Title: Apta Shield
Author: Lorenzo Romero
Published: <strong>June 19, 2026</strong>
Last modified: June 19, 2026

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# Apta Shield

 By [Lorenzo Romero](https://profiles.wordpress.org/megapattern/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/apta-shield.1.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/apta-shield/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/apta-shield/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/apta-shield/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/apta-shield/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/apta-shield/)

## Description

Apta Shield is a comprehensive, lightweight, and robust security engine designed
to keep your WordPress site safe from modern threats.

Key Features:
 * **Web Application Firewall (WAF)**: Active traffic inspection targeting
SQLi, XSS, RCE, and LFI. * **Brute Force Protection**: Automatic detection and temporary
lockout of suspicious IP addresses. * **URL Obfuscation**: Hide wp-login.php and
wp-admin behind a custom secret slug. * **Security Hardening**: Disable XML-RPC,
native code editors, author enumeration, and hide WordPress version. * **Malware&
Integrity Scanner**: Compares local PHP files against official WordPress checksums
and scans for heuristic malware signatures. * **Core Reinstallation**: Reinstall
clean core files from WordPress.org in one click if corruption or modifications 
are found. * **Audit Log**: Keep track of user activity, login failures, profile
updates, and settings modifications. * **Alert Notifications**: Immediate email 
alerts for critical security events.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `apta-shield` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Navigate to ‘Apta Shield’ in the admin side menu to configure the settings.

## FAQ

### Does it affect performance?

No. Apta Shield is built to be extremely lightweight and fast. The WAF rules run
efficiently on request startup.

### What happens if I forget my custom login slug?

You can rename the plugin directory via FTP to disable it, which will restore the
default login URL.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Apta Shield” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Lorenzo Romero ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/megapattern/)

[Translate “Apta Shield” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/apta-shield)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/apta-shield/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/apta-shield/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/apta-shield/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/apta-shield/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.1**
 *  Last updated **3 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 * Tags
 * [Brute Force](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/brute-force/)[firewall](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/firewall/)
   [hardening](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hardening/)[malware scanner](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/malware-scanner/)
   [security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/apta-shield/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Lorenzo Romero ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/megapattern/)

## Support

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