Services / Professional WordPress Security Service
WPArena has offered a professional WordPress security service since the early 2010s. The 2026 product is a one-time hardening and review engagement.
What is included
- Review of users, plugins, themes, and obvious malware or leftover admin accounts.
- Hardening of login, file permissions where we have access, and unused software removal you approve.
- A backup point before changes, and a written list of what was changed.
- Recommendations for monitoring and updates you still own.
This is not a 24/7 SOC, malware insurance, or a promise that the site cannot be compromised later. Incident retainers can be quoted separately after the review.
Frequently asked questions
My site is already hacked. Is this the right service?
This is a hardening and review pass for a site that is currently working, not an emergency malware cleanup. If we find an active compromise during the review we stop, tell you what we found, and agree the cleanup separately u2014 a hardening pass over live malware just hides it.
Is this a one-time job or ongoing monitoring?
One time. It is a single pass: user and plugin review, hardening you approve, a backup point before changes, and a written list of what changed. Ongoing updates and checks are the Maintenance service.
Will hardening break my plugins?
It can, which is why nothing is applied without your approval and a backup point. Disabling file editing, restricting XML-RPC, or tightening login usually costs nothing; the changes that do carry risk are raised with the trade-off spelled out first.
Do I need a security plugin as well?
Sometimes, but a plugin is not the first move. Abandoned plugins, leftover administrator accounts, shared logins, and an out-of-date PHP version cause far more real incidents, and a security plugin does not fix any of them.
What do you actually check?
Users and their roles, the plugin and theme inventory including anything abandoned or no longer receiving updates, file and directory permissions, login exposure, WordPress and PHP versions, and whether backups exist and can be restored. You get the findings in writing whether or not you ask us to apply the fixes.