Title: Shift8 Security
Author: shift8
Published: <strong>January 21, 2019</strong>
Last modified: July 17, 2019

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Shift8 Security

 By [shift8](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shift8/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/shift8-security.zip)

 * [Details](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/shift8-security/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/shift8-security/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/shift8-security/#installation)
 * [Development](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/shift8-security/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shift8-security/)

## Description

Plugin that implements several measures to generally improve the security of your
WordPress site. At this point security scan obfuscation of core WordPress versions
as well as plugin version enumeration are implemented.

### Want to see the plugin in action?

You can view three example sites where this plugin is live :

 * Example Site 1 : [WordPress Hosting](https://www.stackstar.com)
 * Example Site 2 : [Web Design in Toronto](https://www.shift8web.ca)

#### Features

 * Restricts or blocks the availability of plugin readme files for enumeration &
   version detection

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Admin area

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/shif8-geoip` directory, or 
    install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 3. Navigate to the plugin settings page and define your settings
 4. Once enabled, the system should trigger for every site visit.

## FAQ

  I tested it on myself and its not working for me!

Try clearing all cookies and re-visit the website.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Shift8 Security” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ shift8 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shift8/)

[Translate “Shift8 Security” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/shift8-security)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shift8-security/), 
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/shift8-security/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shift8-security/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shift8-security/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Stable version created

#### 1.01

 * Added functions to block WPScan, added Google Authenticator precursor code

## Meta

 *  Version **1.01**
 *  Last updated **7 वर्षाः ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.2.24**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shift8-security/)
 * Tags
 * [scan](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scan/)[security](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)
   [wpscan](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wpscan/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/shift8-security/advanced/)

## Ratings

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[Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shift8-security/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

 *   [ shift8 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shift8/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shift8-security/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.shift8web.ca)