Hello, this is Rob. Now the security plugin I recommend for WordPress is called wordfence. And I would recommend you could use the free version now. Now it's easy to install and I'm going to show you that in the next video. In this video, I'm just gonna run through a few of the benefits for you. Now wordfence is active on over a million WordPress websites.
And they have cloud servers based in Washington State America that are continually gathering all the information from all of these words press sites, so they know the most likely ways that hackers are looking to compromise WordPress sites. So the information that the plugin has available and is using to protect you is unmatched and unrivaled. As I say the cloud servers in world Washington in America, keep updated mirror versions of every WordPress installation there has ever been every version of every plugin there's ever been and every theme that's ever been released into the WordPress repository. And all of those versions are checks against the versions you have on your site to see if there are any irregularities. And when the plugin detects something has changed, it will show you the changes between your files and the originals and give you the option to repair any corrupt files.
Now if there is a change in one of the theme folders, for example, there's a chance that it's there because of malicious activity. One of the features of the plugin is the firewall and that filters out malicious requests before they even reach your sides. And now this can be malicious IPS, IPS or complete uses the word fence no that are up to no good. So therefore they block them before they even arrive at your site. But also, the firewall exists on their cloud service, so it actually is fired up before your WordPress install is fired up. Therefore, it can filter out any malicious activity before it happens before any of your plugins and themes are running.
And that is a very powerful nature of this particular file. And the plugin prevents brute force attacks. Remember brute force attacks are when an attacker attempts to guess your username and password. One of the most common entry points for a WordPress attack. So it locks out users. If they've made too many login attempts.
It locks out users if they've used the Forgot Password form too many times and you have the option of locking out anyone who uses a username that's isn't valid wordfence scans your site every day for a number of things, including checking URLs against Google's Safe Browsing list. It checks DNS changes. And it of course checks for the latest malware signatures. There are two or three fundamentals you need to remember when you install wordfence. And we'll go over this in the next video where I show you how to install wordfence. The best way to install it, you have to make sure the firewall is up and running.
And to do that, you have to get it to learning mode at first and I'll show you how to do that to make sure the firewall get set up. And the second most important thing is to make sure you receive email alerts. So if anything is wrong with your site, you'll get an email straight away so you can go in and fix it. This is most useful for the WordPress installation updates the plugin dates and the theme updates. So you'll get an email every time, you need to go into the website and update your plugins. Otherwise, you won't know a plugin could be updated anytime, anytime of the year, any time of the day.
You can't go into your WordPress website every day just to check if the plugins need updating. This sends you an email alert so you know when to do it. And remember, one of the most common vulnerabilities in websites is out of date software. So this will help you keep your software all bang up to date. And it's also recommended when you first install word fence to scan the website and perform the wordfence scan. This happens every 24 hours anyway, so I don't show you how to do this in the next video, but it is sometimes recommended.
My name is Rob carbon. I'll see in another video.