WordPress Security Plugins হল বিভ্রান্তিকর ওয়ার্ডপ্রেসের প্রয়োজনীয় জিনিসগুলির হলি গ্রেইল৷

ঠিক এই কারণেই আমরা এই নিবন্ধটি লিখেছি। এই নিবন্ধে, আপনি পাবেন:

• সবচেয়ে শক্তিশালী নিরাপত্তা প্লাগইন যা প্রকৃত সুরক্ষা প্রদান করে
• ওয়ার্ডপ্রেসের জন্য সবচেয়ে পকেট-বান্ধব নিরাপত্তা প্লাগইনগুলি
• সেরা বিনামূল্যের WP নিরাপত্তা প্লাগইনগুলি
• কয়েকটি সম্মানজনক উল্লেখ যেগুলো খুব বেশি বাঞ্ছনীয় নয়
• কিছু ​​খুব জনপ্রিয় প্লাগইন যেগুলোর মূল্য নেই

আপাতত, আমরা আপনাকে শুধু ডুব দেওয়ার পরামর্শ দিচ্ছি এবং আমরা আপনাকে অন্য দিকে দেখতে পাব।

TL;DR: আপনি যদি এমন একটি ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস নিরাপত্তা প্লাগইন খুঁজছেন যা সমস্ত বেস কভার করে, তাহলে আমরা আপনাকে ম্যালওয়্যার সনাক্তকরণ, ম্যালওয়্যার অপসারণ, ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস হার্ডনিং, লগইন সুরক্ষা এবং ট্রাফিক লগের জন্য প্রয়োজনীয় সমস্ত বৈশিষ্ট্য সহ একটি অর্থপ্রদানকারী প্লাগইনের সাথে লেগে থাকার পরামর্শ দিই৷

সবচেয়ে শক্তিশালী ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস সিকিউরিটি প্লাগইনস:ফুল সিকিউরিটি স্যুট

#1। ম্যালকয়ার - সম্পূর্ণ ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস সিকিউরিটি স্যুট

MalCare নিঃসন্দেহে শীর্ষ বিস্তৃত ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস নিরাপত্তা প্লাগইনগুলির মধ্যে একটি যা অর্থ কিনতে পারে।

যেভাবে MalCare কাজ করে তা সম্পূর্ণ বৈপ্লবিক৷

MalCare-এর মাধ্যমে, আপনি সার্ভার-লেভেল স্ক্যানের গভীরতা পাবেন কোনো সার্ভার লোড বা আপনার ওয়েবসাইটের ঝুঁকি ছাড়াই।

MalCare আপনার সম্পূর্ণ ওয়েবসাইটকে এর নিজস্ব সার্ভারে কপি করবে। এইভাবে, এটি জটিল ম্যালওয়্যার সনাক্তকরণ অ্যালগরিদম চালাতে পারে যা বাজারের অন্যান্য সমস্ত স্ক্যানারকে ছাড়িয়ে যায়৷

যেহেতু অন্যান্য ম্যালওয়্যার স্ক্যানারগুলি তাদের অ্যালগরিদমগুলি চালানোর জন্য আপনার সার্ভারের উপর নির্ভর করে, তাই তারা সকলেই দুটি জিনিসের মধ্যে একটি করে:

• তারা হয় সংক্রমণের মূল কারণ খুঁজে বের করতে খারাপ কাজ করে;
• অথবা তারা প্রতি সপ্তাহে শত শত মিথ্যা ইতিবাচক পতাকা দেয়।

MalCare-এর সাথে, আপনি একটি স্ক্যানার পাবেন যা কোনো মিথ্যা ইতিবাচক দিক নিক্ষেপ করে না এবং সর্বদা ম্যালওয়্যার সংক্রমণের মূলে পৌঁছে যায় - এমনকি এটি একটি সম্পূর্ণ অজানা ম্যালওয়্যার হলেও৷

তারপরে এটি আপনার জন্য একটি অ্যালার্ম উত্থাপন করে এবং কয়েক সেকেন্ডের মধ্যে, আপনি MalCare ড্যাশবোর্ডের একটি বোতামে ক্লিক করে আপনার ওয়েবসাইট থেকে যে কোনও ম্যালওয়্যার স্থায়ীভাবে সরিয়ে ফেলতে পারেন। ম্যালকেয়ার ব্যবহার করে 99.9% সমস্ত ম্যালওয়্যার স্বয়ংক্রিয়ভাবে পরিষ্কার করা যায়৷

এই সব, আপনার ওয়েবসাইটের কোনো ক্ষতি ছাড়া. কখনো।

যে বৈশিষ্ট্যগুলি ম্যালকেয়ারকে এই তালিকার যোগ্য করে তোলে:

• সম্পূর্ণ ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস ম্যালওয়্যার স্ক্যানার
• তাত্ক্ষণিক ক্ষতিকারক স্ক্রিপ্ট অপসারণ
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• শক্তিশালী ওয়েব অ্যাপ্লিকেশন ফায়ারওয়াল এবং লগইন সুরক্ষা
• ওয়েবসাইট শক্ত করার সহজ ব্যবস্থা
• একাধিক ওয়েবসাইট পরিচালনার জন্য একক ড্যাশবোর্ড
• দলের সহযোগিতা ও ব্যবস্থাপনা
• হোয়াইট-লেবেলিং সমাধান
• কাস্টম এবং নির্ধারিত রিপোর্টিং
• আপটাইম এবং কর্মক্ষমতা পর্যবেক্ষণ
• ইন্টিগ্রেটেড ব্যাকআপ এবং পুনরুদ্ধার সুবিধা
• MalCare-এর একক, ব্যাপক ড্যাশবোর্ড

সেরা অংশ? MalCare একটি মেশিন লার্নিং অ্যালগরিদমে কাজ করে।

এর মানে হল যে এটি আরও স্মার্ট হয়ে ওঠে কারণ এটি ম্যালওয়্যার থেকে আরও বেশি সাইটকে রক্ষা করে৷ বর্তমানে, MalCare প্রতিদিন 250,000+ WordPress ওয়েবসাইটকে হ্যাকারদের হাত থেকে রক্ষা করে। আপনি যেমন কল্পনা করতে পারেন, এটি ইতিমধ্যেই খুব স্মার্ট এবং নেটওয়ার্কে প্রতিটি নতুন সংযোজনের সাথে এটি আরও শক্তিশালী হয়৷

আপনি বিনামূল্যে MalCare ইনস্টল করতে পারেন এবং ম্যালওয়ারের জন্য আপনার ওয়েবসাইট স্ক্যান করতে পারেন। প্রিমিয়াম সংস্করণে তাত্ক্ষণিক ম্যালওয়্যার অপসারণ এবং অন্যান্য বৈশিষ্ট্যগুলির সম্পূর্ণ হোস্ট অন্তর্ভুক্ত রয়েছে৷

মূল্য: ফ্রিমিয়াম, পেইড প্ল্যান সহ $99/বছর থেকে শুরু।

ব্যবহারের সহজলভ্যতা: MalCare সবচেয়ে স্মার্ট, সবচেয়ে সহজ ব্যবহারযোগ্য ড্যাশবোর্ড অফার করে। সম্পূর্ণ সেটআপটি ওয়ার্ডপ্রেসের নিজস্ব সরলতা এবং সবার জন্য ব্যবহারের সহজতার দর্শনের সাথে সঙ্গতি রেখে তৈরি করা হয়েছে। সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ, নতুন বৈশিষ্ট্য এবং নতুন UX মানগুলিকে মিটমাট করার জন্য ড্যাশবোর্ড ক্রমাগত আপডেট করা হয়। শুরু থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত, UI এবং UX সহজ, পরিষ্কার এবং সর্বনিম্ন৷

পরিষ্কার প্রকার: স্বয়ংক্রিয়

চূড়ান্ত রায়: অত্যন্ত বাঞ্ছনীয়৷

#2। জেটপ্যাক

জেটপ্যাক শুধুমাত্র শীর্ষ ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস নিরাপত্তা প্লাগইনগুলির মধ্যে একটি নয়। এটি ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস কার্যকারিতার জন্য প্রায় প্রতিটি প্রয়োজনীয় বৈশিষ্ট্যের একটি কম্বো প্যাক। এটি একটি পরিচালিত ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস ব্যাকআপ পরিষেবা, সুরক্ষা বৈশিষ্ট্য এবং আরও অনেক কিছু সহ আসে৷

জেটপ্যাক সম্পর্কে অনেক লোক শুনেছে তার প্রধান কারণ হল এটি অটোম্যাটিক দ্বারা তৈরি করা হয়েছিল - একই সংস্থা যেটি ওয়ার্ডপ্রেস তৈরি করেছিল। এখন, ওয়ার্ডপ্রেসের প্রতিটি ইনস্টলেশন জেটপ্যাকের ইনস্টলেশনের সাথে আসে!

প্রোডাক্ট প্লেসমেন্টের ক্ষেত্রে একটু আক্রমনাত্মক, কিন্তু আমরা বুঝতে পারি। ব্যবসাই ব্যবসা।

জেটপ্যাকের সুরক্ষা মডিউলটি বিনামূল্যে এবং এটি যথেষ্ট পরিমাণে সন্দেহজনক কার্যকলাপ ঘটতে বাধা দিতে পারে। জেটপ্যাকের বিনামূল্যের সংস্করণে ব্রুট ফোর্স অ্যাটাক সুরক্ষা এবং হোয়াইটলিস্টিংও রয়েছে৷

কিন্তু আশা করা যায়, নিরাপত্তার ক্ষেত্রে জেটপ্যাকের অর্থপ্রদানের সংস্করণগুলি আরও শক্তিশালী। প্রতি বছর $99 এর জন্য, আপনি ম্যালওয়্যার স্ক্যানিং, নির্ধারিত ওয়েবসাইট ব্যাকআপ এবং ব্যাকআপ থেকে সাইট পুনরুদ্ধার পেতে পারেন। আপনি যদি স্টক আপ করতে চান, প্রতি বছর $299 প্ল্যান অন-ডিমান্ড ম্যালওয়্যার স্ক্যান এবং রিয়েল-টাইম ব্যাকআপ প্রদান করে৷

যে বৈশিষ্ট্যগুলি জেটপ্যাককে এই তালিকার যোগ্য করে তোলে:

• জেটপ্যাকের বিনামূল্যের সংস্করণটি এখনও হ্যাক করা হয়নি এমন ছোট ব্যবসার ওয়েবসাইটগুলিকে রক্ষা করার জন্য সৎভাবে যথেষ্ট ভাল
• The premium plans offer immense benefits like backups, spam protection, and security scanning and removal just in case you need the extra help
• All plugin updates go through Jetpack so that there are no plugin vulnerabilities that a hacker can leverage
• You can monitor your site for downtime as well

As a bonus, Jetpack also has features for email marketing, social media, site customization, and optimization. For a new site owner, it’s a dream combo. The only downside is that they are not a specialized solution and you have to wait for manual malware removal, in case of an infection.

Price: Freemium, with paid plans starting from $99/year.

Ease of Use: Jetpack is fairly straightforward. It’s built for beginners and presumes zero knowledge of coding—or even WordPress—to handle. The UX is also extremely well-planned.

Cleanup Type: Manual

Final Verdict: FREE VERSION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. PREMIUM VERSION IS CONDITIONALLY RECOMMENDED.

#3. Wordfence Security

Wordfence Security is one of the most popular WordPress security plugins, and for good reason. The freemium version brings fairly powerful protection tools, such as the robust login security features and the security incident recovery tools.

With features like brute force protection and WordPress firewalls, it can offer protection against attacks fairly well. The paid version is a lot more impressive than its free counterpart because it comes with a very deep server-based malware scanner.

Here’s what Wordfence fails to mention up front:

• They charge per cleanup; even for repeat hacks
• Since Wordfence offers manual cleanups, they have surge pricing for cleanups
• Both free and premium versions flag false positives all the time

Let’s contextualize:

This means that Wordfence will flood your WordPress dashboard with alarms. You will then have to try and understand whether or not those alarms are serious security threats and breaches. Then, you’ll have to wait for days while their security engineers clean your site.

Oh, and if they’re in high demand, you have to fork over a boatload of cash to keep your site safe.

That said, Wordfence is still one of the most popular WordPress security plugins and does a fairly good job of protecting your site.

Features That Make WordFence Security Worthy of this List:

• If you have a small, static website with very little traffic and no online sales, then the free version is good enough for you.
• You can save a lot of money on licensing fees if you buy multiple site licenses.
• Wordfence has a full firewall suite that other WP security plugins simply don’t, and it includes features such as country blocking, manual blocking, brute force protection, real-time threat defense, and a Web Application Firewall.
• The malware scanner detects malware, real-time threats, and spam. It scans all your files for malware, not just WordPress files because it has a server-based scanner.
• Wordfence traffic insights can separate Google crawl activity, logins and logouts, human visitors, and bots for better insights on your site traffic.
• You can sign in with your mobile phone as a form of WordPress two-factor authentication.
• While most people use the Akismet Spam Protection plugin that comes with almost every WordPress installation, Wordfence has its own comment spam filter as well. This means that you won’t have to use multiple plugins for spam protection.

One of the most unique features of Wordfence is that it can keep track of the WordPress plugins that you are using on your website. If your plugins are no longer being updated, have been removed from the repository, or if they have known hacks, then Wordfence raises an alarm.

Price: Freemium with Premium Plans starting at $99/year + Base cleanup price of $179/cleanup

Ease of Use: The interface can be seriously complicated for a novice user. It crams in all the features, and it becomes tricky to keep track of everything right from the get-go. However, once you get the hang of it, the only problem that you may have is requesting a cleanup. For a company that makes most of its money through paid malware removal, it sure is difficult to find that option on the dashboard!

Cleanup Type: Manual

গুরুত্বপূর্ণ: Wordfence can significantly slow down your website. Wordfence creates its own tables in your database which store the entire scan history. It also records all actions taken. Over time, this database will grow to a considerable size, and reach the point where it adds to site bloat.

Every time Wordfence runs a new scan, it loads the old database as well. Add this to the overzealous scanner that keeps flagging false positives, and you have a real bandwidth issue on your hands.

Wordfence also acts on a server level. While this means that you get more powerful features, it also means that Wordfence will use your server resources to operate.

In conclusion, Wordfence is a solution that will hog your server resources and slow down your website as time goes by.

Final Verdict: FREE VERSION RECOMMENDED CONDITIONALLY, PRO VERSION IS TOO EXPENSIVE

#4. Security Ninja

Security Ninja is among the OG WordPress security plugins. It’s been around for over 7 years now and it has some of the most comprehensive features ever. Security Ninja started out as one of the first plugins on CodeCanyon.

Now, it’s got a freemium model and has 50+ security checks built into the malware scanner, including file integrity checks, MySQL permissions, and PHP settings.

The plugin also does a brute-force check to suss out weak passwords like ‘password’ and ‘1234’ – passwords like that are not helping anyone.

The best part is that it has both automatic and manual patches for its users. If you want a one-click solution, you can have that. Or, if you understand code, you can get the patch and manually fix the website yourself.

Features That Make Security Ninja Worthy of This List:

• The free version comes with 50+ security tests that can thoroughly assess your security status.
• You can fix security issues instantly with one click.
• It comes with a dedicated file integrity checker. While this method has its problems, it’s still a fairly common way to root out simple malware.
• The plugin automatically blocks a long list of known malicious IP addresses.
• Logs all user and login activity on your WordPress site.
• It comes with regular scanning capabilities.

Price: Freemium with paid plans starting from $39.99/year

Ease of Use: Unlike all the other plugins on this list, Security Ninja actually makes the user work for the fix. This does not necessarily make it more difficult to use. It only adds a layer of awareness and education about security for the user. For the most part, it’s easy to use.

Cleanup Type: Automated, but with limitations

Final Verdict: NOT FULLY RECOMMENDED

#5. SecuPress

SecuPress is new to the scene, but it’s stacking much green. The plugin comes from the same house as WP Rocket and Imagify, and lives up to its reputation.

SecuPress has a great UI and easy to use interface. The free version of the plugin offers anti-brute force login, IP blacklisting, and a firewall. You can also change your WordPress security keys from the plugin itself.

The premium version includes features such as security alerts and notifications, two-factor authentication, GeoIP blocking, PHP malware scans, and PDF reports.

Features That Make SecuPress Worthy of This List:

• The UI in SecuPress is third only to MalCare and Jetpack in terms of the sheer ease of use.
• The premium version gives you one of the few WordPress security plugins ideally suited for defense.
• You can change the URL for your WordPress login page so that bots can’t brute force it.
• Includes a decent malware scanner.

Price: Freemium, with paid plans starting from $59/year for a single-site license.

Ease of Use: SecuPress is very simple to set up and use. The way it is built makes it a much cheaper substitute for Jetpack. Of course, Jetpack has way more features overall, but if you want to find focused WP security plugin, then this is a safer bet.

Cleanup Type: Manual

Final Verdict: RECOMMENDED FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (NOT WOOCOMMERCE SITES)

#6 Sucuri SiteCheck and Premium

Sucuri has both free and premium versions:Sucuri SiteCheck, which is the free version, is a web-based scanner. Malware removal is not included in this version.

To be candid, Sucuri SiteCheck is absolutely useless in most cases, because it can only find malware that manifests itself in the HTML of the website. More importantly, it fails to pinpoint the origin of the malware because it has no access to the server.

The premium version comes with a server-based scanner that includes:

• File integrity monitoring;
• Blacklist monitoring;
• Security notifications;
• And security hardening.

The premium plans open up customer service channels and more frequent scans. The funny part is that Sucuri does not charge for malware removal, but charges for scanning your website instead. You get a fixed frequency of malware scanning with a package.

Now, let’s put this into perspective.

Sucuri Premium relies on manual malware removals which can take days if not weeks. During that time, the hacker can keep on wreaking havoc on your website. And you keep losing your traffic, revenue and brand value during that time.

In fact, you could get slapped with a Google blacklist and lose 95% of your organic traffic overnight!

Features That Make Sucuri Premium Worthy of This List:

• It offers multiple variations of SSL certificates. You do have to pay for them, but they’re available as part of the packages.
• Customer service is available in the form of instant chat and email.
• You receive notifications when something is wrong with your website.
• Advanced DDoS protection is available through some plans.

Even if you don’t want to pay any money, you will still receive valuable tools for blacklist monitoring, malware scanning, file integrity monitoring, and security hardening.

Price: Freemium with Premium Plans starting at $199/year

Ease of Use: It is very easy to use the free plugin. The prompts are simple to follow and you can find most of the features easily enough.

Cleanup Type: Manual

গুরুত্বপূর্ণ: Our engineers tested Sucuri SiteCheck (free) and the premium plugin against some common malware. We were pretty shocked to see that most of them did not even register as malware by the server scanner in the premium version.

Final Verdict: NOT RECOMMENDED

Ranking Parameters for WordPress Security Plugins

If you got all the way here to read about the ranking parameters for the WordPress security plugins listed above, then:

• You are either looking to understand why some of the features are important;
• Or you are confused if the one you like really is the right fit for you.

Either way, this section will clear that up for you.

Factors to Consider When Choosing WP Security Plugin

There are nine things to consider in general when choosing WordPress security plugin.

Here we go:

1. Detecting Malware in Both Files &Database

A good security plugin will scan every file and database to ensure it’s not missing any hidden malware.

When security plugins were first developed, they were designed to look into particular files and databases for malware. But nowadays, hackers have way more skill. They find ways to place malware anywhere on your website.

Some WordPress security plugins still rely on outdated methods of scanning. This way they end up missing malware hidden in uncommon locations (like the WP-VCD malware).

2. Scanning Without Using Your Site Resources

Your website needs resources to run its daily activities. A security scan will be a resource-heavy process. Your resources are being split and this can affect your website severely.

Scanning every WordPress directory can really hog server resources.

During the scanning process, your website will become extremely slow. The solution is to choose plugins that don’t run scans using your web server’s resources. Find a plugin that uses its own server.

3. Instant Malware Removal

If a hacker exploits your WordPress vulnerabilities you risk losing traffic and paying customers. And further, your website can be blacklisted by Google or suspended by your hosting provider.

Many WordPress security plugins require you to contact their support team to fix the hack. It can take from a few hours up to a few days to clean an infected website.

You need a plugin that cleans your website instantly.

4. Unlimited Cleanups

A website can be targeted and hacked more than once. Most average security plugins offer an expensive one-time cleanup service.

Theme and plugin vulnerabilities in WordPress are really common. In fact, the WordPress security that you opt for needs to be up for a stiff battle against malicious code.

So, it’s better to opt for one that gives you unlimited malware removal.

5. Firewall Protection to Block Malicious Traffic

If you own a website, you know that the more traffic you get, the better. Your website will begin ranking for relevant keywords, sales will increase, and your revenue will shoot up.

While traffic is great, not all kinds of traffic is good. Some traffic has malicious intent and wants to hack your website. Fortunately, you can track such traffic with a firewall plugin.

Everyone who is visiting your website is using a device like a laptop or a smartphone. Each device is linked with a unique code called an IP address. A web application firewall is able to track these IP addresses.

A firewall rule can identify an IP address that has carried out malicious activities before. It then flags it as bad traffic and prevents it from accessing your website.

But what happens if you don’t use firewalls?

Simple – you can get blacklisted by Search Engines such as Google.

There are many WordPress security solutions that have in-built firewalls. But to protect yourself against security vulnerabilities, you need a tool for blacklist monitoring as well. We recommend finding a plugin that takes care of this for you.

6. Login Page Protection

The WordPress login page is often targeted more than any other page of the website. The login page gives direct access to the WordPress user account. So, login protection is a critical component of security plugin for WordPress.

Hackers program bots to guess the username and password to break into the website by using more than one login attempt. This is called a brute force attack.

Combating this type of attack is possible by limiting the number of failed login attempts. Choose brute force protection that enables you to limit the number of failed login attempts.

7. Website Hardening Measures

Besides using a firewall and protecting the login page, you can take more steps to protect your website against hack attacks.

In fact, WordPress recommends certain site security hardening measures like preventing PHP execution, disabling theme editor, etc.

But implementing security hardening measures for people without any technical knowledge is difficult. An ideal security plugin should enable you to implement these measures with the click of a button.

8. Single Dashboard for Managing Multiple Sites

Managing multiple websites can be really exhausting. A centralized dashboard will enable you to carry out multiple tasks from one place.

Choose a plugin that enables you to carry out multiple tasks and also manage multiple websites from a single dashboard.

9. Excellent Customer Support

No matter how good a security plugin is, there are going to times when you need assistance. Ensure that the plugin you choose has an agile customer support team.

At times of trouble, you wouldn’t want to wait for hours or days to receive a response from the support team on a major security issue.

WordPress security plugins offer scanning, cleaning, and protection:

• Scanning checks your site for malware.
• Cleaning removes malicious code.
• Protection measures prevent hacks.

And that’s all there is to it.

Now, let’s check out the ranking parameters in detail.

Comprehensive List of Features

For comprehensive security, you want your WordPress security plugin to have certain features.

Let’s talk about what these features are and why you might need them.

We’ll start with the most important one and we’ll work our way down to all the others, shall we?

A security plugin should offer you a minimum of 3 basic services – scanning, cleaning, and protection.

• Scanning is a process that involves checking your website for malware. If the scanner finds malware present on your website, you need a cleaner.
• The cleaner helps remove malicious codes found on your site. This may be manual or automatic malware removal. Manual removal is generally time-consuming and very risky. After cleaning your site, you will need comprehensive protection against future hacks.
• And protection involves taking measures that will prevent hacks. This includes login protection, brute-force protection DDoS protection, and WordPress hardening.

That said, the approach to scanning, cleaning, and protection differs from one WordPress plugin to the other.

As a general rule, you want:

• A scanner that offers server-level scanning and goes beyond the usual keyword checks, signature checks, and file integrity checks. You also want it to scan both the files and the database tables for malware.
• An automatic malware removal for instant malware cleanup. This makes it easy for you to clean the website yourself without having to wait for weeks on end for a security professional to clean your site for you while the hacker destroys your business.
• As many different options for WordPress hardening and protection as you can find. Typically, you will get 2FA, bot protection, firewall, and hardening. Traffic and login logs are a bonus point.

Not to sound salesy, but MalCare ticks all the boxes on that list! Seriously, we are constantly developing and adding more features to offer better and smarter security for your website.

Now that we understand the features that you should look for, let’s move on to the pricing.

Pricing

Pricing is one of the principal objections of almost every business.

“How do I know which of these WordPress plugins for security will do the job?”

“Am I overspending on security?”

“My website isn’t even hacked. Why would I spend my money on a paid plugin?”

“Do I even need this many features?”

These are all objections based on pricing.

Here’s the short answer to all of these questions:

• Invest in a plugin that gives you a good blend of protective services and covers all bases.
• You should ideally be spending less than $100/year for a single site license. Cheap plugins and free ones rarely do a good job.
• Ideally, you want something with zero hidden costs.
• And even if your site isn’t hacked right now, you should install a good security plugin.

It’s as simple as that.

Think of value over pricing. You are surely going to lose a hell lot more than $100 if your site does get hacked.

Ease of Use

This may not seem like a big deal, but if you buy security plugin and you have no idea how to use them – that’s a BIG problem.

You need a plugin that is:

• Easy to set up
• Optimized so that you can find all the important functions quickly
• Built to require as little involvement on your part as possible

If you are spending too much time on configuring the plugin or if you have to end up consulting an expert on how to do it, the plugin has failed you.

Miserably.

The next factor is what kind of cleanup you are getting. Again, that’s a biggie.

So, let’s dive in.

Cleanup Type

The way in which plugins remove malware from your website…

… is a very important factor.

Why?

Simple – there are way too many popular WordPress security plugins that do not offer malware removal at all. They basically offer a firewall, login protection, and WordPress hardening features.

Some of the ones that do offer cleanups, will most likely offer a manual cleanup. This is not inherently bad. The only problem is that manual cleanup requires a LOT of time and effort by very expensive WordPress security experts unless it’s a very small problem. So, the cost of cleaning is also usually very high.

Wordfence, for instance, has a surge pricing to deal with this bandwidth issue.

Sucuri pushes back on demand by limiting the number of scans.

You get the gist…

What you want is ideally an automatic cleaner that instantly removes malware from your site.

But features aren’t the only important factor. Those features have to be viable for long-term use. We’ll understand what that means next.

What’s Next?

If you’ve found the right plugin for you, we’re really happy for you. If you still can’t make your mind up about which WordPress security plugins to trust, you have two options now:

Option #1: Trust us when we say that MalCare is one of the most powerful plugins for wordpress security built with all the ranking parameters in mind. And then install MalCare.

Option #2: You can tweet specific questions that you may have to us at @malcaresecurity. Our engineers will respond to you with answers that actually help instead of bombarding you with sales pitches as you get everywhere else.

Another measure that we always advise is…

… LEARN MORE ABOUT WORDPRESS SECURITY.

Seriously, a little knowledge goes a long way.

We recommend that you start by reading our article on how to deal with a WordPress hacked site.

Until next time!

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