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Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned developer, Guard Dog ensures your WordPress site remains protected around the clock.
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Guard Dog gives you the highest level of security on your WordPress website
Site Lock (only here)
The “Site Lock” feature provides robust security for a WordPress website by restricting file writing on the server, which serves as a protective barrier against various forms of cyberattacks.
Folder & File Editor
WordPress login security plays a critical role in safeguarding your website because it represents the first line of defense against unauthorized access. The login page is a primary target for attackers who may attempt to gain entry using various techniques.
User Security
Includes configurable security controls that strengthen WordPress accounts and login processes by preventing unauthorized access, enforcing stronger authentication standards, reducing brute-force attack exposure, and protecting users from common credential-based threats.
Security Headers
Security headers are essential HTTP response headers that strengthen your WordPress site’s defenses by mitigating various web-based attacks and reducing exposure to potential vulnerabilities.
Disable Entry Points
Disabling specific WordPress features is a crucial step in fortifying your website against potential security risks. By turning off these items, you minimize the number of potential attack vectors and code injection vulnerabilities.
Infection Scanner
Runs a comprehensive infection scan across WordPress core, plugins, themes, and directories to identify malicious files, hidden back doors, suspicious code, and unauthorized modifications, helping surface security threats early and streamline the cleanup process.
File Remover
A user-friendly scanning tool that rapidly searches the WordPress installation for specific files, including detecting extension-less files that may indicate suspicious or misplaced content, allowing for simple review or removal without requiring shell access, command-line skills, or complex server tasks.
Plugin Refresher
This tool replaces existing plugin files with a fresh, official copy from WordPress.org, ensuring plugin integrity and resolving problems caused by damaged or modified files, while keeping plugin settings intact whenever possible.
Security Reporting
The security report generated by our Guard Dog Security plugin will provide a comprehensive overview of the site’s current security status, offering valuable insights into both secured aspects and areas requiring further attention.
Automated Reports
You have the ability to designate a single email address or multiple addresses to send out a full security report at a frequency of your choice which can be weekly, monthly or quarterly.
Uncompromising WordPress Security
Have Impenetrable WordPress Protection
Having “Impenetrable WordPress Protection” means implementing robust and comprehensive measures to safeguard your WordPress website against various security threats.
Site Lock Security Feature
This feature restricts the ability to write, modify, or upload files on the server. It targets the critical WordPress folders that are common entry points for malicious activity.
Folder & File Auditor
Reviews the full WordPress installation by examining core directories, plugin and theme locations, and critical files to identify anything that is misplaced, unnecessary, or not properly recognized by WordPress, helping uncover inconsistencies, leftover artifacts, and potential threats that could impact site stability and security.
User Security Enhancements
Offers customizable settings to improve WordPress account and login security by minimizing unauthorized access, strengthening authentication requirements, reducing exposure to brute-force attacks, and better protecting user accounts from common credential-based threats.
Lock Down Site Headers
Security headers are essential HTTP response headers that strengthen your WordPress site’s defenses by mitigating various web-based attacks and reducing exposure to potential vulnerabilities.
Detailed Infection Scanner
Delivers an in-depth infection scanner that analyzes WordPress core files, plugins, themes, and directories to uncover malware, back doors, suspicious code patterns, and unauthorized changes, enabling early detection of security issues and supporting efficient cleanup and remediation efforts.
By comparing files against known clean baselines and continuously updated threat signatures, the scanner detects both known and emerging attack patterns, even when malicious code is hidden or designed to evade basic checks. It also flags anomalies such as altered core files, unfamiliar admin-level scripts, and writable files in restricted locations common indicators of compromise.
File Remover Tool
An intuitive scanning tool that quickly searches the WordPress installation for specific files, including identifying files without extensions that may signal suspicious or misplaced content, enabling easy review or removal without the need for shell access, command-line knowledge, or complex server operations.
By eliminating the need for shell access, command-line expertise, or complex server operations, the scanner empowers site owners, developers, and support teams to safely inspect and manage files directly from the WordPress dashboard. This streamlines investigation and cleanup workflows, reduces the risk of accidental damage to legitimate files, and allows suspicious or unnecessary files to be quickly isolated, reviewed, and removed with confidence, even in restricted hosting environments.
Plugin Refresher Tool
This tool safely replaces existing plugin files by removing them and reinstalling a clean, verified version directly from WordPress.org, ensuring only official repository files are used.
It helps resolve issues caused by corrupted, modified, or compromised plugins while preserving plugin settings whenever possible for a fast, low-risk recovery.
Detailed Security Reports
The security report generated by our Guard Dog Security plugin provides a clear, comprehensive overview of the site’s current security status.
It highlights secured areas alongside vulnerabilities or risks that require attention, making it easy to review, share, and take action.
