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Useful information and technical details if you want to know more how to protect WordPress from modern threats effectively
WP Cerber Security 8.6
The coronavirus pandemic is not an excuse; we continue developing new versions of WP Cerber and supporting our customers. Since WP Cerber 8.6 the minimum supported PHP version is 5.6. If you’re still on 5.x versions of PHP, we strongly encourage you to update PHP to version 7.3. Integration with Cloudflare WP Cerber 8.6 brings [...]
Cloudflare add-on for WP Cerber
This optional add-on brings an additional security measure for your WordPress by providing integration with the Cloudflare cloud-based firewall. When enabled it prevents malicious IP addresses blocked by WP Cerber from accessing an entire website. To use the add-on, you need to have a free or paid Cloudflare account and WP Cerber 8.6 or [...]
Browser cookies set by WP Cerber
When WP Cerber is installed on your website it can generate and set several browser cookies with the sole purpose of securing your website by detecting and mitigating malicious activity. All these cookies have randomly generated names and contain randomly generated values. No personal or sensitive data is stored in the cookies. Those [...]
Deleting personal data
Depending on configuration during its normal operations WP Cerber can accumulate information in the website database. This information can be considered as personal data in terms of applicable privacy law (such as GDPR). All that data can be deleted as well as exported by a user request from within the WordPress dashboard with easy, no [...]
Exporting personal data from logs
Depending on configuration during its normal operations WP Cerber can accumulate information in the website database. This information can be considered as personal data in terms of applicable privacy law (such as GDPR). All that data can be exported by a user request or deleted from within the WordPress dashboard with easy, no database [...]
Two-Factor Authentication for WordPress
Two-Factor Authentication or 2FA provides an additional layer of security requiring a second factor of identification beyond just a username and password. Two-factor authentication has long been used to control access to personal and financial data processed in banks or insurance companies; and today website owners are increasingly using [...]
How to protect WordPress effectively: a must-do list
A must-do list to get high-security and durable protection for your website. To get the most out of Cerber’s security algorithms, your should configure all the settings below. Do this thoughtfully because some settings may conflict with another plugin or your web server settings. In case of any problem, check the Activity log for [...]
Manage multiple WP Cerber instances from one dashboard
A short introduction to remote management technology which has been built into WP Cerber Security since version 8.0. How does it work The technology enables you to manage the WP Cerber plugin, monitor activity, and upgrade plugins on multiple WordPress powered websites from a main WordPress website which is called a master website. To [...]
Registered users only mode
Enabling this mode forces users to log in before viewing your WordPress powered website. By default, if a user is not logged in, the user is redirected to the default login page. After successfully logging in, the user will be redirected back to the page they tried to view. To achieve this, enable Authorized users only. When a user opens [...]
Automatic cleanup of malware and suspicious files
This powerful feature automatically deletes trojans, viruses, backdoors, and other malware and recover infected files. Cerber Security Professional scans the website on an hourly basis and removes malware immediately, providing the best in class threat protection. Automatic cleanup of malware If the malware scanner detects malicious [...]
Get WordPress protected: rename the plugins folder
Giving the plugins folder a new name is one of the most underestimated ways that makes your WordPress protection stronger. And yet it’s free and easy. Why it matters and how it works According to our studies at Cerber Lab most hacker attacks and attempts to exploit plugin vulnerabilities assume that all WordPress plugins are [...]
What Cerber Security Scanner scans and detects
Cerber Security Scanner is a sophisticated and extremely powerful tool that thoroughly scans every folder and inspects every file on a website for traces of malware, trojans, backdoors, changed and new files. The scanner verifies the integrity of WordPress, plugins, and themes and prevents them from being infected with unforeseen [...]
Automated recurring scans and email reporting for WordPress
It’s essential to regularly scan a WordPress powered website for malware and viruses and get scheduled reports. Cerber Security Scanner allows you to easily configure your schedule for automated recurring scanning and automatic malware removal. Once the schedule is configured, the scanner automatically scans the website and sends [...]
Cerber Security Scanner Settings
Cerber Security Scanner is a sophisticated and powerful tool that inspects every single file and every single folder on a website for traces of malware and backdoors, changed, and new suspicious files. The scanner verifies the integrity of WordPress, plugins, and themes and prevents them from being infected with unforeseen malware. When [...]
Cerber Security Scanner for WordPress
A manual scan mode To manually start scanning, go to the Site Integrity admin page and click either the Start Quick Scan button or the Start Full Scan button. Do not close the browser window while the scan is in progress. You can open a new browser tab to do something else on the website. Once the scan has finished, you can close the [...]