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WordPress Security How To


Instructions and guidelines on how to protect your website effectively

WordPress Security How To

Changing the location of the WP Cerber directory

WP Cerber uses its own directory to store quarantined files, diagnostic logs, and temporary files created and deleted by the integrity and malware scanner. By default, this directory is created as a hidden subdirectory within the WordPress uploads directory and is protected by an .htaccess file. Since WP Cerber 9.5.3 you can change its [...]

Continue Reading... 30th January '20 Gregory

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How to enable automatic updates for WP Cerber

Starting from WP Cerber 9.2, you can enable automatic plugin updates in just a couple clicks. If you are using an older version of WP Cerber, please follow these simple steps to update the plugin to the latest version: https://wpcerber.com/installation/ To enable automatic updates for WP Cerber, you need to enable the following two [...]

Continue Reading... 9th May '19 Gregory

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How to view spam form submissions

If you’ve enabled WP Cerber’s anti-spam protection, the engine protects all or selected forms on your WordPress-powered website and denies attempts to submit spam. But how can we see submitted form data if a form submission was identified as spam? It’s possible by using Traffic Inspector logging capabilities. Enable the [...]

Continue Reading... 22nd October '17 Gregory

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Strong login security with WP Cerber

It’s no secret that bad actors can break into a newly installed WordPress within a few minutes by mounting a brute-force attack. It’s possible because WordPress has no built-in attack mitigation mechanisms, the default login URL is well known, and the username of a website’s admin can be discovered with ease. WP Cerber [...]

Continue Reading... 1st March '19 Gregory

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Removing malware without paying a dime

If you found your website infected with malware, you have many options to remove it. Most of them are paid, but one of them is free. It’s free if you are willing to do it by yourself following this guide. It is important to note that this approach will help you remove many types of WordPress malware but may fail in case of complex [...]

Continue Reading... 30th April '20 Gregory

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Optimizing export performance

If you come across an issue with exporting a large number of activity events or the traffic log entries and so you’re unable to download the CSV file, you can tweak the plugin export mechanism. When WP Cerber creates an export file, it does it in several iterations, meaning it splits all the rows retrieved from the database into [...]

Continue Reading... 23rd January '20 Gregory

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How to safely reinstall WordPress

Reinstalling WordPress is useful if some files were altered or missing, it’s a safe way to fix security issues with WordPress files. In the vertical WordPress admin menu click “Dashboard”, then the “Updates” submenu. It takes you to the “WordPress Updates” admin page as shown below. Click the [...]

Continue Reading... 5th June '20 Gregory

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How to block a WordPress user

In this post, we explain how to disable a WordPress user account without deleting it. You can do it with WP Cerber Security in a few clicks. Once a user is blocked, the user will not be able to log into the website. If you block a logged-in user, the user will be automatically logged out and redirected to the home page of the website. [...]

Continue Reading... 13th December '20 Gregory

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Restrict access to the WordPress REST API

WP Cerber Security allows you to restrict or completely block access to WordPress REST API which is enabled by default. To enable protection go to the Hardening tab and enable Block access to WordPress REST API except any of the following. This blocks access to the REST API unless you grant access to it in the settings fields [...]

Continue Reading... 2nd February '17 Gregory

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How to stop spam user registrations on your WordPress

Enable an antispam engine for the registration form The fastest way to stop spammers is to enable the antispam engine for the WordPress registration form. To enable protection: Go to the Antispam plugin admin page Enable Protect registration form with bot detection engine in the Cerber antispam engine section If you have a [...]

Continue Reading... 5th June '20 Gregory

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Clearing Activity and Live Traffic Logs

WP Cerber’s logs play an essential role in monitoring your website’s activity and traffic for potential threats and malicious actors. They help WP Cerber’s algorithms identify suspicious behavior and safeguard your site, but over time, these logs can grow significantly and consume valuable database space. This article [...]

Continue Reading... 30th April '20 Gregory

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How to protect WordPress against CVE-2018-6389 DoS attacks

We should say that this is not a critical vulnerability and doesn’t allow a hacker to break into a victim website. It’s rather a design flaw that allows anyone to put a WordPress powered website to its knees easily. Bad actors can use it to bring your online store down. The attack can be initiated from any computer by anyone. No special [...]

Continue Reading... 27th January '18 Gregory

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Traffic Logging for WordPress

WP Cerber’s Traffic Inspector not only analyzes and blocks suspicious HTTP requests but also can optionally log them with request details, enabling you to inspect them manually. It uses a thoroughly designed high-performance logging engine. All logged requests are displayed on the Live Traffic page. The logging settings [...]

Continue Reading... 30th March '20 Gregory

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Instant mobile and browser notifications with Pushbullet

WP Cerber allows you to enable desktop and mobile notifications with easy and get all those notifications from your WordPress instantly and for free. In a desktop browser, you will get popup messages even if you logged out of your WordPress. WordPress Security WP Cerber Bug Bounty Program WordPress Security How to limit the [...]

Continue Reading... 26th January '20 Gregory

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WordPress notifications and alerts made easy

Once you have created an alert for a specific activity, you will receive a notification email or  an optional mobile notification for each event. You can create as many alerts as you need. Creating alerts for specific events is easy. You can do this by going to the Activity tab, filtering the log for the activity you wish to [...]

Continue Reading... 30th April '20 Gregory

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  • WP Cerber Security 9.6.7.3 March 4, 2025
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  • WP Cerber Security 9.6.6 January 21, 2025
Releases
WP Cerber Security 9.6.7.3
Posted by Nick on 4th March '25

In our ongoing commitment to providing an ever-evolving security solution for WordPress, this update to WP Cerber addresses...

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WP Cerber Security 9.6.7
Posted by Nick on 24th February '25

The latest version of WP Cerber has arrived! We’re continuing to refine and optimize its codebase, clearing out outdated...

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WP Cerber Security 9.6.6
Posted by Nick on 21st January '25

The latest update to WP Cerber is here, bringing some big changes to improve compatibility with other plugins, ensuring smoother...

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WP Cerber Security 9.6.5
Posted by Nick on 23rd December '24

While Matt Mullenweg is occupied throwing his weight around, we’ve been diligently working on releasing a new version of WP...

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WP Cerber Security 9.6.4
Posted by Gregory on 19th November '24

We continue enhancing the stability and performance of WP Cerber while refactoring its legacy code. As we adopt the latest...

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CERBER TECH INC.| What's new| Documentation| How to install| Getting started| Screenshots| WordPress security| Two-Factor Authentication for WordPress| Anti-spam for WordPress| Firewall for WordPress| What is my IP address| Contact Us|Bug Report| Privacy Policy| Support

Check out also: Movers & Moving in the US and Local Farmer Markets in the US

This site is protected by the WP Cerber Security & Limit Login Attempts plugin for WordPress and automated with the jetFlow automation plugin DE | ES | FR | RU | NL | PL | IT | PT