WebsiteDefender WordPress Security

The WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plugin is a free and comprehensive security tool that helps you secure your WordPress installation and suggests corrective measures for: strengthening passwords, securing file permissions, security of the database, version hiding, WordPress admin protection and lots more. Key security features:

• Easy backup of WordPress database for disaster recovery
• Removal of error-information on login-page
• Addition of index.php to the wp-content, wp-content/plugins, wp-content/themes and wp-content/uploads directories to prevent directory listings
• Removal of wp-version, except in admin-area
• Removal of Really Simple Discovery meta tag
• Removal of Windows Live Writer meta tag
• Removal of core update information for non-admins
• Removal of plugin-update information for non-admins
• Removal of theme-update information for non-admins (only WP 2.8 and higher)
• Hiding of wp-version in backend-dashboard for non-admins
• Removal of version in URLs from scripts and stylesheets only on frontend
• Reporting of security overview after Wordpress blog is scanned
• Reporting of file permissions following security checks
• Strong password generator tool to protect from brute force attacks
• Integrated tool to change the database prefix
• Disabling of database error reporting (if enabled)
• Disabling of PHP error reporting

For more information on the WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plug-in and other WordPress security news, visit the WebsiteDefender Blog and join our Facebook page. Post any questions or feedback on the WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plug-in forum.

• Make a backup of your current installation
• Unpack the downloaded package
• Upload the extracted files to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
• Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress If you do encounter any bugs, or have comments or suggestions, please post them on the WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plug-in forum.

For more information on the WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plug-in and other WordPress security news, visit the WebsiteDefender Blog and join our Facebook page. Post any questions or feedback on the WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plug-in forum.

For more information on the WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plug-in and other WordPress security news, visit the WebsiteDefender Blog and join our Facebook page. Post any questions or feedback on the WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plug-in forum.

1.0.6

• Fixed the broken pages

1.0.5

• Removed the registration requirement
• Alert page removed following cancellation of pro features

0.3

• Update: Minor updates

0.2

• Update: Minor updates

0.1

• Feature: Removes error-information on login-page
• Feature: Adds index.php to the wp-content, wp-content/plugins, wp-content/themes and wp-content/uploads directories to prevent directory listings
• Feature: Removes the wp-version, except in admin-area
• Feature: Removes Really Simple Discovery meta tag
• Feature: Removes Windows Live Writer meta tag
• Feature: Removes core update information for non-admins
• Feature: Removes plugin-update information for non-admins
• Feature: Removes theme-update information for non-admins (only WP 2.8 and higher)
• Feature: Hides wp-version in backend-dashboard for non-admins
• Feature: Removes version on URLs from scripts and stylesheets only on frontend
• Feature: Provides various information after scanning your Wordpress blog
• Feature: Provides file permissions security checks
• Feature: Provides a strong password generator tool
• Feature: Provides database backup utility
• Feature: Provides a tool for changing the database prefix
• Feature: Turns off database error reporting (if enabled)
• Feature: Turns off PHP error reporting For more information on the WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plug-in and other WordPress security news, visit the WebsiteDefender Blog and join our Facebook page. Post any questions or feedback on the WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plug-in forum.