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Loyal Security
5 (3 reviews)
Loyal Security - Firewall & Malware Scanner
Firewall, malware scanner, file integrity monitoring, hardening, 2FA, backups, and audit logging — one self-contained plugin.
Loyal Security ranks #43,796 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #1,834 of 5,058 in the Security category, a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Oct 20, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Compatible with WP 7.1
v1.5.4
Current Version v1.5.4
Updated 2 weeks ago
Last Update on 20 Oct, 2026
Refreshed 1 week ago
Last Refreshed on
#1,834 of 5,058 in Security
Top 50% by installs
Downloads +243.5% this week
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- Version
- 1.5.4
- Last Updated
- Oct 20, 2026
- Requires WP
- 6.6+
- Tested Up To
- 7.1
- PHP Version
- 8.0 or higher
- Author
- Loyal Security
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- Reviews
- 3
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Loyal Security - Firewall & Malware Scanner
No. The dashboard uses WordPress's bundled React via ES modules, so there's nothing to compile — and no Composer install either, since the plugin ships its own lightweight autoloader.
Yes. The dashboard lives entirely in wp-admin, so it's completely independent of your active theme.
Optimized Mode runs the firewall before WordPress even loads, so malicious requests are blocked before the WordPress bootstrap, database connection, or plugin/theme loading happen. Standard Mode, used automatically when the prepend can't be deployed, still runs as early as possible inside WordPress.
The Optimized Mode prepend is written to fail open: if its configuration or any of its files
also self-tests the deployment and automatically rolls back if the test fails.
No. Every feature in this plugin is complete and has no time, usage or licence limits. Loyal Security Pro is a separate plugin that adds its own features (listed above); installing it unlocks nothing in this one.
By default, three: our threat-intelligence feed (twice a day, to keep the firewall and scanner rules current), Have I Been Pwned's Pwned Passwords range API (at login, k-anonymous), and WordPress.org's own checksum service (with the weekly file-integrity check, the same service WordPress uses for updates). All three can be switched off in Settings. Everything else — CAPTCHA, Safe Browsing, bypass reports, the CSP scanner — is off until you enable it or click it. See "External services" above for exactly what each one sends.
You can, but running two firewalls or two file scanners at once is generally redundant and
.htaccess). We recommend deactivating other firewall plugins before activating Loyal Security's.
Yes. If Wordfence, Sucuri Security or iThemes/Solid Security is or has been installed on the site, Loyal Security can read the IP block and allow lists those plugins stored in your own database, so you do not have to type them in again. It only ever reads, never writes to or changes the other plugin's data, nothing is sent anywhere, and it runs only when an administrator starts it from the Firewall screen. Those product names are used here solely to identify whose stored lists are being read; Loyal Security is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any of them.
