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	<p><strong>Defender adds the best in WordPress security plugin to your website with just a few clicks. Stop brute force attacks, SQL injections, cross-site scripting XSS, and other WordPress vulnerabilities and hacks with Defender malware scans, antivirus scans, IP blocking, firewall, activity log, security log, and two-factor authentication login security.</strong></p>
<p>No longer do you have to go through hideously complex settings and get a virtual PhD in security. Defender adds all the hardening and security recommendations you need.</p>
<h3>Security Recommendations</h3>
<p>Defender starts with a list of one-click hardening techniques that will instantly add layers of protection to your site.</p>
<h3>Block hackers at every level:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Two-factor authentication – passwords and mobile app verification codes</li>
<li>Login masking – change the location of WordPress’s default login area</li>
<li>Login lockout – failed login attempts lockout</li>
<li>Security Headers – Add an extra layer of defense and protect against common attacks like: XSS, code injection, and more</li>
<li>404 Detection – automated block of bot IPs</li>
<li>Configs – Create your ideal Defender security settings and export / import saved configs to any other site</li>
<li>Geolocation IP lockout – block users based on location and country (IP blocking)</li>
<li>WordPress Security Firewall – block or allowlist IPs</li>
<li>Disable trackbacks and pingbacks – spam prevention</li>
<li>Core and server update recommendations – stay on top of your system</li>
<li>Disable file editor – if they get in, they won’t get far</li>
<li>Hide error reporting – don’t reveal your issues</li>
<li>Update security keys – reset on-demand</li>
<li>Prevent information disclosure – why tell them what you have</li>
<li>Prevent PHP execution – because it’s daaaangerous</li>
<li>Resolve security recommendations and issues in bulk</li>
<li>Google reCAPTCHA – easy to add, stop fraud and abuse.</li>
<li>Pwned Password Check – Protect against compromised passwords.</li>
<li>Force Password Reset – Force users with selected roles to reset passwords.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Learn The Ropes With These Hands-On Defender Tutorials</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wpmudev.com/blog/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-defender-security/" rel="nofollow ugc">How to Get the Most Out of Defender Security</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpmudev.com/blog/stop-hackers-with-defender-wordpress-security-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">How to Stop Hackers in Their Tracks with Defender</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpmudev.com/blog/delete-suspicious-code-defender/" rel="nofollow ugc">Find Out if You’re Hacked: How to Find and Delete Suspicious Code with Defender</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpmudev.com/blog/defender-ip-address-lockout-firewall/" rel="nofollow ugc">How to Create a Powerful and Secure Customized Firewall with Defender</a></li>
</ul>
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<h3>WordPress Security Scans</h3>
<p>Run free malware scans that check WordPress for suspicious code and malware. The Defender scan tool compares your WordPress install with the master copy in WP directory, reports changes and lets you restore the original file with a click.</p>
<h3>Google 2-step Verification</h3>
<p>Join the millions of users that make their accounts safer with Google 2-Step Verification – along with other third-party integrations like Microsoft Authenticator and Authy. Activate two-factor authentication and protect your account with both your password and your phone.</p>
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<h3>Google reCAPTCHA Integration</h3>
<p>Add reCAPTCHA to your login, registration, and password reset pages in a couple of steps to help protect from fraud and abuse. Select reCAPTCHA type, language, location, and style to suit.</p>
<h3>Firewall and IP Manager</h3>
<p>Keep your site safe with Defender’s IP manager and firewall. Manually block specific IPs, import a list of banned IPs and set automated timed and permanent lockouts. Defender makes it easy to block and unblock specific locations quickly thanks to its advanced firewall (WAF).</p>
<h3>Login Protection</h3>
<p>Brute force attacks are no match for Defender. Limit login attempts to stop users trying to guess passwords. Permanently ban IPs or trigger a timed lockout after a set number of failed login attempts.</p>
<h3>Login Screen Masking</h3>
<p>Defender makes it easy to move your login screen to a custom URL. Not only does login screen masking improve security, but it also lets you white label your login user experience and improves branding.</p>
<h3>Force Password Reset</h3>
<p>Password Reset enables you to force all users with selected roles to reset their password at any time. Especially helpful if you suspect a possible data breach on your site.</p>
<h3>Security Headers</h3>
<p>Security headers protect your site against the most likely types of attacks, such as: XSS, code injection, cross site scripting, and more. You can enable the following headers:</p>
<ul>
<li>X-Frame-Options</li>
<li>X-XSS-Protection</li>
<li>X-Content-Type-Options</li>
<li>Strict Transport</li>
<li>Referrer Policy</li>
<li>Feature-Policy</li>
</ul>
<h3>404 Limiter</h3>
<p>Defender detects when bots are being used to scan your site for vulnerabilities and shuts them down. The 404 limiter lets you stop the scan by detecting when a bot keeps visiting pages that do not exist, which can also save you from a giant strain on your site’s performance.</p>
<h3>Notifications and Reports</h3>
<p>Defender runs surveillance and sends notifications with information that matters.</p>
<h3>Reduce Setup Time With Saved Configs</h3>
<p>The configs module allows you to save your Defender configurations and reapply them to your other sites in just a few clicks. You can create and save an unlimited number of configurations.</p>
<h3>Pwned Password Check</h3>
<p>Protect your site against password leak attacks. Entered passwords are checked against public database breach records. If a password is identified as compromised, the user will be asked to change it.</p>
<h3>What Do People Say About Defender?</h3>
<p>★★★★★<br>
“I found other pro security plugins a bit too fiddly for my taste…I’m delighted with Defender” – <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/keithadv" rel="nofollow ugc">KeithADV</a></p>
<p>★★★★★<br>
“Thank you for bringing back a free and easy to use 2-Factor Authentication after Clef! Defender helps keep me aware of my sites security.” – <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/users/awijasa/">awijasa</a></p>
<p>★★★★★<br>
“Defender’s interface is very intuitive with warnings that are very helpful” – <a href="https://wpmudev.com/profile/djohns" rel="nofollow ugc">djohns</a></p>
<p>★★★★★<br>
“Defender Recently blocked over 3000 attacks in one week without any noticeable impact on the website. WPMUDEV knocking it out of the park on this one.” – <a href="https://wpmudev.com/profile/davidoswald/" rel="nofollow ugc">David Oswald</a></p>
<h3>Secure Websites, More Trust, Better Profit</h3>
<p>Your visitors expect a super-safe extra secure website when deciding whether or not to make a purchase or submit information. If visitors don’t trust your site, they will leave without completing a transaction.</p>
<p>If you’re running a business website or eCommerce store privacy, security, uptime and trust are essential.</p>
<p>Defender is here to help you: it’s a one of a kind WordPress security plugin that makes web security easy for anyone, for free!</p>
<ul>
<li>Google 2-Step Verification</li>
<li>One-click site hardening and security tweaking</li>
<li>WordPress core file scanning and repair</li>
<li>Google reCAPTCHA</li>
<li>Security headers</li>
<li>One-click configs</li>
<li>Login Screen Masking</li>
<li>Pwned Password Check</li>
<li>IP Blocklist manager and logging</li>
<li>Unlimited file scans</li>
<li>Timed Lockout brute force attack shield for login protection</li>
<li>404 limiter for blocking vulnerability scans</li>
<li>IP lockout notifications and reports</li>
</ul>
<p>Defender is built to make security simple: it makes your WordPress site harder to hack and it’s insanely easy to set up. Run a scan and implement recommended changes in one-click, for added security in mere minutes.</p>
<p>All the above is free and will secure WordPress for you. If you need extra security for your WordPress site, <a href="https://wpmudev.com/?utm_source=wordpress.org&amp;utm_medium=readme&amp;utm_campaign=defender-readme&amp;utm_content=you_should_get_wpmudev_membership#trial" rel="nofollow ugc">you should get WPMU DEV Membership</a>.</p>
<p>Our Membership gives you access to Defender Pro – which features automated scanning, scheduled malware scans for Core, themes, plugins and other files, audit logs, Blocklist monitoring – alongside Snapshot Pro cloud backups, the Hub with automated plugin, theme and core updates and safe-upgrade scans, all our premium WordPress plugins, 24/7 WordPress support and if your sites already been hacked our team of security experts will clean it up at no additional cost.</p>
<p><a href="https://wpmudev.com/?utm_source=wordpress.org&amp;utm_medium=readme&amp;utm_campaign=defender-readme&amp;utm_content=and_you_can_find_out_more_here#trial" rel="nofollow ugc">It’s an incredible deal, and you can find out more here</a>.</p>
<h3>A Note From Defender</h3>
<p>Hey! This is Defender, your trusted solution for WordPress security and hack prevention. I’m part of the WPMU DEV team, a superhero-suite of WordPress plugins, services, and support. Here are some of our other free plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/">Smush</a> – Image Compression and Optimization</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/forminator/">Forminator</a> – Form, Quiz, Poll and Survey Builder</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/hummingbird-performance/">Hummingbird</a> – Page Speed Optimization</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popup/">Hustle</a> – Pop-ups, Slide-ins and Email Opt-ins</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/smartcrawl-seo/">SmartCrawl</a> – SEO checker, Analyzer and Optimizer</li>
</ul>
<p>And if you need ALL our Pro plugins AND 24/7 WordPress support, get WPMU DEV membership! You can try it free for 30 days: <a href="https://wpmudev.com/?utm_source=wordpress.org&amp;utm_medium=readme&amp;utm_campaign=hummingbird-readme&amp;utm_content=link_wpmudev#trial" rel="nofollow ugc">wpmudev.com</a></p>
<p>My superhero friends run the WPMU DEV Blog, your source for the very best WordPress tutorials. If you need to be in the know about WordPress, check it out.</p>
<p>Thanks for looking at Defender, and I look forward to hardening your site and making it safer than ever.</p>
<p><em>Enjoy, The Defender</em></p>
<h3>About Us</h3>
<p>WPMU DEV is a premium supplier of quality WordPress plugins and themes. For premium support with any WordPress related issues you can join us here:<br>
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<p>Don’t forget to stay up to date on everything WordPress from the Internet’s number one resource:<br>
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Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall

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<p>Display Instagram posts from your Instagram accounts, either in the same single feed or in multiple different ones.</p><h4>Features</h4><ul><li><strong>New:</strong> Now automatically powers your <strong>Instagram oEmbeds</strong></li><li>Super <strong>simple to set up</strong></li><li>Display photos from <strong>multiple Instagram accounts</strong> in the same feed or in separate feeds</li><li>Completely <strong>responsive</strong> and mobile ready – layout looks great on any screen size and in any container width</li><li><strong>Completely customizable</strong> – Customize the width, height, number of photos, number of columns, image size, background color, image spacing and more!</li><li>Display <strong>multiple Instagram feeds</strong> on the same page or on different pages throughout your site</li><li><strong>GDPR Compliance</strong> – automatically integrates with many of the popular GDPR cookie consent plugins and includes a 1-click easy GDPR setting.</li><li>Use the built-in <strong>shortcode options</strong> to completely customize each of your Instagram feeds</li><li>Display thumbnail, medium or <strong>full-size photos</strong> from your Instagram feed</li><li><strong>Infinitely load more</strong> of your Instagram photos with the ‘Load More’ button</li><li>Includes a <strong>Follow on Instagram button</strong> at the bottom of your feed</li><li>Display a <strong>beautiful header</strong> at the top of your feed</li><li>Display your Instagram photos chronologically or in random order</li><li>Add your own Custom CSS and JavaScript for even deeper customizations</li><li>Handy block for easily adding your feed to posts and pages using the block editor</li></ul><h4>Benefits</h4><ul><li><strong>Increase Social Engagement</strong> – Increase engagement between you and your Instagram followers. Increase your number of followers by displaying your Instagram content directly on your site.</li><li><strong>Save Time</strong> – Don’t have time to update your photos on your site? Save time and increase efficiency by only posting your photos to Instagram and automatically displaying them on your website</li><li><strong>Display Your Content Your Way</strong> – Customize your Instagram feeds to look exactly the way you want, so that they blend seemlessly into your site or pop out at your visitors!</li><li><strong>Keep Your Site Looking Fresh</strong> – Automatically push your new Instagram content straight to your site to keep it looking fresh and keeping your audience engaged.</li><li><strong>Super simple to set up</strong> – Once installed, you can be displaying your Instagram photos within 30 seconds! No confusing steps or Instagram Developer account needed.</li><li><strong>Powers all Instagram oEmbeds on your site</strong> – With WordPress removing support for Instagram oEmbeds, the plugin will now power all Instagram embeds on your site, old and new, to allow them to continue working.</li></ul><h4>Pro Version</h4><p>In order to maintain the free version of the plugin on an ongoing basis, and to provide quick and effective support for free, we offer a Pro version of the plugin. The Pro version allows you to:<br>* Display Hashtag feeds<br>* View photos and videos in a popup lightbox directly on your site<br>* View post comments for user feeds<br>* Display the number of like and comments for each post<br>* Create carousels from your posts<br>* Use “Masonry” or “Highlight” layouts for your feeds<br>* Display captions for photos and videos<br>* Filter posts based on hashtag/word<br>* Advanced moderation system for hiding/showing certain posts<br>* Block posts by specific users<br>* Create “shoppable” Instagram feeds, and more.</p><p><a href="https://smashballoon.com/instagram-feed/?utm_campaign=instagram-free-readme&amp;utm_source=proversion&amp;utm_medium=profindout">Find out more about the Pro version</a> or <a href="https://smashballoon.com/instagram-feed/demo/?utm_campaign=instagram-free-readme&amp;utm_source=proversion&amp;utm_medium=readmedemo">try out the Pro demo</a>.</p><h4>Featured Reviews</h4><p>“<strong>Simple and concise</strong> – Excellent plugin. Simple and non-bloated. I had a couple small issues with the plugin when I first started using it, but a quick comment on the support forums got a new version pushed out the next day with the fix. Awesome support!” – <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-concise-3">Josh Jones</a></p><p>“<strong>Great plugin, greater support!</strong> – I’ve definitely noticed an increase in followers on Instagram since I added this plugin to my sidebar. Thanks for the help in making some adjustments…looks and works great!” – <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-for-a-great-plugin-6">BNOTP</a></p><h4>Feedback or Support</h4><p>We’re dedicated to providing the most customizable, robust and well supported Instagram feed plugin in the world, so if you have an issue or have any feedback on how to improve the plugin then please open a ticket in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/instagram-feed">Support forum</a>.</p><p>For a pop-up photo <strong>lightbox</strong>, to display posts by <strong>hashtag</strong>, show photo <strong>captions</strong>, <strong>video</strong> support + more, check out the <a href="http://smashballoon.com/instagram-feed/?utm_campaign=instagram-free-readme&amp;utm_source=feedbacj&amp;utm_medium=support">Pro version</a>.<br>Add beautifully clean, customizable, and responsive Instagram feeds to your website. Super simple to set up and tons of customization options to seamlessly match the look and feel of your site.</p><h4>Why do I need this?</h4><p><strong>Increase Social Engagement</strong><br>Increase engagement between you and your Instagram followers. Increase your number of Instagram followers by displaying your Instagram content directly on your site.</p><p><strong>Save Time</strong><br>Don’t have time to update your photos on your site? Save time and increase efficiency by only posting your photos to Instagram and automatically displaying them on your website.</p><p><strong>Display Your Content Your Way</strong><br>Customize your Instagram feeds to look exactly the way you want, so that they blend seemlessly into your site or pop out at your visitors!</p><p><strong>Keep Your Site Looking Fresh</strong><br>Automatically push your new Instagram content straight to your site to keep it looking fresh and keeping your audience engaged.</p><p><strong>No Coding Required</strong><br>Choose from tons of built-in Instagram Feed customization options to create a truly unique feed of your Instagram content.</p><p><strong>Super simple to set up</strong><br>Once installed, you can be displaying your Instagram photos within 30 seconds! No confusing steps or Instagram Developer account needed.</p><p><strong>Mind-blowing Customer Support</strong><br>We understand that sometimes you need help, have issues or just have questions. We love our users and strive to provide the best support experience in the business. We’re experts in the Instagram API and can provide unparalleled service and expertise. If you need support then just let us know and we’ll get back to you right away.</p><h4>What can it do?</h4><ul><li>Display Instagram photos from any Instagram account you own.</li><li>Completely responsive and mobile ready –your Instagram feed layout looks great on any screen size and in any container width</li><li>Display multiple Instagram feeds on the same page or on different pages throughout your site by using our powerful Instagram Feed shortcode options</li><li>Display posts from multiple Instagram User IDs</li><li>Use the built-in shortcode options to completely customize each of your Instagram feeds</li><li>Infinitely load more of your Instagram photos with the ‘Load More’ button</li><li>Plus more features added all the time!</li></ul><h4>Completely Customizable</h4><ul><li>By default the Instagram feed will adopt the style of your website, but can be completely customized to look however you like!</li><li>Set the number of Instagram photos you want to display</li><li>Choose how many columns to display your Instagram photos in and the size of the Instagram photos</li><li>Choose to show or hide certain parts of the Instagram feed, such as the header, ‘Load More’, and ‘Follow’ buttons</li><li>Control the width, height and background color of your Instagram feed</li><li>Set the spacing/padding between the Instagram photos</li><li>Display Instagram photos in chronological or random order</li><li>Use your own custom text and colors for the ‘Load More’ and ‘Follow’ buttons</li><li>Enter your own custom CSS or JavaScript for even deeper customization</li><li>Use the shortcode options to style multiple Instagram feeds in completely different ways</li><li>Plus more customization options added all the time!</li></ul>

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