WordPress Security
WordPress security protects your website, your customers, and your business
Cyber threats don’t take a break, and neither should your security. Our round-the-clock WordPress protection blocks attacks, preserves your SEO rankings, and ensures your site is always online and performing at its best — day or night.
Your website is more than just a marketing tool — it’s your brand’s lifeline. With professional WordPress security, you guard against hackers, malware, and data breaches that can cripple your business. Keep your site safe, your customers confident, and your revenue flowing.
Why WordPress Security is Critical
With the power of MetaShield Hosting, our exclusive MetaPress tools, and decades of safeguarding businesses, we lock down your WordPress site to keep hackers out, protect your brand, and keep your business running without disruption.
Protect Your Customers & Reputation
By prioritizing WordPress security, you demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding your audience, reassuring visitors that their information is safe with you. This trust not only encourages repeat business but also strengthens your reputation in a competitive market, helping you stand out as a reliable and responsible company.
Avoid Costly Downtime
Prevent hacks that can take your site offline and stop your sales. When your website goes down due to security breaches, you not only lose immediate revenue but also risk long-term damage to your brand’s reputation. Keeping your WordPress site secure ensures uninterrupted service, protecting both your bottom line and customer trust.
Foster Trust With Your Customers
Protect sensitive data and demonstrate to visitors that your brand is trustworthy. New and potential customers will visit your website to learn about your business — start building their confidence from day one with a secure, protected WordPress website.
Our WordPress Security Services Include
Secure Data in Transit
HTTPS web protocol communication is used throughout all public communication and supports TLS 1.2+ in line with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). To protect your customer details and privacy, HSTS, secure-redirection along with additional policies to ensure data is always transferred securely.
Web Application Firewall
The Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides the first line of defence from bad actors including automated Bots that are probing your website for information and known vulnerabilities. The Web Application Cloud Entry/Firewall provides protection through Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). Your sites performance will be improved by eliminating undesired bad traffic from reaching your web server.
SSL Certificate Provisioning
With MetaShield’s actively monitored SSL Certificate Provisioning and Renewals, your website’s SSL Certificate will be renewed automatically. SSL Certificates are applied to both the Web Application Firewall and all website Active and Standby nodes.
DDOS Attack Mitigation
Maintain your website uptime by blocking Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks – layer 3, 4 and 7 DDoS attacks are blocked as standard.
Brute Force Attack Mitigation
Remove the threat of Brute Force Attacks and Password Cracking by identifying and blocking them before they can impact your WordPress site. Sensitive URLs can be further protected with 2Factor Authentication. SSH / SFTP is protected with automatic detection and blocking of brute force attacks.
Bad Bot Protection
MetaShield provides a double layer for bad bod protection. Both the WAF and Server Nodes have automatic Bad Bot protection. When these systems detect a malicious bot or hacker tool attempting an attack, they are blocked automatically. Nuisance Bots that do not adhere to robot rules can be blocked to prevent CPU and Bandwidth resource wastage.
Malware Scanning
Internal & External Malware site scans are performed to check all files on the server for signs of malware to find backdoors, phishing pages, spam, DDoS scripts, and more. WordPress Core and Plugins have regular integrity checks performed to detect package tampering.
Security Patching
Proactive security patching forms the core of best practice security principles. Our robust and detailed quality control procedures and proactive maintenance services ensure security patches are applied in timely and stable fashion. Our WAF provides an additional layer of protection through virtual patching.
The Business Benefits a Secure WordPress Website
Your website should help you achieve your business goals by reaching, converting, and retaining more customers.
Protects Business Reputation
A secure site prevents hacks, defacements, and malware—events that can severely damage your brand’s trust and credibility with customers. Even a short website outage can damage your business reputation.
Reduces Downtime and Revenue Loss
Securing WordPress ensures the maximum uptime for your website. A secure site minimizes downtime, helping you avoid lost sales, leads, or service disruptions.
Lowers Long-Term Costs
Prevention is always better than cure. Fixing a hacked site is time-consuming and expensive. Investing in preventive security measures saves your business money in the long run.
Builds Customer Confidence
Build greater customer confidence with a secure WordPress Website. Visitors are more likely to trust and engage with a site that is clearly secure—especially if you’re collecting payments or personal information.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why is WordPress Security important for my website?
Keeping your WordPress Core, Theme, and Plugins up-to-date will ensure your website functions properly and assure your customer data and your business reputation is protected.
Is WordPress Secure out of the box?
All WordPress websites developed by MetaShield are built with a security first approach and maintained under our WordPress Hosting & Maintenance services. As with all software, it needs to be continually reviewed and maintained to ensure it stays secure into the future.
Will I have access to the Content Management System of my WordPress website?
Yes, all customers will be provided with access to the CMS of your website. We implement access based on the principle of least privilege – this means that all users will the minimum level of access or permissions they need to perform their specific tasks. This practice improves accountability and helps reduce the risk of human error.
What happens if my WordPress website gets hacked?
The MetaShield Secure Hosting platform has multiple layers of protection to help prevent issues with your website. However, there is no such thing as a 100% guarantee. If an issue occurs, we have built-in multiple layers of recovery – from automatic failover to a warm stand-by server, to recovery from version based backups and application code repositories – to ensure that your website is recovered as soon as possible.
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