Paul G.
Paul Goodchild is the founder and CEO of Shield Security for WordPress – a best-in-class security plugin for the protection of critical WordPress-based websites and businesses.
Paul focuses on security features that deliver realworld results for client through the prevention of security breaches before they can happen. Prevention is preferrable over busy-security-work that sees you putting out fires and cleaning up your sites after an infection has taken hold.
Paul maintains that while a security plugin for WordPress is absolutely crucial, “security” is a practice and must involve your entire website and WordPress hosting environment, including your own local device security and security hygiene.
Latest blogs from Paul
GDPR and the Need for WordPress Password Policies
There’s no escaping the simple fact that “passwords”, as a means of verification, are here to stay. In the majority of cases, they’re the sole means of account verification. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times:...
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Is Your WordPress Password `Pwned`?
Shield Security plugin for WordPress is bringing a user Password Policy module. This will let security administrators set minimum requirements on password length, strength and expiration.
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WP Shield Security – Release 6.5
Shield Security v6.5 for WordPress released 5th March, 2018. This release sees improvements to the new Plugins and Themes Guard released in the previous version, as well as various bug fixes and general plugin improvements.
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WP Shield Security – Release 6.4
Shield Security v6.4 for WordPress released 26th February, 2018. This release sees the introduction of one of our most exciting features for a long while. This new feature delivers protection against direct hacking and modifications of plugins and themes. How...
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Our Evolving Position On Shield Security Free Features
The difference between Shield Security Free, and Shield Pro has been evolving. We make change to our “all security features are free” policy.
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The Plugin & Theme Guard For WordPress
Keeping your WordPress sites secure is a never-ending game of cat and mouse. 100% protection against intrusion is impossible. We can do our best to stop it, but we must be ready to deal with any intrusions once they occur....
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Your WordPress site is NOT designed to send emails
WordPress does not magically turn your site into a reliable email delivery service. For reliable email sending, it requires careful setup.
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WP Shield Security – Release 6.3
Shield Security v6.3 for WordPress released 12th February, 2018. This release has been primarily focused on Shield’s User Interface (UI). It’s been years since the plugin’s user interface has received any serious focus, so it was time to bring it...
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Shield Security – A Fresh New Look For 2018
Shield 6.3 sees a brand new UI for 2018. Cleaner, smarter, faster, more responsive.
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Increase Protection With More Frequent Scans For Shield Security
Shield Security now offers the ability to increase the scanning frequency to ensure that any corruption or intrusion is detected and cleaned more quickly.
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