WordPress Security Services

Hardening Measures

This includes enforcing strong login policies (limiting login attempts, disabling username enumeration), keeping core, themes, and plugins updated on a controlled schedule, setting proper file permissions, and configuring a web application firewall where the hosting environment supports it.

Email & Domain Security

Beyond the site itself, I configure email authentication — SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records — so outgoing email from the domain isn't spoofed or flagged as spam, an often-overlooked piece of overall domain security that affects deliverability as much as protection.

Malware Cleanup

If a site has already been compromised, cleanup involves identifying and removing injected malicious code, checking for backdoors left behind, resetting all credentials, and verifying the site against blocklists (like Google Safe Browsing) before considering the job done — a surface-level scan alone isn't enough to confirm a site is actually clean.

Ongoing Vigilance

Security isn't a one-time setup — new vulnerabilities get discovered in plugins and themes on a rolling basis, which is why hardening work pairs naturally with an ongoing maintenance or care plan rather than being treated as a single project that's 'done' once. Clients on a care plan get their site rechecked against new threats as part of the regular monthly cycle.

Client Education

Part of improving a site's security long-term is making sure the client understands basic practices too — using strong, unique passwords, being cautious with which team members get admin access, and recognizing common phishing attempts aimed at WordPress admin logins. Technical hardening only goes so far if the human side of security is left unaddressed.

Good to Know

Security work splits into two very different situations: hardening a healthy site against future threats, and cleaning up a site that's already been compromised. The first is proactive and relatively straightforward; the second requires a more careful, methodical process to find every point of compromise, since malware often leaves multiple backdoors rather than just one, and missing even one means the site can be reinfected shortly after cleanup.

Two-factor authentication is one of the simplest, highest-impact security additions available for WordPress, yet it's frequently skipped because it adds a small amount of login friction. Given how many WordPress attacks are automated login attempts rather than sophisticated targeted hacks, that small friction is a reasonable tradeoff for a meaningful reduction in risk, and it's recommended as standard practice on every site where admin access matters.