Acunetix Secure WordPress

Acunetix Secure WordPress plugin is a free and comprehensive security tool that helps you secure your WordPress installation and suggests corrective measures for: securing file permissions, security of the database, version hiding, WordPress admin protection and lots more.

Acunetix Secure WordPress checks your WordPress website/blog for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions such as:

1. Passwords
2. File permissions
3. Database security
4. Version hiding
5. WordPress admin protection/security
6. Removes WP Generator META tag from core code

Requirements

• WordPress version 3.0 and higher
• PHP5 (tested with PHP Interpreter >= 5.2.9)

For more information on the Acunetix WP Security plug-in and other WordPress security news, visit the Acunetix Blog and join our Facebook page. Post any questions or feedback on the Acunetix Secure WordPress plug-in forum.

Key security features:

• Easy backup of WordPress database for disaster recovery
• Removal of error-information on login-page
• Addition of index.php to the wp-content, wp-content/plugins, wp-content/themes and wp-content/uploads directories to prevent directory listings
• Removal of wp-version, except in admin-area
• Removal of Really Simple Discovery meta tag
• Removal of Windows Live Writer meta tag
• Removal of core update information for non-admins
• Removal of plugin-update information for non-admins
• Removal of theme-update information for non-admins (only WP 2.8 and higher)
• Hiding of wp-version in backend-dashboard for non-admins
• Removal of version in URLs from scripts and stylesheets only on frontend
• Reporting of security overview after WordPress blog is scanned
• Reporting of file permissions following security checks
• Live traffic tool to monitor your website activity in real time
• Integrated tool to change the database prefix
• Disabling of database error reporting (if enabled)
• Disabling of PHP error reporting

For more information on the Acunetix Secure WordPress plug-in and other WordPress security news, visit the Acunetix Blog and join our Facebook page. Post any questions or feedback on the Acunetix Secure WordPress plug-in forum.