SiteFort - Advanced Security, Firewall & Malware Scanner

SiteFort is a performance-first WordPress malware scanner, firewall, and hardening plugin built from real malware cleanup work. Your site stays fast during deep threat analysis. SiteFort offloads suspicious file analysis to the cloud and reduces wasted server work by blocking bad bots, scanner probes, abusive requests, and rate-limit violations. Use SiteFort to find malware, backdoors, web shells, malicious PHP, injected scripts, SEO spam, suspicious redirects, exposed sensitive files, hidden administrator risks, breached passwords, vulnerable plugins, scanner bots, and weak hardening rules before attackers use them against you. Helpful links: Plugin Features | Free Remote Scan | Pricing | Documentation CORE SECURITY FEATURES

• WordPress security scanner reviews files, user accounts, content, database safety, reputation, sensitive file exposure, server state, hidden admin risks, and known vulnerabilities.
• Cloud-assisted malware scanner uses fast hash checks first, then deep cloud file analysis for unknown or suspicious files to detect backdoors, web shells, malicious PHP, injected scripts, SEO spam, unsafe URLs, redirects, modified files, and exposed sensitive files.
• Firewall protection blocks unwanted traffic by IP, CIDR, country, bot, crawler, user agent, rate limit, scanner behavior, and threat intelligence.
• Cloudflare WAF sync can push supported IP, country, and user-agent rules to Cloudflare so high-volume blocks can happen before traffic reaches WordPress.
• Easy bot filter policy gives you Basic, Balanced, and Maximum bot protection with SEO-safe defaults for trusted search engines and social previews.
• Login security and 2FA protect accounts with authenticator app codes, email codes, recovery codes, custom login URLs, brute-force lockouts, CAPTCHA, weak password checks, and breached-password detection.
• WordPress hardening locks down XML-RPC, user enumeration, REST access, application passwords, file editing, PHP execution, sensitive files, version output, directory listing, and security headers.
• Verified hardening rules help confirm whether protections are actually enforced, not just switched on in a settings panel.
• Vulnerability monitoring checks WordPress core, plugins, and themes against known vulnerability intelligence and shows severity, affected assets, CVE references, and recommended action.
• Audit log and Console provide security evidence, event history, multi-site visibility, remote workflows, reports, team access, and alert routing.

PERFORMANCE-FIRST WORDPRESS SECURITY Security should not make your site slower. SiteFort is designed for busy websites, WooCommerce stores, agencies, and shared or managed hosting environments where heavy scans and bad-bot traffic can hurt performance.

• Fast hash-first scanning checks known files quickly before deeper analysis is needed.
• Cloud-powered file analysis handles suspicious files without making your server do all the heavy malware work.
• On-site database checks review content, users, options, redirects, and database safety without uploading your database to the cloud.
• Bad-bot blocking helps reduce scanner probes, scraping bots, automated scripts, and repeated abusive requests.
• Cloudflare Sync can push supported firewall rules to Cloudflare so high-volume blocks can happen before traffic reaches WordPress.

WORDPRESS SECURITY SCANNER SiteFort is not limited to basic file scanning. It runs a layered security review of the WordPress site and organizes findings by severity.

• Hash-first file analysis - checks local file hashes first so known clean and known malicious files can be resolved quickly without expensive server-side scanning.
• Deep malware detection - sends only unknown or suspicious files for deeper cloud analysis when needed, helping detect backdoors, web shells, malware variants, suspicious PHP, injected code, SEO spam, malicious redirects, unsafe URLs, and exposed sensitive files.
• File integrity checks - reviews WordPress core, plugins, themes, uploads, and custom files for unauthorized changes and clean-file restore opportunities.
• User account security - detects weak account posture, breached passwords, risky roles, suspicious user data, and administrator accounts that need review.
• Ghost administrator detection - flags hidden or unexpected administrator accounts, including suspicious admin users created outside normal site workflows.
• Content and database safety - checks WordPress data locally for injected malicious content, suspicious options, unsafe URLs, spam injections, malicious redirect indicators, and database-level threats.
• Domain and IP reputation - checks reputation context for the website domain and server IP so blocklist or abuse signals are visible before they affect trust.
• Sensitive file exposure - finds exposed backups, logs, config files, debug files, server fragments, dotfiles, and other files attackers commonly search for.
• Vulnerability scanner - checks WordPress core, plugins, and themes for known vulnerabilities, affected versions, severity, CVE references where available, and recommended action.
• Server state checks - reviews public paths, security headers, file exposure, and server conditions that can make compromise easier.

Cloud-assisted file scanning helps reduce server load while content and database checks run on your website. Your database content never leaves your site. WORDPRESS FIREWALL SiteFort provides practical firewall controls for production sites without requiring custom WAF rule writing.

• Block or allow by IP address, CIDR range, country, bot, crawler, or user agent.
• Use country blocking in block-selected or allow-only mode.
• Detect probes for .env, .git, wp-config.php backups, SQL dumps, debug logs, installer files, exposed metadata, and sensitive paths.
• Enable Cloudflare Sync to push supported IP, country, and user-agent rules to Cloudflare's edge.
• Escalate repeated active attacks to temporary edge blocks when Cloudflare sync is configured.
• Reduce abusive spikes with rate limiting, 404 probe controls, and community threat intelligence.
• Block scanner bots that try to discover vulnerable plugins, themes, backup files, configuration leaks, and version metadata.

EASY BOT FILTER POLICY Choose Basic, Balanced, or Maximum bot protection without writing manual rules.

• Basic blocks known hacking and vulnerability scanning tools.
• Balanced blocks hacking tools, data scraping bots, and automated scripts.
• Maximum blocks hacking tools, scrapers, automated scripts, and unrecognized bot traffic.

Trusted search engines, social previews, and major crawlers can stay allowed while unwanted automation is filtered. LOGIN SECURITY AND 2FA Account takeover is one of the fastest ways to lose control of a WordPress site. SiteFort adds layered login protection without requiring multiple plugins.

• Role-based two-factor authentication.
• Authenticator app codes.
• Email verification codes.
• Recovery codes.
• Brute-force lockouts.
• CAPTCHA protection.
• Custom login URL.
• Weak password detection.
• Breached-password detection.
• Strong-password enforcement.
• Password Expiration Policy.
• Safer generic login responses to protect username testing.
• XML-RPC and REST authentication controls.

WORDPRESS SECURITY HARDENING SiteFort helps close the exposure points attackers check first, then verifies whether key protections are actually working.

• XML-RPC controls - disable XML-RPC, restrict XML-RPC authentication, or block pingback abuse where appropriate.
• User enumeration blocking - reduce username leaks from author archives, REST endpoints, and common discovery paths.
• Sensitive file protection - block public access to .env, backups, logs, debug files, .git metadata, lock files, sample configs, and server fragments.
• PHP execution protection - block PHP execution in uploads and direct PHP access inside plugin/theme folders where supported.
• Directory listing protection - reduce exposure from browsable upload, plugin, theme, or backup directories.
• File editor protection - disable the built-in theme/plugin file editor to reduce damage from compromised admin accounts.
• REST and application password controls - restrict risky REST access and application password behavior based on site needs.
• Version and metadata cleanup - hide WordPress version output and reduce exposed generator/header signals.
• Security headers - analyze and manage CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, and disclosure headers such as X-Powered-By, Server, and X-Generator.
• Verified hardening - SiteFort checks whether supported hardening rules are enforced and shows what may require manual hosting or server configuration.

VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT SiteFort checks installed WordPress core, plugin, and theme versions against vulnerability intelligence and shows affected assets, severity, CVE references where available, and recommended fixes. SiteFort does not claim to virtually patch vulnerable code. Instead, it helps you identify affected components, prioritize fixes, update where possible, and reduce reconnaissance with scanner-bot blocking while you patch. Pro: automated vulnerability alerts notify teams when a known vulnerability affects an installed plugin, theme, or WordPress core version. ONE-CLICK REPAIR AND RESTORE Pro: SiteFort adds guided repair workflows so you can act on scan findings without manually editing files over FTP or SSH.

• Repair or delete malicious files directly from scan results.
• Restore clean WordPress core, plugin, and theme files when a trusted clean source is available.
• Repair supported paid plugin/theme files when clean-source matching is available.
• Quarantine suspicious files and restore them later if needed.

For active compromise, Securewp expert cleanup and managed security services are available when hands-on investigation, root-cause patching, blacklist help, or post-cleanup review is needed. AUDIT LOG AND SITEFORT CONSOLE SiteFort keeps a security event history so you can see what changed, what was blocked, and what needs review. Track logins, failed logins, lockouts, user changes, plugin/theme changes, firewall blocks, scan results, hardening changes, vulnerability findings, settings changes, and sensitive actions. Use SiteFort from WordPress dashboard for site-level protection. Connect to SiteFort Console for multi-site status, scan history, vulnerability tracking, uptime monitoring, SSL expiry checks, remote website scanning, alert routing, downloadable reports, team roles, white-label options, and support workflows. SiteFort Console is available for connected users. Some Console workflows, reporting features, white-label options, managed services, or advanced automations may require a paid plan. HOSTING COMPATIBILITY SiteFort is built for real WordPress hosting environments, including shared hosting, managed hosting, VPS setups, Apache, Nginx, LiteSpeed, and Cloudflare-proxied sites. Some hardening rules depend on server permissions and hosting configuration. When a rule cannot be applied automatically, SiteFort shows the status and helps identify what needs manual server configuration. PRO AND MANAGED SECURITY FEATURES Core protection is available in the plugin. Paid plans are designed for infected sites, larger custom sites, agencies, and teams that need continuous scanning, automated alerts, deeper file analysis, repair workflows, and post-cleanup protection. Pro features may include:

• Unlimited cloud deep threat analysis.
• Scheduled malware scans.
• Automated vulnerability alerts.
• One-click malware repair and restore.
• Supported clean-file restoration for core, plugin, and theme files.
• Uptime and SSL monitoring.
• Slack, Discord, email, and webhook alert workflows.
• Advanced reports and Console workflows.
• White-label options for agencies.
• Expert cleanup discounts.

Managed security options add hands-on review, monitoring, response workflows, and expert cleanup coverage.

1. Install SiteFort from the WordPress plugin directory, or upload the plugin ZIP file.
2. For manual installation, upload the unzipped sitefort folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
3. Activate the plugin from the Plugins screen and open SiteFort in wp-admin.
4. Complete the setup wizard, or open SiteFort > Settings > License and Plan.
5. Activate with your email address or license key. If a Pro purchase uses the same email as an existing free license, the site can upgrade to Pro from the License and Plan screen.
6. Review scanner, firewall, country blocking, bot policy, login security, 2FA, and hardening settings.
7. Connect Cloudflare from Settings > Integrations if you want edge-level firewall enforcement.
8. Run your first security scan and review malware, account, database, reputation, vulnerability, and hardening findings.

SiteFort requires outbound HTTPS for license activation, cloud malware analysis, vulnerability intelligence, firewall intelligence, community blocklist updates, reputation checks, clean-file repair, and optional Console sync.