Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection vs PPWP – Password Protect Pages

Reduce your WordPress website’s risk to nearly zero with Kadence Security Formerly iThemes Security. Looking for iThemes? Learn more here. On average, 30,000 websites are hacked every day.* Cyberattacks in the US increased by 57% in 2022.** Bad actors who want to hack your site, steal your data, and cripple your business are a 24/7/365 threat. You need a proactive, strategic approach to WordPress website security that protects your site from brute force attacks, malware infections, and other cyber threats. Kadence Security shields your site from cyberattacks and prevents security vulnerabilities. It automatically locks out bad users identified by our Brute Force Protection Network that is nearly 1 million sites strong and leverages your own blacklist. It secures and protects your most commonly attacked part of your WordPress website – user login authentication. With Patchstack integration (Pro) protects your site before you even have a chance to address vulnerabilities and before a plugin or theme vendor or developer can even issue a patch. That’s 24/7/365 always-on truly Kadence Security. 🌐 Secure your Website in Minutes The Kadence Security setup and onboarding experience allows anyone to secure their WordPress website in under 10 minutes, regardless of technical acumen. Knowing that you have enabled all the right security settings for your website will leave you feeling like your site has never been more secure. 📚 Security Site Templates to Fit Your Type of Site Enabling the correct security settings based on the type of website you are building or maintaining is essential for proper security. An eCommerce site requires a different level of security than a basic blog. Kadence Security Site Templates make it quick and easy to apply the right security settings for your website. Choose from six different site templates to apply the type of security your site needs: Ecommerce – websites that sell products or services Network – websites that connect people or communities Non-Profit – websites that promote your cause and collect donations Blog – websites that share your thoughts or start a conversation Portfolio – websites that showcase your craft Brochure – simple websites that promote your business ⌚ Real-Time Website Security Dashboard Every day, lots of activity is happening on your website that you can’t see. Many of these activities can be related to your site’s security, so monitoring these events is vital to keeping your site secure. The Kadence Security Pro plugin provides a real-time WordPress security dashboard that monitors security-related events on your site around the clock. The Kadence Security Dashboard is a dynamic dashboard with all your WordPress website’s security activity stats in one place, including brute force attacks, banned users, active lockouts, site scan results, and user security stats (Pro). 🗝️ WordPress Login Security Setting up and maintaining proper WordPress configurations and managing user account access are essential aspects of hardening your site against threats and vulnerabilities. Basic and Pro include features that address both of these factors. Two Factor Authentication (2FA) – Make your WordPress login nearly impenetrable to attack by requiring users to enter a security code along with a password to login. The Kadence Security plugin allows you to add two-factor authentication to your WordPress login with several authentication methods, including mobile apps like Authy and Google Authenticator, email, and backup codes. Password Requirements – Create and enforce a password policy for your users in less than a minute. reCAPTCHA (Pro) – Stop bad bots from engaging in abusive activities on your website, such as attempting to break into your website using compromised passwords, posting spam, or even scraping your content. Passwordless Logins (Pro) – WordPress security made easy. Secure your user accounts with 2fa & strong passwords while allowing real users login with a click of a mouse. Trusted Devices (Pro) – Identify the devices you and other users use to block session hijacking attacks and limit Administrator privileges to Trusted Devices. Automated Vulnerability Patching (Pro) – Kadence Security Pro includes Patchstack which patches vulnerabilities before you have a chance to and applies fixes even before a plugin developer or vendor has issued a patch. Learn more about how passwordless login is the future and how Kadence Security can help you implement it today. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The Right Amount of Security for Every User Level Different types of user levels require different levels of security. During the Kadence Security setup process, you can identify your website’s key user groups. Once the different types of users are identified, you can apply the level of security that is just right for each user group. Here are a couple of examples of how User Groups are useful for securing your site: For Clients – Let’s say you are configuring Kadence Security on a client’s website. You will decide whether or not they are required to use two-factor authentication and if they should have access to the Kadence Security settings. For Customers – If you have an eCommerce website, you will decide whether or not you want to protect customer accounts with a password policy. Privilege Escalation (Pro) also adds a safe, secure way to grant temporary admin-level access to your website. 🤖 Block Bad Bots & Ban User Agents with Lockouts Ban Users (Basic and Pro) – Permanently block repeat offenders from accessing your site. Local Brute Force Protection – Automatically identify and stop the most common method of attack on WordPress sites. Local Brute Force Protection (Basic and Pro) – Automatically identify and stop the most common method of attack on WordPress sites. Network Brute Force Protection (Basic and Pro) – The network is the Kadence Security community and is nearly one million websites strong. If someone tries to break into websites in the Kadence Security community, Kadence Security will block them across the network. Magic Links (Pro) – Security shouldn’t get in your way. Magic Links allow you to log in to your WordPress site while your username is locked out by the Kadence Security Local Brute Force Protection feature. 🔍 Monitor Your Site’s Security Health File Change Detection (Basic and Pro) – Kadence Security logs changes made to your website that can help detect malicious activity on your website. Site Scanner (Basic and Pro) – Schedule checks to run four times per day (Basic) or hourly (Pro) for known vulnerabilities of WordPress core file, plugins and themes. Using the Google Safe Browsing API, the Site Scan also checks your Google’s blocklist status and will alert you if Google has found any malware on your website. Patchstack integration (Pro) – Automated virtual patching of some vulnerabilities before you even have a chance to address them yourself, and before a plugin or theme vendor or developer can even issue a patch. Site Scanner (Pro) – Unlock Version Management to automatically apply a patch to vulnerable software detected by the Site Scan when one is available. User Logging (Pro) – Keep a record of user activity in your WordPress security logs, including login/logout, user registration, adding/removing plugins, switching themes, changes to posts and pages, and more. Version Management (Pro) – The Version Management feature in Kadence Security Pro allows you to auto-update WordPress, plugins, and themes. Beyond that, Version Management also has options to harden your website when you are running outdated software and scan for old websites. 🧠 Smarter, More Actionable Vulnerability Prioritization Not all vulnerabilities pose the same level of risk, and the traditional Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score doesn’t always reflect the realities of running a WordPress site. Kadence Security now uses the Patchstack Priority score, which goes beyond CVSS to provide a real-world risk assessment tailored to WordPress. It factors in how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited and its actual impact on your site. With Patchstack Priority, you get a clearer picture of what really matters, helping you focus on the vulnerabilities that pose the greatest risk, and worry less about noise from low-impact issues. 🛠️ Website Security Utilities Enforce SSL – Force all connections to the website to be made over SSL/TLS. Database Backups – Create backups of your WordPress database. (Not a complete backup.) Geolocation (Pro) – Improve Trusted Devices by connecting to an external location or mapping API. 🚀 Advanced Security Tools Identify Server IPs – Prevent issues caused by inadvertently locking out your server IPs. Change User ID 1 – Change the user ID for the first WordPress user, potentially preventing attacks that assume the user with ID1 exists and is an administrator. Change Database Prefix – Change the database prefix that WordPress uses, potentially preventing attacks that assume the database prefix is “wp_”. Check File Permission – See the file and directory permissions of key areas of your site. Server Config Rules – View or flush the server security rules generated by Kadence Security. wp-config.php Rules – View or flush the wp-config.php security rules generated by Kadence Security. Change WordPress Salts – Secure your site after a successful attack by changing the WordPress salts used to secure cookies and security tokens. Hide Login URL – change the login URL of your site, making it harder for bots to find your login page and attack it. 🛟 Need Help? Free support may be available with the community’s help in the WordPress.org support forums. Our Kadence Security support team provides top-notch technical support to all our Kadence Security Basic users there. Our Help Center will help you become an iThemes Security expert. Get additional peace of mind with professional support from our expert team and pro features to take your site’s security to the next level with Kadence Security Pro. Recover From a Hacked Site Kadence Security makes regular backups of your WordPress database, allowing you to get back online quickly in the event of a hack or security breach. Use Kadence Security to create and email database backups on a customizable schedule. For complete site backups and the ability to restore or move WordPress to a new host or domain, check out Solid Backups. Solid Central Integration Manage more than one WordPress site? Release lockouts and keep your themes, plugins, and WordPress core up to date from one dashboard with Solid Central. *Zippia. “30 Crucial Cybersecurity Statistics [2023]: Data, Trends And More” Zippia.com. Jun. 15, 2023, https://www.zippia.com/advice/cybersecurity-statistics/ **https://blog.checkpoint.com/2023/01/05/38-increase-in-2022-global-cyberattacks/ License Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Password Protect WordPress (PPWP) plugin offers a powerful and all-in-one solution to secure your website with passwords. Whether you want to password protect WordPress categories, WooCommerce products, a few posts, or your entire website, PPWP plugin will help you do so with ease. This plugin does not protect images or uploaded files so if you attach the media files to the protected pages or posts, they are still accessible to anyone with the link. Use Prevent Direct Access (PDA) Gold to block their direct file URL access. Please note that the passwords will be stored in the post meta and this plugin will set a cookie to allow access to the protected pages or posts. An Inside Look at Password Protect WordPress – PPWP Pro Password Protected Features The Lite version of Password Protect WordPress (PPWP) plugin offers the following features: Protect WordPress Pages & Posts with Unlimited Passwords The plugin extends WordPress built-in password protection feature and allows you to set multiple passwords per Page and Post. What’s more, you can protect the content with just a single click. Once protected, a random password will be automatically generated for you. Password Protect WordPress Pages & Posts by User Roles There is an option allowing you to password protect your WordPress Pages & Posts by user roles. In other words, you can set different passwords for different user roles, e.g. one for subscribers and one for editors. Prevent Password Abuse with reCAPTCHA Stop password abuse and spam by bots and automated software with Google reCAPTCHA v2 or v3. Real users will be able to access protected content with ease as usual. Unlock Password Protected Content without Page Refresh Use Ajax to display protected content without having to reload the entire page. It will help improve user experience and avoid server caching after users enter their password. Password Protect WordPress Categories Instead of creating an individual password for each post, you can protect all posts under one or multiple categories at once. Once users unlock a post successfully, they will be able to access the rest of the content automatically. Password Protect Entire WordPress Site You can password protect the whole WordPress site with a single password. All your website content including pages, posts, and other custom post types (but not media files) are locked as well. Partial Content Protection Partial Content Protection feature allows you to password protect certain sections of a page or post instead of hiding the entire content under a password form. This is useful when you want to create a teaser of premium content that encourages visitors to register/sign up to unlock the entire post. Section Protection Section Protection takes PCP to the next level. The feature enables you to add password-protected sections even on custom post types & templates created by top page builders such as Elementor and Divi. Show/Hide Premium Content at a Specific Time You can also choose when to publish the secure content to users. For example, they’re allowed to see the content without having to enter passwords from XXX to XXX using the following shortcode attributes. [ppwp passwords=123 on="2020/10/20 14:00:00" off="2020/10/30 14:00:00"] Your protected section will be shown automatically from 2 pm October 20, 2020 to 2 pm October 30, 2020[/ppwp] Integrate with Page Builders Instead of using our shortcode to protect part of content, you can use our built-in module for the top page builders including: Elementor Beaver Builder WPBakery Page Builder* Divi Builder* *Supported; built-in UI block to be released soon. These built-in modules allow you to set passwords, whitelisted roles, customize password forms, and so on via our friendly User Interface. You no longer have to deal with the complex shortcode attributes. What’s more, with PPWP Pro, you can even protect the entire Elementor’s templates, Beaver Builder’s rows, columns, and page templates as well as limiting and tracking password usage. Master Passwords When there are many password protected posts on your website, it becomes difficult and time-consuming to create or manage passwords for each content. That’s when master passwords come in handy. Users will be able to unlock all protected posts at once with just one master password. Please note that this feature does not password protect all posts automatically. It simply allows you to use master passwords to unlock those that you’ve already password protected. Original passwords attached to each post will still be working, together with these master passwords. The master passwords feature also comes with an easy-to-use interface allowing you to create unlimited master passwords simultaneously and manage all of them in one place. You will have full control to (de)activate, delete passwords as well as restrict usage passwords by usage, time, and user role. Customize Password Form & Messages with WordPress Customizer Customize all your password forms, i.e. the sitewide login form, single and partial content protection (PCP) password form, via WordPress Customizer. You’re allowed to remove or change our default logo to your own in the sitewide login form. You can also change the color, background and design of the form to match your theme’s color scheme. Besides the default login page, you can now select one from our pre-designed themes that suits your site best. As for single password form, you’re able to change the WordPress default error message as well as password form instructions, namely headline, descriptions, password input placeholder, and button text. The button and text’s font-size, color, and background can also be customized through a friendly WYSIWYG HTML Editor. Hide Password Protected Content By default, your password protected content will still show up on various pages such as home and category page once published. This feature allows you to control the visibility of your protected post types in different views: Hide posts from Recent Posts widgets Hide posts from Next & Previous link on the single post Hide posts on search results Hide posts from Yoast SEO Google XML Sitemaps, and RSS Hide posts on Frontpage, Author, and Archive pages including tag and category page Protected pages hidden from search results, home page & everywhere they’re listed Even though the posts are hidden, those who know the URL will still have access to the pages (but not the protected content). Show Password Protected Content in RSS Feeds Even though you choose to show password protected content in RSS, a password form will display instead of its actual content by default. With PPWP plugin, you’re able to show all protected content in RSS feeds. There is also an option to make your RSS feeds public even if your site is hidden. Show Password Protected Post Excerpts Many WordPress themes hide the post excerpt and featured image of password protected content by default. Enable this option to show excerpts of your password protect posts. Password’s Cookies Expiration By default, users won’t have to re-enter passwords to access a protected page or post until its cookies expire. You can change the default cookie expiration time on the plugin settings page to whatever suits your use case. Or else, choose session cookies which will be removed automatically whenever users close their browser. As a result, users have to re-enter password when opening the browser again. Pro Version Our PPWP Pro version offers many more advanced features: Password protect all WordPress custom post types including WooCommerce Products Password protect custom fields and custom page templates Manage all passwords while editing content or via our friendly popup Create unlimited passwords per user role Create the same passwords for multiple user roles Bypass password protection with Quick Access Links Customize Quick Access Links Create wildcard passwords Unlock Partial Content Protection (PCP) with master passwords Automatically protect all sub pages with one password Create multiple passwords for each protected category Set the same password for multiple pages Create unlimited global passwords for partial content protection shortcode Redirect to specific URLs after entering site-wide protection passwords Unlock all content at once and unlock partial sitewide protection with Group Password Protection extension Give users access to password-protected content upon form submissions with Forms Integration extension Use reCAPTCHA or Contact Form 7 in place of the password form with Passwordless Authentication extension Track password usage, i.e. the time they’re logged in, IP address and browser used, with Statistics extension Password protect WordPress categories with different access levels Integrate with Prevent Direct Access Gold to password protect files embedded in content Sell password-protected content via WooCommerce with WooCommerce Integration extension. Protect the entire shop page, including individual products and category pages with the same passwords. Import and export passwords as well as requiring users to provide both password and username or email to unlock protected content with Password Suite extension. Restrict password usage based on WordPress users or IP addresses as well as setting password expiration time after first use with Smart Restriction extension. Password protect files outside Media Library Check out Password Protect WordPress (PPWP) Pro now! Get access to all extensions and priority support with any of our PPWP Pro membership plans. Multilingual supported Our plugin works out of the box with the top leading multilingual WordPress plugins such as WPML, Polylang, and Loco Translate. In other words, you can translate the password forms, including its headline, description, error message as well as placeholder and button text into the different languages. Documentation and support For documentation and tutorials go to our Documentation Check out compatible hostings, themes, and plugins with PPWP Visit our PPWP Pro landing pages for more examples If you have any more questions or want to request new features, contact us through this form or drop us an email at [email protected] Note that we have to migrate your default WordPress passwords to our systems for our protection to work properly. You may want to restore all your previously created passwords before deactivating the plugin to avoid all protected pages and posts becoming public. Please check out these guides on how to password protect WordPress page the right way. Privacy Policy PPWP is designed to fully respect and protect personal information of its users. It does not collect any user information without your consent. We’re using GetResponse to communicate with our users in case they would like to opt in and receive future updates from us. User’s emails will be first sent to an external API on our secure server before getting managed by GetResponse. Please see our complete Privacy Policy and GetResponse’s.