WordPress Security Services: Audit, Harden and Keep It That Way

WordPress itself is reasonably secure when it is kept up to date. The risk comes from everything around it. A plugin abandoned by its author, a theme bought years ago that never received a patch, an admin account called "admin", a contact form that accepts uploads, or file permissions that let any script write anywhere. Attackers know these weak points well, and they scan for them automatically.

A WordPress security audit looks at all of it. I review core, theme and plugin versions against known vulnerabilities, check every user account and role, inspect file permissions and the wp-config file, look for suspicious code and unused components, and test login and form protection. You get a clear list of findings, ranked by risk.

Then comes the WordPress hardening. Unused plugins and themes removed, abandoned ones replaced, file editing disabled, keys and salts rotated, XML-RPC and REST endpoints restricted where they are not needed, logins protected with two-factor authentication and rate limiting, and a firewall configured at Cloudflare and inside WordPress. The site keeps working exactly as before. It is simply much harder to break into.

When it makes sense to call me

• Your WordPress site has plugins you no longer use
• Admins share passwords or use the username "admin"
• You receive floods of failed login attempts
• A plugin you rely on has not been updated in over a year
• Your site was hacked and cleaned, but never hardened
• You run WooCommerce or a membership area with customer data