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Shield - WordPress Security Plugin
Shield Security - Overview
2
Introducing Shield – The professional WordPress security solution
What is the Shield Welcome Wizard and how to access it?
Shield Security Pro
15
What are the extra features for ShieldPRO?
Do I need to open an account before I make a purchase?
Do I pay taxes or VAT?
What payment methods do you offer?
Keyless License Activation: How to activate your Pro license
See all 15 articles
Shield Upgrade Guides
8
ShieldPRO 9.0 Upgrade Guide
ShieldPRO 9.1 Upgrade Guide
ShieldPRO 9.2 Upgrade Guide
ShieldPRO 10.0 Upgrade Guide
ShieldPRO 10.1 Upgrade Guide
See all 8 articles
Shield Central
7
Shield Central - Overview
How to use Manage Sites feature
How to use Manage Security Profiles feature
How to add Shield to sites
How to remove Shield from site
See all 7 articles
Plugin Compatibility
10
Wordfence
Sucuri
JetPack
Issues caused by the plugins incompatibility
WooCommerce
See all 10 articles
Help - FAQ
57
I'm locked out of my own site!
I'm blocked/blacklisted by the Shield. How to unblock and prevent this
What is 2-Factor Authentication (2FA)?
I haven't received 2FA login verification email. What should I do?
What is the Shield Security Plugin Badge?
See all 57 articles
Shield Security: Dashboard
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Overview of the Shield Security Dashboard
How to use Overview section
How to use Plugin Configuration Summary section
How to get insight of the most recent Shield events
How to get insight of the most recent Audit Trail events on your site
See all 6 articles
Shield Security: General Settings
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What is the Shield General settings section?
Choose your own Google reCAPTCHA or hCaptcha style
Setup Google reCAPTCHA or hCaptcha for use across Shield
How to create Shield Security Network with automatic Import/Export feature
Understanding the Shield plugin and the Visitor IP address detection
See all 8 articles
Feature Module: Security Admin
10
What is the Security Admin module?
How to turn on/off the WordPress Security Admin
How to delete your current Security Admin PIN
What is the Security Admin Timeout and how does it work?
What are the Security Admin Restriction Zones options?
See all 10 articles
Feature Module: Block Bad IPs/Visitors
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What is the Block Bad IPs/Visitors module?
How to detect & capture login bots
How to detect & capture probing bots
How to detect behaviours common to bots
What is the Mouse Trap feature and how to capture bad bots?
See all 13 articles
Feature Module: Hack Guard
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What is the Hack Guard module and how does it work?
What is the Vulnerabilities Scanner and how does it work?
What is the WordPress Core File Scanner and how does it work?
Hack Guard module: Unrecognised File Scanner summary
What is the Unrecognised File Scanner and how does it work?
See all 26 articles
Feature Module: Login Guard
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What is Login Guard module and how does it work?
What is G.A.S.P. Protected WordPress Login and how to enable it?
How to use Protection Locations/Forms option
How the 3rd-Party Support feature works
What is 2-Factor Authentication by Email?
See all 37 articles
Feature Module: WordPress Firewall
9
What is the Shield's Firewall module and how does it work?
What the Shield's Firewall does NOT do?
Firewall Blocking options explanations
Firewall Block Response options explanations
Whitelists settings - pages, parameters, and users that by-pass the Firewall
See all 9 articles
Feature Module: User Management
9
What is the User Management module and how does it work?
What are the User Session Management options?
What is Password Policies feature and how to set it up?
Email Validation: How to control user registration and prevent SPAM (with examples)
How does Password Policy affect user logins?
See all 9 articles
Feature Module: WordPress Comments SPAM Protection Filter
9
What is the Comments SPAM module and how does it work?
What is GASP Protection for blog comments and how to enable it?
Understanding the options 'Comments Cooldown' and 'Token Expire'
How to offer your users custom messages in the comment forms
What are the Bot Comment SPAM Protection Filter options?
See all 9 articles
Feature Module: Reporting
3
What is the Reporting module and how does it work?
What is the Alert Frequency and how does it work?
What is the Info Frequency and how does it work?
Feature Module: Integrations
3
How to get Shield’s extension for MainWP
How to get Antibot and Human SPAM detection for contact forms
How to automatically detect Bot requests to custom user forms
Feature Module: WordPress Automatic Updates
12
What is the Automatic Updates module?
How does the WordPress Automatic Updates system actually work?
What is Auto-Updates Delay feature and how does it work?
How does the Disable All option affect WordPress Automatic Updates?
What are the Auto Updates For WordPress Components options?
See all 12 articles
Feature Module: HTTP Headers
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What is the HTTP Headers module and how does it work?
What are HTTP Security Response Headers?
Secure your WordPress sites with Advanced HTTP Security Headers
Secure your WordPress sites with the Content Security Policy HTTP Header
How to whitelist sources of the approved content
See all 8 articles
Feature Module: WordPress Lockdown
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What is the WP Lockdown module?
The WordPress System Lockdown options explanations
What are the implications of disabling the WordPress XML-RPC system?
What are the Permissions and Access feature options?
How does Disable File Editing option work?
See all 9 articles
Feature Module: WordPress Audit Trail
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What is the WordPress Audit Trail module and how does it work?
How to enable/disable the Audit Trail module
What is the Auto Clean option?
What is Max Trail Length option?
Introduction: What is the Audit Trail Context?
See all 8 articles
Feature Module: Traffic Watch
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What is the Traffic Watch module and how to set it up?
What is the Traffic Log Exclusions option and how does it work?
How to manually customize exclusions
Review your site traffic with the Traffic Watch Viewer (Traffic Log)
What is the Traffic Rate Limiting feature and how does it work?
Feature Module: Comms
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How to use SureSend, Shield's dedicated email delivery service to send the 2FA code
Shield's WP-CLI
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Common WP-CLI Commands For All Modules
Custom Templates
3
Custom Templates Guidelines - Read This First
Customisable Email Templates
How To Customise 2FA Email Content (Step-By-step Example)
