Q: I'm currently using Secupress, is there any advantage of using Hide My WP Ghost in comparison?
Irina_Squirrly
May 15, 2024A: Based on the list you provided, it looks like the features available in Hide My WP Ghost can replace most of the features you currently use from Secupress.
Currently available in Hide My WP Ghost:
- Block IP during some time after 3 invalid login attempts
Hide My WP Ghost allows you to configure the number of failed login attempts you’d like to permit before blocking that user from further attempts for an amount of time.
The ban duration and the lockout message the user will see on the login page instead of the login form after their IP has been blocked can be customized as well.
- Captcha on login forms
for more details: https://hidemywpghost.com/kb/brute-force-attack-protection/#activate_brute_force
- change login url
for more details: https://hidemywpghost.com/kb/change-wordpress-login-path-with-hide-my-wp-ghost-plugin/
- Firewall Against SQL & Script Injection, 7G firewall
more details here: https://hidemywpghost.com/kb/customize-paths-in-hide-my-wp-ghost/#firewall_script_injection
- Hide wp-admin
Protecting the admin area from unauthorized access allows you to block many common security threats.
more details: https://hidemywpghost.com/kb/how-to-change-and-hide-wp-admin-path-with-hide-my-wp-ghost-plugin/
Hide My WP Ghost offers a lot of features that you can use to increase website security.
However, take into account that Hide My WP Ghost might not be a complete replacement, as our plugin is not meant to be an all-in-one security plugin, and we don’t intend to replace all the other security plugins out there.
Hey there, Sumo-ling! Thank you for your question.
After doing a quick research, I can see that there are some features in the tool you mentioned that sound similar to some of the features offered in Hide My WP Ghost, such as: Limit Login Attempts and Banning IP Addresses.
That said, it's important to mention that we don't intend to replace the other security plugins out there. Our purpose is to add an extra layer of protection (not available in the others), in order to prevent hacking attempts.
Instead of focusing on fixing files that were already infected, we focus on hiding the paths that hacker bots use to gain access or inject scripts.
Hackers and hacker bots can't attack what they can't find, so this will automatically increase the level of protection of any WP site.
It does a bit more, as you can see on the Features list here >> https://hidemywpghost.com/hide-my-wp-ghost-security-features/
With Hide My WP Ghost, you prevent attacks from happening, by hiding vulnerabilities in themes, WP core, and plugins. So you can avoid getting injections in the first place.
Hope this helps but let me know if you have any other questions or need more details.
soyoo.rePLUSThanks so can it replace Secupress or do I need to keep it in parallel?
I'm using the below features of Secupress:
- Block IP during some time after 3 invalid login attempts
- Captcha on login forms
- change login url
- Configure firewall (WAF)
- Force strong password for administrators