coreSecurity has wide range of features included. All features are controlled via the Features panel.
Each feature has direct controls to enable or disable the feature, and additional icons linking to knowledge base, settings and panels that some features add. On top of the page you have a filter area where you can show or hide features based on activation, and search for feature by keyword.
Features Panel Depending on the individual feature requirements, some features will be greyed out, and will not be available for activation. For instance, if you don’t use Gravity Forms plugin, and that plugin is not active on the website, Antispam Gravity Forms feature will be disabled and not possible to activate.
Core Features
These features are always active, and other features may depend on them.
The Tweaks feature is always active, and some of the tweaks are enabled by default. All tweaks are available on...
This feature is always active and loaded, it can't be disabled. How it works This feature monitors all other features,...
This feature is always active and can't be disabled by the user. But, if your server is not running Apache...
coreSecurity Pro currently has support for two DNS based services for checking IPs for malicious or spam activity. These services...
Users Control add various small features related to users control and management. Currently, it has options to control user logged-in...
This is a main component of the Antispam group of features, and it can't be disabled. It holds various elements...
One of the important aspects of website security is to know if your website domain and server IP are listed...
Special Features
And, to start, there are some features that can’t be classified into specific security categories.
Bridge is a very powerful and unique feature that will enhance website security by sharing and importing shared data directly...
Blackhole is a simple protection method that uses Robots.txt file, and adding new disallowed fake directory, and monitors that directory...
Firewall
Plugin has powerful firewall feature that can scan each page request with wide range or filters.
This is one of the most important features in the coreSecurity plugin, and it is highly efficient in eliminating all...
Scanners
If you suspect that your website files are modified or infected by malware, there are two scanners to use.
If you want to check integrity of your website files, or scan files for malware, the Scanner feature does both...
One of the most critical elements of website maintenance, is to keep server, WordPress core, themes and plugins updated. This...
Antispam Features
Antispam is a complex feature split into various smaller parts. The main element is Antispam Core, and it is always active.
This is a main component of the Antispam group of features, and it can't be disabled. It holds various elements...
WordPress Core
These features can be activated always, because they depend on the WordPress core features.
This feature deals with the WordPress comments. It hooks in the WordPress comments processing, and will run each comment through...
To get all the information about how the antispam works, which antispam methods are available, checkout the main Antispam article....
bbPress Plugin
If you are using bbPress plugin for implementing forums, you will have two antispam features for topics and replies.
If you are using bbPress plugin to implement forums in WordPress, this is a great way to stop spam content....
These features will be available only if you have one of these third party form plugins installed.
How the Antispam works with Gravity Forms Plugin hooks into the Gravity Forms spam check filter, and checks for spam...
How the Antispam works with Contact Form 7 Plugin hooks into the Contact Form 7 spam check filter, and checks...
How the Antispam works with Forminator Plugin hooks into the Forminator spam check filter, and checks for spam entry. Forminator...
How the Antispam works with Formidable Plugin hooks into the Formidable entry validation filter, and checks for spam entry. ...
WPForms Support coreSecurity Pro supports both WPForms Lite and WPForms Pro. Some aspects of the antispam protection will work only...
Newsletters Plugin
These features will be available only if you have one of these third party form plugins installed.
How the Antispam works with Mailster Plugin hooks into the Mailster email subscription validation filter, and checks for spam entry....
coreSecurity can add various security related headers, and there are 3 separate features dealing with that.
coreSecurity Pro plugin supports wide range of CSP features, considering that CSP specification is ever evolving and various elements of...
Network Error Reporting (or NEL for short) is experimental security header, currently supported by Google Chrome browser, and other browsers...
coreSecurity Pro plugin supports wide range of Permissions Policy features, considering that specification for it changing a lot, and the...
To make your website more secure for your visitors, and prevent various types of attacks, there are plenty of security...
Login and Registration Features
Control user accounts registration process and login process for spam bots and malicious access attempts.
If your website has open user registration, it is highly likely that spam registration will be happening very often, because...
How it works This is another simple, yet effective protection against login attempts by bots using predefined usernames for brute...
Limiting number of login attempts is one of the most powerful protection for any website, as it will stop all...
How it works Login Honeypot is simple method for protecting login form from the bots. It is highly effective because...
Captcha Features
Implement various captcha system to use for various forms protections and antispam filtering.
Cloudflare Turnstile is popular captcha implementation that is mostly unobtrusive method, and usually doesn't require direct user input. To start...
hCaptcha is popular captcha implementation often use to replace Google reCaptcha. To start with using the hCaptcha, you need hCaptcha...
Captcha is popular method for protecting forms on the website from bots and robots. While users don't like having to...
Notification Features
coreSecurity Pro has two features for sending security related email notifications.
Digest notifications are very useful as an overview of the security related activities for a previous period. Plugin has daily,...
Instant Notifications are very useful emails send by the website about various important and special events happening on the website....
All other Features
And, there are more features yet.
This feature integrates deeper into WordPress Users panel. This works for normal and multisite installations. In multisite, plugin integrates into...
WordPress implements virtual Robots.txt file used by search engines and other bots to understand website limits when it comes to...
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