is invaluable for forensics, troubleshooting, and maintaining accountability, allowing you to see who did what and when on your site.
- IP Blacklist Manager: Take control over who can access your website by blacklisting suspicious IP addresses. Easily add individual IPs or entire IP ranges to a blacklist to block known attackers, spammers, or any unwanted traffic, enhancing your site’s security and reducing resource consumption from malicious bots.
- Web Application Firewall (WAF) Integration: While not a standalone WAF, Defender Pro integrates with Cloudflare to provide enhanced protection against a broad range of web-based attacks. This integration allows you to leverage Cloudflare’s powerful WAF capabilities directly from your WordPress dashboard, offering an additional layer of defense against sophisticated threats.
- Scheduled Security Scans: Automate your website security by scheduling regular, comprehensive scans. Configure daily, weekly, or monthly scans to run in the background, ensuring continuous monitoring for vulnerabilities and suspicious activity without manual intervention, providing peace of mind.
- Advanced 2-Factor Authentication (2FA): Implement strong two-factor authentication for all user roles or specific roles. Users can authenticate using popular authenticator apps like Google Authenticator or Authy, making it significantly harder for unauthorized individuals to gain access, even if they have stolen passwords.
- Google reCAPTCHA Integration: Protect your forms from spam and bots by integrating Google reCAPTCHA. Apply reCAPTCHA to login, registration, and comment forms to verify that users are human, reducing the influx of spam and preventing automated attacks that often target these entry points.
- Email Notifications & Alerts: Stay informed about your website’s security status with customizable email notifications. Receive instant alerts for critical security events such as failed login attempts, detected vulnerabilities, and completed security scans, allowing you to respond promptly to potential threats.
- Automatic Updates & Patches: While the plugin itself is regularly updated, WP Defender Pro also helps you manage WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates. Keeping all software up-to-date is crucial for security, as updates often include patches for newly discovered vulnerabilities, protecting your site from exploits.
- Ignored Files & Folders: Customize your security scans by designating specific files or folders to be ignored. This is particularly useful for files that are intentionally modified or are part of your development process, preventing them from being flagged as suspicious and streamlining your security workflow.
- Data Export & Import: Easily export your WP Defender Pro security settings to apply them to other WordPress sites, saving time and ensuring consistent security configurations across your network. Conversely, import settings to quickly set up security on a new site or restore previous configurations.
- Cloudflare Integration for IP Blacklisting: Leverage Cloudflare’s extensive network to block malicious IP addresses at the server level, even before they reach your WordPress site. This integration enhances the effectiveness of your IP blacklisting efforts and improves overall site performance by filtering unwanted traffic earlier.
- Security Headers Implementation: Strengthen your website’s defense against common web attacks like XSS and clickjacking by implementing robust security headers. Defender Pro helps you configure headers such as X-XSS-Protection, X-Frame-Options, and Content-Security-Policy to mitigate these threats effectively.
- Version Control for Core Files: Monitor and compare your WordPress core files against the official WordPress repository. This feature allows you to quickly identify any unauthorized modifications to core files, a common indicator of a security breach, and helps maintain the integrity of your WordPress installation.
- Detailed Reporting & Statistics: Gain insights into your website’s security posture with comprehensive reports and statistics. Monitor trends in security events, view the effectiveness of your security measures, and identify areas that may require further attention to continuously improve your site’s protection.
- GDPR Compliance Tools: While primarily a security plugin, WP Defender Pro offers features that can assist with GDPR compliance, particularly concerning user data and activity logging. The audit logging feature helps track user actions, which is essential for demonstrating compliance with data processing regulations.
- Support for Multisite Installations: Seamlessly manage security for your entire WordPress Multisite network from a single dashboard. WP Defender Pro provides centralized control over security settings, scans, and reporting across all sub-sites, making it an ideal solution for large-scale WordPress deployments.
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How to Install WordPress Plugins or Themes
- Download the plugin or theme .zip file from a trusted source.
- Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
- For Plugins: Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, then upload the .zip file.
- For Themes: Go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme, then upload the .zip file.
- Click Install and then Activate once the upload completes.
- Configure settings as needed and start using your plugin or theme.
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