With new WordPress plugin you can improve your websites security by disabling a few insecure features. You can automatically hide the readme.html file, license.txt file, set permissions for wp-config.php and .htaccess file so that hackers cannot modify them.
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Simple Threat Scanner For WordPress Content Directory & Database
Threat Scan Plugin runs a simple threat scan into your WordPress site checking for the things out of place in your website’s content directory as well as in your database.
The plugin searches PHP files for the occurrence of the eval() function, eval() function is an important part of PHP and can be also the door for that hackers. This eval() function is generally avoided by many PHP programmers unless they really need it. The function can sometimes be used for hiding malicious code or to inject future threats into infected systems. Hence it becomes important to delete the plugin and these containing this function. Not only this much the plugin does many other important things, continue reading about this plugin on its WordPress.org page.
Installation & Usage: Simply install and activate it. After activation visit your admin area Dashboard -> Settings -> Threat Scan, it automatically starts scanning your whole website and shows you the results.
Automatically Encode Mailto & Plain Email Address Links And Hide Them From Spambots In Your WordPress Site
You can easily encode mailto and plain email address links on your WordPress site and hide them from spambots. Email Encoder Bundle is a free WordPress plugin that plugin works directly when activated. Simply install and activate it, after activation visit your admin area Dashboard -> Settings -> Email Encoder Bundle plugin option page and check where you want options to take effect like you can enable it on all posts, comments and text widgets. You can set it to automatically encode both mailto and plain email addresses links, you can set class for mailto links and there are few more useful options.
How To Add A MailTo Icon & Spambot Protection To Email Address Links In WordPress ?
With WP Mailto Links plugin you can easily protect all email addresses and mailto links from spambots and being used for spamming. The plugin is easy to use and configure.
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Stop WordPress & BuddyPress Spams Using Funny Games Captcha
Game Captcha is a different, funny and interesting style you can use for stopping spams coming to your WordPress site. FunCaptcha – game CAPTCHA is a free WordPress plugin which is also compatible with BuddyPress & Contact Form 7 and even it works very nicely on every desktop, all browsers and mobile device systems.
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Best Plugins For Enforcing Strong User Passwords In WordPress
WordPress user profile includes a JavaScript-powered indicator which only tell you the strength of a password being entered. However, there is no other feature included for stopping users to enter weak passwords. This post is about two simple WordPress plugins you can use for enforcing string passwords. Both plugin are a little bit different from each other in their features.
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Trick Spambots By Enabling Real Dynamic JavaScript Encryption In Email Addresses Present Inside Your WordPress Site Content
Posting an email address inside your blog post increases the risk of directing spams towards email inbox. BetterAntiSpamBot is a free WordPress plugin that lets you post email address with better protection against spambots. The plugin encrypts email addresses with a dynamically generated JavaScript function.
Increase Security By Disabling PHP File (Plugins & Themes) Editing In WordPress Admin Area
By default WordPress allows site administrators to edit PHP files of plugins and themes direct from WordPress admin area dashboard. If you are using this feature from backend then make sure you have a strong security plugins installed in your WordPress site because this functionality can create a major security issue. For example: If your admin password is hacked by a bot or something then they can easily add their malware or suspicious scripts in your site’s themes and plugins easily by editing their PHP files.
How To Create A Custom Right Click Menu For Your WordPress Site Visitors ?
Whenever someone right click on any website, it shows same old default menu with options like reload, save as, inspect element etc. But now you can disable this menu and create your own custom menu by using the new WordPress plugin.
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Block Distributed Botnet Attacks In WordPress Giving All Important Condition In Simplest Form
Botnet Attack Blocker is the new WordPress plugin that blocks distributed botnet brute-force attacks. The specialty of this plugin is that it lets you add all important blocking conditions in the most simplest form. The plugin is even very easy for all new WordPress site owners who doesn’t know much about brute force, WordPress security and plugin usage etc.
How To Generate A Secure Password While Adding Or Updating New Users In WordPress ?
Simple User Password Generator simply adds a secure password generator button on WordPress Add New & Edit User pages, using this new button site administrators can easily generate a secure password for their users.
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Get Free Cloud Powered Brute Force Attack Protection For Your WordPress Site
BruteProtect is the brand new cloud powered Brute Force attack prevention plugin for WordPress based websites. The plugin identifies and block malicious IPs from accessing your website.
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How To Easily Change WordPress Admin URL Slug ?
HC Custom WP-Admin URL is another new WordPress plugin that allows you to edit WP Admin area URL slug from wp-admin to someting else of your choice.
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Get Classification Showing Which Active Plugins Are Safe To Use And Which Not In Your WordPress Site
This is an awesome WordPress plugins that provides you are an easy classification of plugins activated in your WordPress site. Classification lists indicates which WordPress plugin are safe and which are not so that you can easily know the weak points of your WordPress site and increase its security levels.
Get Automatic Protection Against Brute Force, Bad Bots & Common Weak Points Of WordPress
Harden WP is new simple WordPress plugin that enables automatic protection against ongoing Brute Force attacks, Bad Bots and also for common known weak points of any WordPress site.
Set WordPress To Automatically LogOut Idle Site Users With A Custom Message
You can set WordPress to automatically logout the idle users after a given interval of time. WP Idle Logout is the new WordPress plugin that one can use for increasing WordPress site security by automatically logging out users with a custom message and redirect to login screen.
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Automatically Add Spam IP To Comment Blacklist In WordPress
With new WordPress plugin called Comment Auto Blacklist automatically adds IPs of spam comments to comment blacklist settings field in your WordPress site.
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Automatic WordPress Protection With Enterprise Grade Security, Firewall, Auto Backup, Analytics And More
6Scan Security is a comprehensive automatic protection for WordPress based websites can get against hackers.The security scanner goes beyond the rule-based protection of other WordPress security plugins, employing active penetration testing algorithms for finding security vulnerabilities in a WordPress install. Then it fixes them then all automatically before hackers can exploit them. The plugin provides you regular updates to ensures your protection is always airtight.
How To Enable Restriction On Page Parents Creation Conditionally In WordPress ?
WordPress allows you to create child pages, Child Pages are those pages that are created keeping some page as their parent so that their content and category falls with in them. This makes page management easy and more useful. But sometimes you might not want to allow your users to create child pages of some particular pages created by you. For example: If you don’t want your users to create child pages for your About and Contact pages etc.
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Use Browser TrafficLight And Add A Strong, Non-intrusive Security Layer To Your WebBrowsing Experience
These are many Google Chrome firewall, malware, phishing protect extensions but still it becomes hard to find out which website is clean and which is not; specially when you search the web and navigate to website without know what sort stuff is there. This tutorial explains you how you can make your web browsing quick, easy and secure using a simple traffic light that warns you if you visit any suspicious or un-trusted website.