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Iron Security – WordPress Security Plugin

Hardening tool that blocks hackers and protect against: Brute Force Attacks, Exploits, Injections, Clickjacking and other important functionalities.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Current version2.5.3
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.8
Minimum stackWP 4.7 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update23 Jul 20251y ago
Active installations50Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Iron Security – WordPress Security Plugin version 2.5.3 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.

Overview

About this plugin

Iron Security is your WordPress security bodyguard.

It shields your site from brute force attacks, unauthorized admin access, file injections, and common exploits like XML-RPC and REST API abuse. Whether you’re a solo creator or managing client sites, Iron Security delivers essential protection without the performance hit.

🔒 Don’t wait until your site is compromised. Secure it now — effortlessly.

Iron Security includes real-time brute-force protection, custom login URLs, HTTP headers, session control, malware upload prevention, and much more. All from a single, easy-to-use plugin dashboard.

Protects Against:

– 🔐 Brute Force Attacks (Limit login attempts, 2FA)

– 👮 Unauthorized Admin Access (Custom login URL, admin limit)

– 👤 User Enumeration

– 🎯 Admin Account Targeting (Admin ID & username protection)

– 💣 XML-RPC & REST API Exploits

– 🛡️ Code Injection & PHP Malware Uploads

– 📂 Direct Access to Sensitive Files

– 📛 MIME Sniffing & Content-Type Exploits

– 🖼️ Clickjacking

– 🧬 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

– 🌐 Referrer Leakage

🔐 Key Features

🛠 General Hardening

  • Disable XML-RPC & REST API
  • Hide WordPress & WooCommerce versions
  • Block AI & scraping bots
  • Disable file editor
  • Enable plugin & core auto-updates

🔍 Security Logs

  • View detailed logs of login attempts and alerts
  • Filter logs by IP, message, or date
  • Audit suspicious activity easily

🔑 Login & Authentication

  • Custom login/admin URL
  • Limit login attempts with lockouts
  • Session timeout for idle users
  • Limit number of administrators
  • Block user enumeration
  • Change default Admin ID and Username
  • Enable 2FA (Google Authenticator)

🗂 Files & Directory Protection

  • Block PHP file uploads
  • Prevent direct access to core/system files

📦 HTTP Security Headers

  • X-Content-Type-Options
  • X-Frame-Options
  • X-XSS-Protection
  • Strict-Transport-Security
  • Referrer-Policy
  • Content-Security-Policy
  • Permissions-Policy

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Iron Security is built for creators who care about speed, simplicity, and security. If you’re not securing your site, you’re risking everything.

Credits

Developed and maintained by WPIron

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • 2fa
  • firewall
  • login
  • malware
  • security
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.8

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.7 · PHP 7.4
Update activity23 Jul 20251y ago

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