WordPress is a php & database based blogging platform and is always targeted by hackers. There are many WordPress plugins are there which are very useful to prevent WordPress hacking. Here I have created a list of Top WordPress Security Plugins which will help you to protect your blog from hackers.
We have already informed how hacked WordPress themes harm your blog and why you should not download free premium WordPress themes. Anyways, many bloggers still fall for such trap and download WordPress premium stuff from unreliable sources. In most of the cases, you will not even realize that your blog is hacked and hacker will be passing link juice to spam site or using it for other unethical uses. Anyways, we will keep this discussion for some other time and for now, we will look into some of the top WordPress security plugins.
When ever we talk about hardening WordPress security, we suggest some basic security tips like use WordPress backup plugins, implement recaptcha test , secure WordPress directory browsing. At times, it’s impossible to do all these tasks at once. These mentioned security plugins for WordPress will be helping you by taking care of all basic and advanced WordPress security measures.
It’s not necessary to keep all these WordPress plugins active all the time but it’s a good security practice to run these plugins once in a while, to make sure your WordPress blog is not hacked or contains any malicious code.
List of Top WordPress Security Plugins
WordPress Antivirus
This is one of the best WordPress security plugins, which scans WordPress theme for WordPress permalink backdoor malware. Besides this plugin scans all theme files for malware injections and vulnerability. This plugin scans files daily and can notify via email. <link>
WordPress Security Scan
It is an excellent security analyzer plugin for WordPress.It tells us more about WordPress security. It scans all wordpress installation for possible malware and vulnerabilities. It suggests us about password protection, mysql security, wordpress admin security, WordPress permissions etc. You can also change WordPress file permission with this plugin. It also tells about invalid login attempts. <link>
Exploit Scanner
It is a very good plugin. It scans wordpress files and database and highlights all code which may be suspicious. It shows all suspicious encrypted codes such as base64 decode and hidden code by css. This plugin is very useful for an expert. <link>
TAC
TAC means theme authenticity checker. It mainly scans WordPress theme for any encrypted link i.e. a link which is not visible in theme file but appears when blog is loaded. <Link>
WP Malwatch
This is a fantastic plugin which scans a wordpress theme and other files for malware. It scans for hidden files. It can analyze .htaccess and all uploading files so you are secured while uploading a file. This plugin is very useful to detect an existing malware on your wordpress. <link>
If you know any other Wp security plugin which deserves to be in this list of top WordPress security plugins, than do let us know via comment. Also, what other method do you use to prevent your WordPress blog from hacking?
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i am using Exploit Scanner already and i love it..
We use “Exploit Scanner” and “Wordpress Firewall” neither of which seemed to have slowed our blo’s performance.
Good list guys.
Wordpress Anti Virus is not the good one. It consume memory and also effect blog loading time. I have tried it for 7 days on one of my blog and then delete it.
That is a good list, Shariq – I have used a file monitor and the Bad Behavior plugin before, but not any of those.
Bro.. I am really really thankful to you… I had many small snippets on my theme-functions.php file and guess what.. i had never checked that.
Thanks a lot for telling us such a wonderful plugin.
Thanks
wordpress antivirus. nice plugin. i we can activate it once in a while to scan and deact.
Thanks for sharing these security tools for wordpress mate. i havent used any of the tools till now, i am going to try these tools today.
It is really important to have a highly secured blog because nowadays a lot of hackers are on a prowl. The plugins you have mentioned will help a lot to make our blogs secure. Thanks a lot dude
Thanks for sharing bro. This is the first time I heard about Wordpress Antivirus. Can’t imagine a CMS can have its own antivirus script to check for malware and malicious codes.
Thanks for your post…quite a read.
I installed antivirus plugin for wordpress. It detected a virus and kicked me out of wordpress.
I can’t now log in to my site.
Anyone know what I can do?
you can remove the wp antivirus from your hosting account through ftp access and then login into your blog.
I am really interested in the anti virus plugin, but is it really ok to install it without slowing down my website?
thanks for the advise!
Take a look at Wordfence. It’s like having your own personal firewall within your WP site. Very cool.
Frank