Overview of the Shield Security Dashboard & Navigation Menu
Shield Security Dashboard is designed to be 1st place any site administrator will go to, in order to
- learn of any issues that they need to take care of
- fix security issues before they impact the site
- easily go through the information they need, and take steps and actions based on that information
- Search Section
Use Search to find any option within the entire plugin.
- The Main Navigation Menu
The main navigation menu is divided into various security zones, sections and tools and each one of them has a certain purpose.
Dashboard section - your entire WordPress site security at a glance and general plugin settings that apply across the entire plugin operation.
Security Zones
Here you can setup the following security zones:
- Security Admin system - add an additional WP admin layer to protect core WordPress settings.
- Firewall Zone - WAF that automatically blocks malicious HTTP requests and data sent to your site.
- Bots & IPs Blocking Zone - detect malicious bots and visitors, and block them from accessing the site.
- Scans & Integrity Zone - automatically detect & repair vulnerable and suspicious files, plugins and themes.
- Login Protection Zone - add protections to your WordPress login forms and protect user accounts with 2-Factor Authentication.
- User Protection Zone - control user sessions, duration, timeouts and account sharing.
- SPAM Protection Zone - block Comment SPAM and Contact Form SPAM while retaining your privacy.
- HTTP Headers Protection Zone - control HTTP Security Headers.
- Third Party Integrations - Shield automatically integrates with 3rd party plugins including MainWP. Protects your user and contact forms from automatic bots.
- Bots & IP Rules section - tool you can use to view and manage IP rules that block malicious visitors and bots.
- Scans section - run, view and manage all scan results.
- Activity Logs section (tools)
- Custom Rules Builder - view, edit and remove custom security rules
- Tools section - security tools, such as Import/Export, Site Lockdown, White Label, Guided Setup Wizard etc..
- ShieldPRO section - ShieldPRO license management.