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WP Guardian – Security Hardening Checklist & Lightweight Firewall

Name: WP Guardian – Security Hardening Checklist & Lightweight Firewall
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Ciprian Popescu

For site owners who want an honest hardening checklist, not a heavy security suite: what to fix in WordPress, and what to ask your host for.

WP Guardian ranks #16,092 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #827 of 5,058 in the Security category, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Oct 9, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 4 weeks ago Last Update on 09 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#827 of 5,058 in Security Top 25% by installs Actively maintained

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KW Avg Position

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3.9K

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Oct 09, 2026
Requires WP: 5.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: Ciprian Popescu

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Reviews: 1
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

WP Guardian is for WordPress site owners who want practical, straightforward hardening without complex configuration. It applies local file and directory protections and audits the environment, while pointing out where a host or CDN should add rate limiting, bot protection, and DDoS mitigation.

WordPress file restrictions
Apache-compatible directory hardening
Optional nG .htaccess firewall
Environment audits
Security Assessment reporting

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP Guardian – Security Hardening Checklist & Lightweight Firewall

WP Guardian gives site owners a clear place to enable practical safeguards, including file editing restrictions, directory browsing protection, optional nG .htaccess rules, and security checks for plugins, users, and REST access.

After activation, open WP Guardian in your WordPress dashboard and begin with the Security Assessment. It highlights the local checks you can review and the protection to ask your host or CDN to provide.

No. WP Guardian handles safeguards inside WordPress and, where supported, optional .htaccess rules. Your host or CDN should still provide web application firewall rules, rate limiting, bot protection, DDoS mitigation, and origin access controls.

The nG firewall uses .htaccess rules, so it is intended for Apache and LiteSpeed servers. The plugin shows a compatibility notice when the server does not support those rules.

Yes. Each available measure can be reviewed and changed from the WP Guardian settings. Make one change at a time, then check that your site and any important forms still work as expected.