WordPress
Live
iThemes Security
Hardening and security plugin for WordPress.
Accessibility
Security
Type
WordPress plugin / theme
Stack
PHP
Year
2014
Duration
Ongoing
Overview
What I built & why
WordPress hardening plugin covering brute-force protection, file change detection, 2FA, and database backups. Rebranded to SolidWP Security.
Built by iThemes; acquired by Liquid Web; widely used in managed-WordPress hosting bundles.
Highlights
Key deliverables
- ✓ Brute-force protection
- ✓ File change detection
- ✓ 2FA + passwordless login
- ✓ DB backups
- ✓ Magic links
Process
Challenge & solution
The challenge
A vendor lock-in clause forced a tight ninety-day migration window with zero room for service interruption.
The solution
Replaced the manual exports with scheduled jobs and a clean reporting layer that updates the dashboard hourly.
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