Having your website hacked is the worst nightmare for any WordPress website owner.
Imagine the stress and hustle it takes to design your website from scratch, get every feature working, do the tests, launch, start getting customers in and start collecting customer data, only for you to wake up one morning and find that your website has been hacked and you can't access anything.
How horrible would that be?
Even worse, imagine the tedious work it would take to get the website back to working normally.
And if that's not enough, just think about this. About 90,000 attacks happen on WordPress websites each minute, 83% of all CMS-based websites that are hacked are built on WordPress, and about 30,000 new websites get hacked daily.
Well, I have been a victim of my website getting hacked and I can tell you it's not a pretty enjoyable position to be in.
If you have a WordPress site, I will plead with you to take urgent measures to keep both your website and your customer's data safe if you haven't done that already.
Talking of taking the necessary measures, what exactly do you need to do? Well, there are tens if not hundreds of things you can manually do to fully protect your website.
But do you really want to do that when there is a simpler and safer way?
Introducing WP Ghost (HMWP Ghost).
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What is HMWP Ghost?
The acronym HMWP simply means Hide My WordPress. It is a premium WordPress plugin specifically designed to block all bot attacks on your website, thereby guaranteeing the safety of not only your logins but also customer data and other crucial information you might want to keep to yourself.
The plugin scans your entire website to examine the current security status of your website and goes a step further to send you a list of all the urgent security threats you might be exposed to and a detailed guide on how to solve them.
But don’t worry, you don’t need any coding skills or advanced WordPress designing knowledge to solve most of these issues.
You can fix the majority of them with just a single click.
Here is a sample image of how that works:
Some of the capabilities you can expect to achieve from this include:
- Create custom login and logout redirects based on your users’ roles.
- Enjoy brute force protection with IP address blacklisting, ReCaptcha protection, limited login attempts, and customized lockout message and duration.
- Create instant email alerts in case you want to be notified of any security-related occurrences.
- Ability to track users and know what they do when logged in to your site for 30 days.
- Ability to hide the Admin Toolbar based on user roles. You can also change names, classes, IDs in the site’s source code to hide your footprint.
This is just the tip of the iceberg on what this incredible plugin can offer.
Features and Capabilities
- Protect your wp-admin area from unauthorized access
- Change and hide common WP paths, plugins, and themes paths (protects from bots attacks)
- Brute force attack protection
- SQL injection protection
- XML-RPC protection
- Cross-site scripting (XSS) protection
- URL mapping and text mapping
- Website security checks
- User’s activity log monitoring
The list is endless. I mean, I would have to write another article just to exhaust the features. And I know I sound like I’m exaggerating things here, but you would have to see it yourself to believe it.
Click on this link to get a detailed analysis of their features.
Pricing
HMWP Ghost starts with a free version that offers limited security capabilities for anyone who doesn’t want to make any initial monetary commitment, or people creating just simple websites.
Under the premium version, they offer 4 options based on the number of websites you would like to link to and the level of security you need.
- Ghost 1: Intended mainly for bloggers and goes for a $23.99 yearly plan. It covers one website and includes all the features stated earlier.
- Ghost 5: Mainly intended for small businesses and sells for $149 per year. You get all the features that the plugin has to offer and the ability to add it to 5 websites.
- Ghost 10: Intended for midsize business and sells for $299 per year. It covers up to 10 websites, and again, gives you access to all the features that the plugin can offer.
- Ghost all: This is the premium option you can go with, especially if you run an agency. It goes for $640 and gives you the ability to link it to an unlimited number of websites.
Click here to check out all the plans.
Do you need it?
Absolutely yes! And I understand there are many other alternatives out there but listen, all you need to do is have a quick check on the features and capabilities they provide and you’ll why they are claimed to be among the best, if not the best. What else would you be looking for?
I have personally been using it since my website got hacked. It is just incredible. It just does everything you need and inspires confidence in you to go all-in in growing your website because you know it’s safe.
It is an absolute must-have for me. I definitely recommend it.
