Scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities.
| Author: | Acunetix (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.0 |
| WordPress version tested: | 4.2 |
| Plugin version: | 4.0.5 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 02-04-2008 |
| Last updated: | 22-04-2015
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 66 |
| Rated by: | 38 |
| Plugin URI: | http://www.acunetix.com/websitesecurity/wordp... |
| Total downloads: | 1 725 408 |
| Active installs: | 20 000+ |
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Acunetix WP Security plugin is a free and comprehensive security tool that helps you secure your WordPress installation and suggests corrective measures for: securing file permissions, security of the database, version hiding, WordPress admin protection and lots more.
Acunetix WP Security checks your WordPress website/blog for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions such as:
- Passwords
- File permissions
- Database security
- Version hiding
- WordPress admin protection/security
- Removes WP Generator META tag from core code
Requirements
- WordPress version 3.0 and higher
- PHP5 (tested with PHP Interpreter >= 5.2.9)
Key security features:
- MultiSite ready
- 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
- Live traffic tool to monitor your website activity in real time
- Integrated tool to change the database prefix
- Disabling of database error reporting (if enabled)
- Disabling of PHP error reporting
For more information on the Acunetix WP Security plug-in and other WordPress security news, visit the Acunetix Blog and join our Facebook page. Post any questions or feedback on the Acunetix WP Security plug-in forum.