Top Wordpress Security Plugins

Blogging can be great fun and also a great way to earn extra income. One thing that can let it down is the amount of hacking attempts bloggers get. As far as Wordpress goes its a pretty secure platform, as long as its kept up-to-date along with the plugins you are running on the site. This is fine but its not always possible to keep everything up-to-date 24/7.

This is why there are some great Wordpress Security Plugins available, which will make it harder for hackers to get their way.

Below is a list I have put together. If you have any other suggestions please let us know. It would also be good to hear your experiences with plugins below.

WP Security Scan
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/
Scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions.

Wordpress Database Backup
http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup/
WordPress database backup creates backups of your core WordPress tables as well as other tables of your choice in the same database.

Replace WP-Version
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/…ion/#post-2859
Security your WordPress-Installation and eliminate or replace your wp-version and database-version on easy way with a small plugin. If you’re running an older version of WordPress, anyone can view source to see what attacks might work against your blog. This plugin replace the WP-version with a random string.

WP Spam-Free
http://www.hybrid6.com/webgeek/plugins/wp-spamfree
An extremely powerful anti-spam plugin for WordPress that eliminates comment spam, including trackback and pingback spam. It works invisibly without CAPTCHA’s, or other inconvenience to site visitors. The plugin includes spam-free contact form feature as well. Finally, you can enjoy a spam-free WordPress blog!

AskApache Password Protect
http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/h…d-protect.html
AskApache Password Protect adds some serious password protection to your WordPress Blog. Not only does it protect your wp-admin directory, but also your wp-includes, wp-content, plugins, etc. plugins as well. Imagine a HUGE brick wall protecting your frail .php scripts from the endless attacks of automated web robots and password-guessing exploit-serving virii. Forget spam, these millions of zombie bots are too outrageous to ignore, they are attempting known (but strangely outdated) exploits looking for known vulnerabilities against blogs and other Internet software. Sooner or later some poor blogger is going to miss an upgrade and become a victim to this type of video-game-like-attack.

Login Lockdown
http://www.bad-neighborhood.com/login-lockdown.html
Login LockDown records the IP address and timestamp of every failed WordPress login attempt. If more than a certain number of attempts are detected within a short period of time from the same IP range, then the login function is disabled for all requests from that range. This helps to prevent brute force password discovery. Currently the plugin defaults to a 1 hour lock out of an IP block after 3 failed login attempts within 5 minutes. This can be modified via the Options panel. Admisitrators can release locked out IP ranges manually from the panel.

Angsuman’s Wordpress Guard Plugin
http://www.taragana.com/products/fre…s-guard-plugin
Angsuman’s Wordpress Guard Plugin is a must-have Wordpress security plugin that protects the vulnerable areas of your blog from outside access with an additional layer of security.

Admin SSL
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/…-secure-admin/
Admin SSL secures login page, admin area, posts, pages – whatever you want – using Private or Shared SSL.

Stealth Login
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stealth-login/
This plugin allows you to create custom URLs for logging in, logging out, administration and registering for your WordPress blog. Instead of advertising your login url on your homepage, you can create a url of your choice that can be easier to remember than wp-login.php, for example you could set your login url to http://www.myblog.com/login for an easy way to login to your website.