Some important information about Shield Security plugin.
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Overview of the Shield Security Dashboard sections (sidebar navigation).
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Important information about plugin compatibility.
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Most common questions about Shield and issues.
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Pro features intro and what you need to do after upgrading to Pro.
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License activation and managing.
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Pro account and billing information.
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How to contact support and submit support ticket.
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All upgrade guides for v9.x.
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All upgrade guides for v10.x.
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All upgrade guides for v11.x.
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Shield plugin upgrade guides.
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Shield 15.x releases guides.
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Shield 16.0 upgrade guides.
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Shield 17.x upgrade guides.
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Shield Security plugin 18.x upgrade guides.
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Shield upgrade guides for 19.x versions.
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ShieldPRO 20.0+ upgrade guides.
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Important default settings used throughout the plugin.
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Introduction to Security Admin module and most important general options.
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Restricts access to unauthorized admins.
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Most common questions about Security Admin restrictions.
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Introduction to Firewall module and most important general options.
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Choose what kind of malicious data to scan for.
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Pages and parameters that are whitelisted (ignored by the firewall).
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Most common questions about Firewall and blocking.
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Introduction to Block Bad IPs/Visitors module and most important general options.
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Set the auto IP blocking rules.
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Detect and block bad bots.
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CrowdSec Community IP Reputation Database
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Analyse and manage blocked and whitelisted IPs.
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Allow visitors to unblock their IP automatically.
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Most common questions about blocked or whitelisted IPs or lockouts.
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Introduction to Hack Guard module and most important general options.
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Scan areas include: WordPress Core Files, Plugin and Themes, and PHP Malware.
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Scan and monitor WordPress Core Files for changes.
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Scans for, and automatically deletes Unrecognised Files In Core directories.
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Scan and monitor Plugin & Theme files for changes.
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Scan and monitor files for malware infections.
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Detect plugins with known security vulnerabilities.
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Scan your WordPress.org assets for whether they've been abandoned.
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Detects file changes then lets you examine contents and revert as required.
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Most common questions, issues related to the scans.
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Introduction to Login Guard module and most important general options.
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Login, probing and illegitimate bots detection and blocking.
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General user MFA configuration.
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Verifies the identity of users who log in to site using email-based 2FA.
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2FA One-Time Passwords settings (hardware Yubikey, Google Authenticator)
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Verifies the identity of users who login using Google Auth one-time password.
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2FA with Passkeys (WebAuthn)
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Hide the WordPress Login page.
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Most common questions about login protection, blocking.
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Introduction to User Management module and most important general options.
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Control user sessions and expire idle sessions and prevent account sharing.
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Sends email notification to each user upon successful login and when admins login.
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Full control over passwords used by users on the site.
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Control user registration and prevent SPAM.
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Automatically suspends accounts to prevent login by certain users.
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Block WordPress Comment SPAM and Contact Form SPAM.
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Blocks 100% of all automated bot-generated comment SPAM.
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Detect human-based comment SPAM.
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Settings that apply to all comment SPAM scanning.
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Most common questions about comments & contact forms protection and blocking.
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Introduction to HTTP Headers module and most important general options.
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Protect visitors to your site by implementing increased security response headers.
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Restrict the sources and types of content that may be loaded and processed by visitor
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Most common questions about headers and content blocking.
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Introduction to Activity Log module and most important general options.
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Additional Features and Options available to developers
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Finer control over the activity log itself.
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Introduction to Request Logging system and most important general options.
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Finer control over the Request Logging system.
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Introduction to the Custom Rules Builder.
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A collection of recipes for building your own custom security rules
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Shield can automatically integrate with 3rd party plugins.
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Detect 3rd-party contact forms SPAM:
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Auto protect 3rd party login and registration forms against Bots.
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Email reports from scans and other important activities on your site.
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Reports from scans, stats info and charts.
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Most common questions about WP auto-updates.
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Important information about custom templates.
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Customise 2FA by email content.
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Options that are not available in the most resect plugin versions.
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