We all have known about anti-virus and firewalls for our computers, but being the owner of a website have you ever thought of such a safety hack for your website? You should be aware that your website needs some protective measures, they too are vulnerable to thieves, intruders, and hackers. It is important that you do a backup of your sites before using any of these plugins. Some plugins can cause compatibility issues. Let us see the best word press security plugins of the year 2017
I Theme Security
Itheme security is not a known brand name but if you see its former name, you get to trust it. It was formerly known as WP security, they are widely known for making themes and other plugins.
The best specialties of I themes are the user-friendliness; it helps the user with the checklist of security actions one should take.
All in one WP Security and firewall
If you are not familiar with security settings then all in one WP security can be the best plugin to choose. They are so user-friendly that a newbie can easily work with that the firewall features in the plugin blocks the scripts which are suspected to be malicious, even they prevent the hot lining of images and manage to block fake Google bots invasion on your site.
Sucuri Security
SucuriSecurity is more than a security plugin, it is a monitoring tool, it watches the changes and activities that can actually harm your site. This plugin is not for newbies, as it requires the understanding of codes and file system. The advanced update of the plugin provides you with the feature of remote scanning of malware, security monitoring of blacklisted invasions and most importantly post- hack security actions.
Wordfence Security
Wordfence Security Plugin is one of the most loved plugins as per statistics. It has more than a million installs till the date. the plugins have additional features such as 2 step authentication and user security strengthening. It also provides the features like checking, whether the site is already infected with some viruses or hackers, it also stops the brute force attacks.
WP Antivirus Site Protection
WP Antivirus Site protection is a plugin meant for deep protections. It does detailed scans of all the websites in order to secure your site. It is well known for detecting backdoors, hidden links, spyware etc. once detected it automatically takes actions against them.
Google Authenticator
Google Authenticator uses two-step authentication to ensure the safety of the site, it authentification such as text or voice call when a user logs into a WordPress site. The Authenticator also supports Security keys for USB port.
Acunetix WP Security
It is a free solution to all threats but has a large list of tools accompanied. It scans your site ones installed and suggest a large number of methods to make it more secure
VaultPress
A plugin created by Automattic which works on subscription model basis. Vaultpress backups your site on daily basis and will also remove threats if found in your files.
BulletProof Security
Bulletproof is a word Press security covers all the major areas of threat such as firewall, login and database security.
WP Security Ninja
It is a super-fast scanner, it scans for every threat. All you have to do is to press a scan now option.
