WordPress Security Hardening

WordPress Security Hardening Service

GrowPep’s WordPress security hardening service helps strengthen an existing
WordPress website by reviewing common security risks and improving essential
security configurations.

This service is best suited to an operational WordPress website that is not
currently known to be compromised but needs stronger preventive protection.

What’s Included

• WordPress security configuration review
• Administrator and user account review
• Login security configuration
• Basic brute-force protection configuration
• Plugin and theme security risk review
• WordPress core update status review
• Basic file and directory permission review
• XML-RPC exposure review where relevant
• Basic WordPress information exposure review
• Security plugin configuration where appropriate
• Basic firewall configuration where supported
• Human-reviewed security check after implementation

Best For

• Business WordPress websites
• Recently launched websites
• Sites with outdated or weak security configurations
• Website owners who want stronger preventive protection
• Sites that have been cleaned previously and need additional hardening

What We Need From You

• WordPress administrator access
• Hosting access when required
• Permission to review installed plugins, themes and user accounts
• Permission to create or confirm a backup before significant changes

Important Scope Information

This is a preventive WordPress security hardening service. It does not include
malware removal, incident response, server-wide security remediation, advanced
penetration testing, custom application security testing or ongoing security
monitoring.

If active malware or a larger compromise is identified during the service,
GrowPep will explain the issue and recommend the appropriate next step before
performing work outside the purchased scope.