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Author: WebsiteDefender

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

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
• Strong password generator tool to protect from brute force attacks
• Integrated tool to change the database prefix
• Disabling of database error reporting (if enabled)
• Disabling of PHP error reporting

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