There are many hassles as security breakers when you work online. WordPress is out of box concept which has a good security measures installed with it. But, you never know when somebody has used his dirty mind to intervene in your blog and website by hacking it. To stay away from all kind of hackers online, it is best to install some of the best WordPress security plugins on your WordPress blog. This ensures enough safety for your blog and website and you could work peacefully without bothering about those internet hassles.
Now, let’s take a look at the “top 5 WordPress security plugins” to assist you to make your network hassle proof.
Top 5 WordPress Security Plugins
1. WP Security Scan
This is a great WordPress security plugin. It is quiet powerful in scanning viruses. This plugin will advice you about the secured and unsecured network areas. It scans your entire WordPress blog on and off. It ensures safety by offering you to follow security passwords, file opening permissions, database security and admin security.
Its best part is that it hides its original version from getting displayed online which makes it difficult for the hackers to approach and attach this security plugin.
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2. BulletProof Security
BulletProof Security plugin protects your blog against XSS, RFI, CRLF, CSRF, Base64, Code Injection and SQL Injection… hacking attempts. With One-click .htaccess WordPress security protection. Protects wp-config.php, bb-config.php, php.ini, php5.ini, install.php and readme.html files with .htaccess security protection.
Security Logging. HTTP Error Logging. Login Security/Login Monitoring: Log All Account Logins or Log Only Account Lockouts. Website Maintenance Mode (HTTP 503). Additional website security checks: DB errors off, file and folder permissions check… System Info: PHP, MySQL, OS, Server, Memory Usage, IP, SAPI, DNS, Max Upload… Built-in .htaccess file Editor.
3. Acunetix Secure WordPress
Secure WordPress is another great plugin to use. It removes all errors from the log-in page which could be due to wrong typing username and password. After the installation process of WordPress is done, this plugin helps to remove all unwanted erroneous items from the webpage.
The best feature about this plugin is that it adds a blank index.html file to the data, if anybody would try to hack it then they would end up visiting a blank file rather than accessing the original one. This is a really smart feature which helps and secures your network fully.
4. WordPress Database BackUp
This is one of the classic WordPress plugin to be used. It helps and creates a backup of your database specifically all your tables and also the ones you would choose to have. It is of course a great feature to have on your WordPress blog. You should ensure having this one before even downloading the WordPress.
5. Stealth Login Page
This is an awesome WordPress security plugin. It helps you to create a customized URL to log-on to your own blog. You don’t have to remember your user id or password every time to visit your website. All you need to do is to directly logon to this customized URL which will eventually take you to the website.
Conclusion:
I’ve shared Top 5 WordPress Security Plugins. Do you know any other best security plugin? Do let me know in the comment box below.
Hello Bashir,
I’m just using the WordPress Database BackUp in the mentioned list as i was not so worried about security of my blog. But i think it’s really important to use security plugins to ensure the blog’s security.
Thanks for the valuable tips.!
Hi Anirudh,
Thanks for stopping by. You’re on the right track. Good thing about this plugin is that install and setup and forget the backup tension. You’ll get an email everyday when new backup generated.
Just my suggestion, if you’re on shared hosting server, then don’t store your backup files in your hosting account.
Have a nice day!
Hi,
I would also mention about Limit Login Attemps plugin. It’s free, easy to install and set up but helps a lot.to secure WP blog.
Hello Teresa,
Are you using Limit login plugin? I’m using it and lot of my friends too. Yes it’s free and very easy to install and setup.
Thanks for leaving your comment!
Hey Bashir,
This is my first time to your blog I am always looking for new ways to improve the security of my site. I have used Bullet Proof security at one point, but for some reason I removed it.
I really liked it, I may have to put it back on. As for backups for my site I use Backup Buddy plugin. I also use the Login Limit plugin, I really like that plugin.
Thanks for sharing these plugins with us, it reminds us how easy it is to secure our sites, we just have to take the time to install the plugins.
Have a great day.
Hello Susan – Welcome to my blog.
Happy to see you here on my blog. Thanks for taking time to stop by and leaving your comment. Bullet Proof security plugin is one of best plugin I’ve used one of my blog.
Nice to know that you’re using Backup Buddy plugin for backing up your blog its good to be backed up all blog data. We don’t know when nightmare comes and destroy our blog. So our backup would be helpful to restore our blog.
I’m glad you liked the plugins. Please make sure always secure your blog and install only good themes and plugins from original source author.
I’m using BulletProof Security on one of my blogs. I love it
YOAST is a boss plugin i ever used. I hardly have to do for my onpage customization. Comment redirect is also nice but i never used it before. I am just starting it on my dite. thanks for sharing a informative article.
All plugins list you shared with us is quite informative for me. I am just new in this field and therefore love to discover more and more about it.
I really love the security plugin called Wordfence. It allow me to auto block any IP trying to hack my site, it notifies me of out-of-date plugins, and if you do get hacked it will show you which files have been changed, then show you a comparison of before and after, and easily allow you to go back to the previous version of any file. The basic model is also free with the option of a more advanced paid model. Very slick and super easy to set up and use.