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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.

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Latest blogs from Paul

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July 4, 2016 by Paul G.

Get Your Head Straight With WordPress HTTP Security Headers

HTTP Security Headers are perhaps the most overlooked way to protect visitors on your WordPress websites. But they’re one of the most powerful. HTTP Headers tell web browsers what they can and cannot do with your website. This is important,...

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March 2, 2016 by Paul G.

Meet Shield – Your WordPress Security Solution

Shield - the new name for The WordPress Simple Firewall plugin. Now with a professional tier for people that mean business.

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February 16, 2016 by Paul G.

Google Authenticator Made Easy For Added WordPress Login Security

Google Authenticator has been added to the Shield Security plugin for WordPress to make 2-factor authentication easy for everyone.

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January 26, 2016 by Paul G.

Changes To Email Two Factor Authentication For WordPress

We've provided email two factor authentication for WordPress for years, but we're simplifying a bit and this is an explanation of what's new.

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January 18, 2016 by Paul G.

Monitor WordPress Core Files For Hacks

Introducing the latest feature of our WordPress security plugin - a WordPress Core File Scanner with automatic file repair and recovery.

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October 2, 2015 by Paul G.

Lock Down Important WordPress Options

Block saving of important WordPress options with our Super Admin Access feature.

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August 21, 2015 by Paul G.

Automatically Block Malicious WordPress Visitors By IP Address

Automatically Block Malicious WordPress Visitors By IP Address

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August 13, 2015 by Paul G.

Block Username Fishing Using Author IDs Scans

It's easy to discover usernames on a WordPress website - it's simply a matter of calling the website URL with the ?author=1 query. We show you how to block it!

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August 7, 2015 by Paul G.

Block WordPress File Editing – WordPress Security Basics Series Pt.5

One of the simplest way to improve your WordPress site security is to block WordPress users' option to edit files from the dashboard.

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June 21, 2015 by Paul G.

Further WordPress Admin Access Lockdown

For a long time now our Shield Security plugin has had a unique ability to protect itself from intruders. We called this system ‘Security Admin’. We’ve been working on extending this feature so that you may in-fact lock down certain...

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