5 Best WordPress Security Plugins to Protect Your Website

by JONATHAN PAUL Jonathan Paul working at PHPProgrammers, a leading

WordPress is the most favoured platform for eCommerce website development and one of the main reasons for this is the availability of plenty of WordPress security plugins. Here’s the list of the best 5 security plugins every WordPress developer must use in 2021.

When it comes to an eCommerce website development, one of the main concerns of every website owner is to find ways to secure and protect the websites from all external threats, hacking, and malware. This makes them search for the most secure platforms for their website development. And this is a major reason why business owners, as well as developers, prefer to use WordPress for eCommerce web development.

Although it is a known fact that WordPress is a highly secure CMS or platform, it also comes with some added security features and plugins that ensure some extra layers of security and protection to the sites. WordPress security plugins have proved to offer end-to-end security and complete protection to the sites.

Now, why should every WordPress developer use these security plugins?

These plugins provide end-to-end security solutions to WordPress websites including malware scanning, firewalls, file scanning, blacklist monitoring, protection from all brute-force attacks, security threat notifications, and security hardening.

And here’s the checklist of the best 5 WordPress security plugins for 2021.

The CMS offers plenty of useful security plugins and this might cause a little confusion while choosing the best one. Well, you can check out this list of the 5 plugins in that case.

Sucuri Security:

This is a free WordPress plugin. And some of the best features of Sucuri Security plugin are:

File integrity monitoring
Security activity auditing
Remote malware scanning
Effective security hardening
Blacklist monitoring
Security notifications
Post-hack security actions
Premium website firewall

Wordfence Security:

Wordfence is another powerful WordPress security plugin that offers high-end security features like:

WordPress security scanner
Login security
WordPress firewall
Wordfence control
Free version for small websites
Plugin monitoring
Live traffic monitoring

Apart from these, the plugin comes with firewall rules, noxious IP and malware marks that deliver the best protection and security to the websites.

Malcare Security:

This is the fastest and one-click malware detection and malware removal plugin in WordPress. Its intelligent protection and scanning methodology ensures to speed up the sites as well. Some of its features are:

WordPress malware scanner
Firewall 24/7
Fully automated malware removal
Manage and secure multiple sites at a time

iThemes security:

iThemes security also formerly better known as the WP Security, is also counted in the list of the best 5 WordPress security plugins. It helps to stop automated attacks, fix common holes, and strengthen the user credentials. It comes with some advanced security features like:

Two-factor authentication
Password security
Malware scan scheduling
Google reCAPTCHA
Brute Force protection
404 detection
File change detection
Import and export settings
Dashboard widgets
WordPress security keys

All-in-one WP security and firewall:

This free to use security plugin offers the best security features. Also, unlike some of the complicated security plugins, this one is pretty easy to use and understand. Apart from this, the complete visual dashboard gives an insight into website security. And each security feature in this plugin is available in three categories, basic, intermediate, and advanced. Some highlighted features are:

User account security
User registration security
Database security
User Login security
Comment spam security
Scanning of vulnerability

So, these were the best 5 plugins to ensure security to the WordPress websites. But before choosing and using one to offer added security to your website, ensure you have a reliable and secure WordPress host for your website as well.

Jonathan Paul is a dedicated and expert WordPress developer associated with the top WordPress development company in Australia, PHPProgrammers. The author has written this article to let you know about the best 5 WordPress security plugins available in 2021.