Blog
Keyless Activation – Doing Away With License Key Management
Managing WordPress sites is a lot of work, on a good day. With so many moving parts, staying on top of it all can be, frankly, a little overwhelming. To complicate matters, if you purchase WordPress Pro plugins, you’ve got...
Continue Reading →
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:...
Continue Reading →
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.
Continue Reading →
Our Evolving Position On Shield Security Free Features
We launched the Shield Security plugin over 5 years ago. One of our guiding principles was that we would deliver a solid, stable and reliable Security plugin for everyone. And by everyone, we meant that we’d keep all security-related features free, whenever...
Continue Reading →
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....
Continue Reading →
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.
Continue Reading →
Shield Security – A Fresh New Look For 2018
Shield 6.3 sees a brand new UI for 2018. Cleaner, smarter, faster, more responsive.
Continue Reading →
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.
Continue Reading →
Shield’s Two-Factor Authentication ‘Remember Me’ Feature
To make 2-Factor Authentication easier on your users, Shield Security comes with a "Remember Me" feature so 2FA isn't always required.
Continue Reading →
Shield Security To Drop Support For PHP 5.2 (and 5.3)
The issue that WordPress stills maintains support for PHP 5.2 burns hotly in the minds of many developers. It’s not a decision based on what’s best for the code, but on what’s best for reputation and maintaining the WordPress userbase....
Continue Reading →