The Upcoming Shield Security Pro 8.0
Shield Security v8.0 is nearly here. And with it will come one of our biggest releases, with many improvements and brand new features including a malware scanner for WordPress
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Shield Security Pro – 18 Months Review and Goodbye to One Dollar Plugin
We're getting ready to sunset the One Dollar Plugin project. We're dedicating our focus to Shield Security Pro. This is the announcement of these upcoming changes.
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How to limit login attempts to prevent login attacks in WordPress
The ability to limit login attempts on a WordPress site is crucial to your overall security. Shield Pro offers many powerful ways to achieve login protection.
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WP Shield Security Pro – Release 7.4
Shield Security Pro 7.4 provides the option to automatically and manually suspend WordPress users. It also helps the fight against WP comment SPAM.
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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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WordPress Shield Security – Release 7.2
Shield Security 7.2 brings a brand new scanner - abandoned plugins. You can see any plugins on your site that haven't been updated for over 2 years!
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