Shield Pro
What to do about Inactive WordPress Accounts
Inactive and abandoned WordPress users are a risk to our sites. Shield Security 7.4 provides options to automatically and manually suspend user accounts.
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WordPress XML-RPC – why and how to block attacks
In this article we discuss what XML-RPC is for WordPress, how you can disable it, and why you might want to.
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WP Shield Security Pro – Release 7.3
Shield Security Pro 7.3 comes with a whole new set of rules to detect, log, and block bad bots and web crawlers on your WordPress sites.
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The Bot Signals That Help You Track And Block Bad Bots
In an earlier article we wrote about 1 particular technique to tempt a bot in order to know that it’s a bad bot. This approach is elaborate, but it works. Every bot has their own particular character, based on their...
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Creating a Mouse Trap to Capture Bad Bots
Figuring out which traffic is legitimate and which isn’t, can be tricky. If a (ro)bot script is written well, and often they are, they appear to be just like any other normal visitor. The challenge that we’re presented with is...
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Beyond Shield Security 7
With the release of Shield Security 7, we're now looking ahead to see what's coming next. This article is a brief outline of our short-term plans.
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The New Shield Security 7.0
Shield Security v7.0 was released 28th January, 2019. We’ve been hard at work the past few months building the new Shield Security v7.0. As with any big project, it took on a life of its own and took longer than...
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WP Shield Security – Release 6.10
Shield v6.10 ships with Two-Factor Authentication Recovery Codes, official web crawler/bot detection, custom traffic watcher exclusions and much more!
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Recover Your WordPress Account with Two-Factor Authentication Backup Codes
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is a wonderful thing as it does a great job of protecting our accounts. But it has its weaknesses. You’ll know this if you’ve ever lost your phone with your Google Authenticator codes. It can be a...
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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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