Lumiverse Security Watchdog Lite

Lumiverse Security Watchdog Lite helps WordPress site owners, agencies and WooCommerce stores see important security risks early and take practical action from one clear dashboard. It includes a free security audit, malware and file checks, login protection, hardening tools, site-change monitoring, Traffic Shield Lite, Real-Time Security Activity and optional Watchdog Threat Intelligence Lite. Why install Watchdog Lite?

• Free Security Audit - run a fast WordPress security report with a Lite score and clear recommendations.
• Malware and file checks - scan for suspicious code, risky uploads, unexpected file changes and known bad patterns.
• Traffic Shield Lite - reduce abusive traffic, scanner requests, repeated 404 activity, XML-RPC pressure and suspicious URL patterns.
• Login Guard - help protect against repeated failed logins, username attacks and XML-RPC login abuse.
• Site Change Watch Lite - watch for important changes such as new administrators, admin promotions, plugin/theme activity and risky uploads.
• Hardening tools - apply practical WordPress hardening options without hunting through multiple settings pages.
• Real-Time Security Activity - review recent security events and important activity in a readable timeline.
• Threat Intelligence Lite - optional community intelligence from the Watchdog network for selected hostile sources, scanners and exploit probes.

Built for WooCommerce stores too WooCommerce stores get different traffic than normal websites: cart actions, wishlist links, catalog filters, checkout flows and crawler activity. Watchdog Lite adds store-aware visibility and conservative protection for common WooCommerce traffic patterns while keeping normal shoppers, checkout, customer accounts and logged-in activity open. For advanced store protection, Watchdog Security Suite PRO adds earlier filtering, stronger WooCommerce protection, crawler cart-action neutralization, deeper IP investigation and professional response workflows. Threat Intelligence Lite Threat Intelligence Lite can connect your site to the Watchdog community network when enabled by an administrator. It helps participating sites recognize selected hostile sources, scanner activity and exploit probes using compact community intelligence from watchdogsecuritysuite.com. Threat Intelligence Lite is designed as a practical protection layer, not a noisy blacklist. It focuses on security signals that are useful for WordPress and WooCommerce site owners. Upgrade to Watchdog Security Suite PRO Watchdog Lite is the free starting point. PRO is built for WooCommerce stores, agencies, care-plan providers and business websites that need stronger protection, earlier blocking and clearer response workflows. Learn more about Watchdog Security Suite PRO. PRO adds:

• Early WAF / Extended Firewall for earlier high-confidence blocking.
• Advanced WooCommerce protection and pressure visibility.
• Commerce Action Hard Cut for automated cart, wishlist and remove-cart mutations.
• Full Watchdog Threat Network intelligence with richer classifications.
• Vulnerability monitoring and stronger security intelligence.
• Rescue Center workflows with evidence review, quarantine and safer recovery options.
• Deeper IP investigation, bot visibility and agency-friendly controls.

1. Go to WordPress Dashboard -> Plugins -> Add New.
2. Search for "Lumiverse Security Watchdog Lite".
3. Install and activate the plugin.
4. Open "Security Watchdog" from the WordPress admin menu.
5. Run the Free Security Audit and review the recommended setup.

Manual installation:

1. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
2. Activate the plugin from the Plugins screen.
3. Open "Security Watchdog" and review the dashboard.

3.8.3

• Improved visitor IP detection for Traffic Shield Lite and Login Guard, including safer Cloudflare/proxy handling.
• Minor security and reliability refinements.

3.8.2

• Strengthened WooCommerce-aware protection messaging, scanner signal quality, alert clarity and Threat Network visibility.
• Improved safe handling for logged-in users in Traffic Shield Lite.

3.8.1

• Improved the Lite dashboard, Free Security Audit and WooCommerce-aware presentation.
• Refined the WordPress.org readme and public plugin presentation. 3.8.0
• Improved Threat Intelligence Lite compatibility with newer Watchdog network classifications.
• Improved logged-in user handling in Traffic Shield Lite.
• Refined conservative handling of high-risk intelligence in Lite. 3.7.6
• Threat Intelligence Lite defaults to explicit administrator opt-in.
• Lite feed updates automatically in the background when enabled.
• Added safer sharing support for selected login and XML-RPC attack signals.
• Improved public privacy wording. 3.7.5
• Improved Threat Intelligence Lite settings and status display.
• Refined Lite signal handling. 3.7.4
• Simplified Threat Intelligence Lite controls.
• Improved Lite intelligence contribution wording. 3.7.3
• Improved Lite threat signal handling.
• Refined exploit-path and scanner-pattern handling. 3.7.2
• Improved Threat Intelligence Lite record display. 3.7.1
• Improved Threat Intelligence Lite UI labels. 3.7.0
• Added Free Security Audit, Site Change Watch Lite and Threat Intelligence Lite.
• Refreshed Lite dashboard experience. 3.6.6
• Refined Lite scanner and Traffic Shield behavior. 3.6.5
• Improved dashboard and settings presentation. 3.6.4
• Improved scanner reliability and false-positive handling. 3.6.3
• Refined hardening and visitor protection behavior. 3.6.2
• Improved Live Watch and scanner status display. 3.6.1
• Improved Lite admin UI and recommended setup. 3.6.0
• Added safer Lite scanner and hardening improvements.