Acunetix WP Security

Acunetix WP Security can be used for securing file permissions, security of the database, version hiding, WordPress admin protection and many other more.

Installation:

Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

Features:

• Protects passwords
• Fixes file permissions
• Database security
• Hides WordPress version
• WordPress admin protection/security
• Removes WP Generator META tag from core code

What is new in this release:

• New Feature:
• Added WP multi-site support
• Added the WP file scan tool for checking the core WP files for modification date
• Added geolocation to Live traffic tool
• Added IP lookup to Live Traffic tool
• Added support for deleting the database backup files
• Added the link to the plugin's settings page in the plugins page
• Live traffic tool can now be enabled/disabled from the settings page
• New Alerts:
• Two new security checks were added for the install.php and upgrade.php files from wp-admin directory

What is new in version 4.0.1:

• Fixed the LiveTraffic bug.

What is new in version 3.1.0:

• Removed the registration requirement.

What is new in version 3.0.9:

• New feature:
• Added tooltips to the most important sections of the System Information box
• Update:
• Added 'nonce' fields to forms where needed (thanks to julio from boiteaweb.fr)
• Updated the deprecated function call get_bloginfo('siteurl') to get_bloginfo('url')
• Updated paths to external resources such as javascript and css files for ssl compatibility
• Updated validation for plug-in form fields (email address, user name, target id, etc.)
• Enhanced the input validation for the Change Database Prefix tool
• Plugin settings are now accessible only by WordPress administrators
• Improved user-rights retrieval in the WordPress database

What is new in version 3.0.8:

• New feature: Option to open / close WebsiteDefender dashboard widget.
• Update: More help resource links.
• Update: Internal code updates.

What is new in version 3.0.7:

• Bug Fix:
• The bug reported about ALTER rights retrieval has been addressed.
• Update:
• Code cleanup.
• Minor internal updates.

What is new in version 3.0.6:

• Feature: The WebsiteDefender RSS widget added to the admin dashboard
• Update: The plug-in has been made compatible with Secure WP and WebsiteDefender WordPress Security
• Update: The plug-in can be safe used in a Multi User WP environment
• Bugfix: Fixed the bug related to the database ALTER rights retrieval
• BugFix: Fixed the version information script

What is new in version 3.0.3:

• Bugfix: Fixed the code error in the change database prefix feature.
• Update: More code cleanup.

What is new in version 3.0.2:

• Feature:
• Enabled automatic database table prefix rename feature
• Database backup functionality used in database renaming tables
• Included more documentation / links for a number of features
• Prevent blog owner from changing table prefix if the wp-config.php file is not writable
• Update:
• Updated several error messages text (user friendly)
• major code cleanup
• Bugfix:
• Fixed a number of bugs in the database tables rename utility

Requirements:

• WordPress 3 or higher
• PHP 5 or higher