# WP Hardening (discontinued)

> The WP Hardening is a one-click tool to fix standard security recommendations on your WordPress website.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:34 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `wp-security-hardening`
- Author: WebProtect.ai
- Version: 1.2.8
- Active installs: 10,000+
- Last update: 2024-09-13 (2 years ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 6.0.18 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.3, PHP 5.3
- Tags: discontinued
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-hardening/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- FLAG: Not updated in over a year (last update 2024-09-13).
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 6.0.18).
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Phones home ↔ Private, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2024-09-17 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Security Feature Bypass to Username Enumeration (up to 1.2.6). CVE-2024-6641, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a52a278-1729-4027-8a00-e9804fa6698b?source=api-prod
- 2021-06-07 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.2.1). CVE-2021-24372, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/acd61330-eba8-4311-8b60-30c3124067f0?source=api-prod
- 2021-06-07 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.2.2). CVE-2021-24373, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fdf6d876-631f-493d-a324-3bb8efedd84a?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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