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
Lock Down Important WordPress Options
Block saving of important WordPress options with our Super Admin Access feature.
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Automatically Block Malicious WordPress Visitors By IP Address
Automatically Block Malicious WordPress Visitors By IP Address
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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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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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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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WordPress Shield Security Badge
Visitors to your websites like to know that the website or service they’re using is secure. It’s important to let them know you take your security, and theirs, seriously. With this in mind, we give users of the Shield plugin...
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Security: Hide The WordPress Login and Admin Pages (wp-login.php)
For the past few years the Shield Security plugin for WordPress has been demonstrating its ability to thwart attempts to compromise websites, with its many layers of protection. One the most important of these layers is the user login protection...
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Track WordPress Activity With An Activity Log
With the Audit Trail provided by the WordPress Simple Firewall plugin, you can now track and monitor all important activity on your WordPress sites.
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User Sessions – Who’s Logged Into My WordPress?
WordPress user sessions are not possible out-of-the-box, but with the WordPress Simple Firewall, now you have full view and control of all users on your sites!
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Beware New WordPress Security Theat: The WordPress Misinformation Virus
Misinformation is a real problem amongst WordPress administrators and the WordPress security community in general. The reason is simply lack of understanding of key security principles, and also the spread of information that isn't entirely based on fact.
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