Recommended Security Plugins for Wordpress

April 16, 2009 | Posted by chris

WordPress Firewall – Referred to me by a good friend Mark @ Keenpath. This plugin is highly recommended and can block and detect Transversal Attacks,SQL Injection Attacks, WordPress-specific SQL injection attacks,remote arbitrary code injection and also blocks executable file uploads.

Possible attack alert reports are sent conveniently to your email address. Sometimes there are false positives and you can always Whitelist those as needed.

Login Lockdown – Protect your WordPress blog from malicious login attempts. This plugin allows you to lock out possible intruders by applying a WordPress lockout policy.

WP Security Scan – This plugin allows you to scan our WordPress install for any security issues or vulnerabilities and advises on how to correct findings.The plugin checks the following

-passwords
-file permissions
-database security
-version hiding
-WordPress admin protection/security
-removes WP Generator META tag from core code

Admin-SSL – This plugin secures login page, admin area, posts, pages – whatever you want – using Private or Shared SSL

- Secures Wordpress Login and Admin Pages
- Supports All SSL Setups (Private and Shared)
- Encrypts cookie contents
- Compatible with all versions of PHP 4 and 5

Replace WP-Version – If you’re running an older version of WordPress, anyone can view source to see what attacks might work against your blog. This plugin replace the WP-version with a random string. This will remove this information that can be used against your blog.

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