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Hacker Free WordPress Security

We’re designed to make sure your sites are safe and secure.

Because of it’s popularity, WordPress has become a target for hackers and malicious users across the internet. We’re always on top of the latest WordPress security vulnerabilities and proactively block threats when we can. We work hard to make sure your sites are safe and secure.

On top of our rock-solid platform built specifically for WordPress security, WPhost offers free nightly WordPress backups, free SSL certificates and even Infection Insurance. No doubt you want your WordPress software to always be running the most up-to-date and secure version. Admittedly keeping up-to-date can be a painful task. But you’re in luck – WPhost handles all core WordPress updates for you.

All WPhost plans also include our built-in global Content Delivery Network (powered by Fastly) for free. While most WordPress sites don’t need to worry about DDOS mitigation, Fastly’s high-bandwidth, globally distributed network is built to absorb DDoS attacks.

Keeping plugins up-to-date is one of the best ways to ensure your site is secure and running great! However, we know that managing plugin updates is time consuming and distracts from other valuable work that can grow your business. With WPhost Managed Plugin Updates you can get back to work and trust that your site will always be up-to-date and online. Enroling your site allows you to offload this tedious task!

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How we work hard to keep your sites safe and secure:

Managed Updates

WPhost ensures your site is running the latest and greatest version of WordPress. Managed WordPress hosting means we handle all core WordPress updates for you so your WordPress software will always be up to date and secure.

Malware Removal Service

In the unlikely event that your site is hacked or compromised and your plan includes infection insurance, our team of WordPress experts will quickly and carefully remove the malware and fix it for you!

WordPress Files Locked

On WPhost, nobody can overwrite your WordPress core files. Everything in your WordPress install is locked right down, aside from your custom content. No edits to any WordPress core files are permitted!

Limited Login Attempts

We protect against brute force attacks at both the site and server level. All WPhost sites have a plugin installed to block repeatedly failed login attempts – this is highly effective at making brute-force attacks difficult to perform.

Intelligent IP Blocking

Our security systems use intelligent IP blocking to detect and block intruders across all sites on the WPhost network within seconds. Your site’s protected from hackers before they even try to attack!

2FA Authentication

We encourage you to set up Two-factor Authentication to verify your identity using your favourite third-party application. 2FA is virtually impossible for a hacker, so this is an extremely powerful security solution.

Want even greater peace of mind?

Infection Insurance

Unfortunately, there’s always a small chance hackers could find their way around your defence and some clients may want an extra level of assurance, and even greater peace of mind.

Infection Insurance is included free with all Silver, Gold, Platinum, Enterprise and Agency plans. Infection Insurance is also bundled free with WPhost Managed Plugin Updates.

In the event you find your site has been compromised, or your site is hacked, our WordPress Experts will jump in right away and get to work cleaning up the infection – for free! Without Infection Insurance, the cost for WPhost engineers to remove malware and clean your site is $179 + GST.

Immediately following the cleaning of your site, our team will check your website’s blacklist status with blacklist authorities. A blacklisted site loses at least 95% of it’s traffic.

Finally, we’ll take a hacker’s view to bring you real time information about what plugins are vulnerable so you can act accordingly. Leveraging the Patchstack Vulnerability Database, we’ll detect known security vulnerabilities and address issues such as CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery), XSS (Cross-site scripting) and RFI (Remote File Inclusion).

WordPress Infection Insurance

Security Insights

Knowing that a website has a known vulnerability is hard to ignore with WPhost's Security Insights. Stop being in the dark when it comes to your security.

The worst thing about malware is that it could be on your website for months without you even knowing. You need to be vigilant, proactive and check regularly for malware and known vulnerabilities. That’s where Security Insights comes in.

WPhost’s new Security Insights is a total game changer for your WordPress maintenance workflow – we’ll undertake integrity monitoring, vulnerability detection and malware scanning of your website.

WordPress Security Insights