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How To Secure Your Website – The First 4 Steps
The sun peaks through the morning clouds, and once again, it’s time to get ready for another day. As you grab the last of your things, and maybe down an extra cup of coffee, you head out into the world....
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Announcement: Dropping Support For PHP 5.2/5.3 From Shield Version 7.0+
[2022-11-1] Update: As of Shield v17 we’re dropping support for PHP 7.0 and 7.1. In order to run Shield v17, your web hosting will need to run at least PHP 7.2+ [2020-4-20] Update: As of Shield v10, we’ve moved to...
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3 Most Common WordPress Security Mistakes (That Most People Are Guilty Of Making)
In this article, we will discuss some of the most common WordPress security mistakes that most WordPress owners are fully guilty of making, and how you can avoid each of them.
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How to Protect the WordPress Login From Brute Force Attacks
We often get asked, ‘Can Shield protect my site against brute force attacks on my login’? The short answer is: “Yes, and no”
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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...
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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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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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