Secure Your WordPress Website with Our WordPress Security Hardening Service
All Sites Need Security Protection
Website security must be a priority regardless of your site’s traffic. Hackers aim to exploit vulnerabilities for personal gain, whether for financial reasons or to disseminate information.
Proactively enhancing your security can prevent such incidents and save you the cost of malware removal later.
Bronze Website Hardening
£ 150 / One Time
- Login 2FA
- SSL Certificate
- Security Headers
- Disable XML-RPC
- Change Admin URL
- Update PHP Version
- Limit login attempts
- Firewall Implementation
- Disable directory browsing
- Disable WordPress file editing
- Change the WordPress Database Prefix
- Malware Scan for existing issues
Silver Website Hardening
£ 30 / Month
- <b>- One Time -</b>
- Login 2FA
- SSL Certificate
- Security Headers
- Disable XML-RPC
- Change Admin URL
- Update PHP Version
- Limit login attempts
- Firewall Implementation
- Disable directory browsing
- Disable WordPress file editing
- Change the WordPress Database Prefix
- <b>- Reoccurring Tasks - </b>
- Weekly Backups
- Weekly Theme Updates
- Weekly Plugin Updates
- Weekly Malware Scanning
- Weekly Patched Vulnerabilities
Gold Website Hardening
£ 50 / Month
- <b>- One Time -</b>
- Login 2FA
- SSL Certificate
- Security Headers
- Disable XML-RPC
- Change Admin URL
- Update PHP Version
- Limit login attempts
- Firewall Implementation
- Disable directory browsing
- Disable WordPress file editing
- Change the WordPress Database Prefix
- <b>- Reoccurring Tasks - </b>
- Daily Backups
- Daily Theme Updates
- Daily Plugin Updates
- Daily Malware Scanning
- Daily Patched Vulnerabilities
Enhancing Your WordPress Security: What We Do
Adding 2FA
We introduce two-factor authentication, adding a layer of security to your login process. Even with the correct password, a hacker will need a code sent to your phone or email.
Brute Force Protection
Hackers often start with common usernames like 'admin.' We block such attempts by permanently banning the attacker’s IP after they use these usernames. If your username is known, we implement a system that blocks access after 3-5 failed login attempts.
Running Our Security Scan
We secure your login area and then conduct a security scan that checks for outdated items, potential malware, and visible theme and WordPress versions.
Changing Database Prefix
We change the default WordPress database prefix from 'wp_' to something less predictable to hackers.
Changing Admin URL
Instead of the standard admin URL, we customise it to an address only you know, enhancing your login security.
Disable XML-RPC
We address the XML-RPC feature that, while allowing interconnectivity with other sites and apps, also poses security risks.
Changing File Permissions
We correct file permissions to prevent unauthorised access and editing, which could lead to malware infections.
Content Review
Our team ensures that your plugins and themes are up-to-date and removes any unnecessary ones to reduce security vulnerabilities.
Final Hardening
Finally, we implement security headers to protect against XSS attacks and conceal your WordPress and theme versions from public view.
Recommended WordPress Security Plugins
To enhance the security of your WordPress site, we recommend using at least one of these top WordPress security plugins. For those as vigilant as we are, employing multiple plugins ensures coverage for different potential threats, compensating for any single plugin’s limitations.
Despite being some of the best on the market, even these plugins might occasionally overlook an attack, which is why we use several simultaneously.
Each plugin offers unique, crucial features beneficial to any WordPress site owner focused on security.
WordFence conducts thorough scans of your website’s core files, plugins, and themes for malware, backdoors, code injections, spam, and suspicious URLs. It also cross-references your site with the WordPress.org repository to detect common vulnerabilities, helping you steer clear of harmful content.
Defender enhances your site’s defends against various threats, including brute force and SQL injection attacks, and cross-site scripting. Features such as malware and antivirus scanning, IP blocking, a firewall, and two-factor authentication bolster your site’s security, providing a comprehensive safety net.
Sucuri is freely available in the WordPress repository, offering features such as hardening tactics, malware scanning, integrity
checks, post-hack recovery options, and email alerts to ensure your site remains secure.
iThemes Security provides a real-time dashboard that monitors and displays all security-related activities on your site. It offers insights into brute force attacks, banned users, active lockouts, and scan results, keeping you informed of your site’s security status around the clock.
Simple rules:
It doesn’t work in editor. Preview in Browser for changes!
Add as many accordion items as required.
Every accordion item panel should house only one image!
Open the Elementor Navigator to see the structure and find out required custom class names.
You should define “min-height” of the Inner Section with the custom class name “.ob-img-switcher-wrap” (prevents the adjacent content jumps).
Delete this hidden Text Editor widget once you got the point 🙂
How it works?
Insert any photo from the Media Library to the accordion content panel. That very photo shall become hidden in front-end but visible on-click in the neighbor column.
It’s good idea to make all the images equal size (w/h).
All the required CSS and JavaScript code belongs to Elementor’s Custom Code file, see:
Dashboard > Elementor >Custom Code :: Accordion Image Swapper (OoohBoi)
Why Do I Need Your WordPress Security Service?
Did you know that 42.60% of websites on the internet use WordPress? Its widespread use also makes it the most frequently targeted CMS by hackers!
You might wonder why it’s necessary to boost your WordPress security, especially if you have a small personal site that seems uninteresting to attackers. However, hackers employ crawlers and botnets to scan for and exploit vulnerable websites, regardless of their size, to distribute malware.
Our service aims to significantly reduce this risk by addressing known WordPress vulnerabilities, enhancing your security settings, and ensuring proper file permissions. Remember, each plugin added can potentially increase your site’s vulnerability due to inherent risks in the plugins themselves, making it crucial to fortify your site’s defences promptly.
WordPress Security Tips
Use Secured Website Hosting
Install WordPress Latest Updates
Enable 2FA On All Accounts
Keep Themes & Plugins Updated
Lock WP-Admin & HTAccess Files
Frequently Asked Questions
WordPress security hardening service involves implementing a variety of security measures to protect WordPress websites from vulnerabilities and attacks. This service aims to fortify a website’s defenses against common threats such as malware, brute force attacks, and unauthorised access.
WordPress security hardening is critical because it protects sensitive data, maintains user trust, and ensures website availability. Without proper security measures, WordPress sites can become targets for hackers, leading to potential data breaches, loss of revenue, and damage to reputation.
Common features of a WordPress security hardening service include the installation of security plugins, setting up firewalls, regular security audits, and updates to WordPress core, themes, and plugins. These measures are designed to create multiple layers of security around the site.
- Content-Security-Policy
- X-XSS-Protection
- HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
- X-Frame-Options
- Expect-CT
- Feature-Policy
- X-Content-Type-Options
- All files = 664.
- All folders = 775.
- wp-config.php = 660.
WordPress security hardening measures should be implemented regularly and reviewed frequently. Given the ever-evolving nature of cyber threats, it’s recommended to perform security checks and updates at least monthly. Additionally, immediate action should be taken following any security alerts or after discovering vulnerabilities.
While WordPress security hardening significantly enhances a website’s safety, it cannot guarantee total security due to the ever-evolving nature of cyber threats. The service aims to reduce risks and mitigate potential damage by employing best practices and continuous monitoring.
Depending on the size of your WordPress website our process takes around 1-5 Days to complete as we do it manually.
Before we start our service we backup your entire website incase anything goes wrong. It is very unlikely that your website will break however if the unthinkable was to happen we can restore its last state.
Properly implemented security measures should not adversely affect website performance. In fact, some security optimisations can enhance performance by blocking malicious traffic and reducing unnecessary resource usage. However, it’s important to balance security measures with performance to maintain a fast and responsive website.