WordPress security guides from the BetterShield team: the security checklist, getting back in when locked out, AI assistants, and product news.https://bettershield.ai/blog/enhttps://bettershield.ai/blog/disable-file-editing-wordpress/https://bettershield.ai/blog/disable-file-editing-wordpress/Why to disable file editing in WordPress, how DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT and BetterShield’s one-click fix each do it, what it can affect, and how to put it back.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-activity-log/https://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-activity-log/A WordPress activity log shows who did what, and when. What BetterShield’s audit log records, how its sealed days work, and what to look for in it.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-application-passwords/https://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-application-passwords/WordPress application passwords sign tools in without a second factor. How to find unused ones, revoke an application password, and limit the rest.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-breached-password-check/https://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-breached-password-check/How BetterShield’s WordPress breached password check uses Pwned Passwords: what leaves your site, which passwords it checks, and what happens to old ones.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-hardening/https://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-hardening/A WordPress hardening checklist in one click: what each of BetterShield’s 16 fixes changes, what it can affect, and which to watch with Monitor first.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-user-roles-security/https://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-user-roles-security/WordPress user roles security in practice: the audit checks for risky accounts and roles, two-factor by role, and alerts when an account gains more power.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/introducing-bettershield/https://bettershield.ai/blog/introducing-bettershield/BetterShield is a free WordPress security plugin that runs 54 checks, explains what it finds, and closes the gaps with one-click fixes you approve.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/ai-assistant-wordpress-security/https://bettershield.ai/blog/ai-assistant-wordpress-security/What a WordPress MCP connection lets an AI assistant read and change, six questions to ask before you connect one, and how BetterShield answers them.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/change-wordpress-login-url/https://bettershield.ai/blog/change-wordpress-login-url/How to change the WordPress login URL with BetterShield, what moving wp-login.php really stops, and why limits, two-factor and passkeys still matter.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/disable-xml-rpc-wordpress/https://bettershield.ai/blog/disable-xml-rpc-wordpress/Should you disable XML-RPC in WordPress? What xmlrpc.php does, what still uses it, and how to preview, watch, apply and undo the change.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/limit-login-attempts-wordpress/https://bettershield.ai/blog/limit-login-attempts-wordpress/How to limit login attempts in WordPress: sensible numbers, pauses that never lock the account, proxy and Cloudflare checks, and a way back in.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/locked-out-of-wordpress/https://bettershield.ai/blog/locked-out-of-wordpress/Locked out of WordPress? BetterShield’s recovery link, printed codes, unlock email and WP-CLI get you back in without FTP or a call to your host.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-file-integrity-check/https://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-file-integrity-check/A WordPress file integrity check compares core and plugin files with the copies WordPress.org publishes. How BetterShield runs one, and what to do next.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-security-checklist/https://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-security-checklist/A practical WordPress security checklist: the five areas BetterShield audits, the checks that matter most in each, and what to do about every finding.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-security-headers/https://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-security-headers/WordPress security headers in plain words: what each one tells the browser, what it could affect, and how to add HSTS and a content policy safely.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-two-factor-authentication/https://bettershield.ai/blog/wordpress-two-factor-authentication/Set up WordPress two-factor authentication with any authenticator app, add passkeys, require both by role, and help someone who lost their phone.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT