Hide My WP Ghost | 10 sites

Description

Features

• Website security scanner
• Brute force protection
• Limit login attempts
• Protection from cross-site scripting
• Make use of Recaptcha on the login page
• Change all WordPress system paths easily using htaccess.
• Remove all traces of WordPress from the platform
• Theme sniffers and tools like BuiltWith can’t detect the platform
• Works with IIS, Apache, Litespeed, and Nginx servers (See cons – You would need access to Nginx config file).

Pros

• Website security scanner
• Brute force protection
• Limit login attempts with variable configurations
• Protection from cross-site scripting
• Make use of Recaptcha on the login page
• Change all WordPress system paths easily using htaccess.
• Remove all traces of WordPress from the platform
• Theme sniffers and tools like BuiltWith can’t detect the platform
• Works with IIS, Apache, Litespeed, and Nginx servers.
• Completely hide plugins and themes
• Advanced Ghost mode
• Compatibility with CDN services
• Email alerts
• Online panel to manage and view connected sites, event logs, and security monitoring.
• Hide all other WordPress system files
• Re-write Class names, IDs, and JS variables

Cons

• Online Panel could be improved in terms of UI
• No 2FA authentication options
• Advanced Ghost mode might break some themes and designs
• Online Panel Security and Events log can be improved to monitor the uptime of the sites as well
• Currently, Nginx servers require certain modifications that Shared hosting sites might not be able to handle. The modifications on the Nginx sites are explained here.  You will need a VPS level Nginx setup to make it work

My Verdict :

Hide My WP Ghost is a very useful product that is also from a long-time proven team of Squirrly.co. I think every WordPress website owner should keep this in their toolbelt. Fast, easy to configure, and implement. Yes, in some areas it takes a good WordPress expert to work things out. Also do not forget to keep a backup of the website when you test, just a general recommendation to do a backup. This is a little gem plugin for WordPress that most other products are NOT offering under the same hood

Here is my recommendation for your WordPress setup:

1. Get a proven Good Hosting – they will give you server-side protection. You don’t need all the heavy bloated security plugins like WordFence.
2. Get Hide My WP Ghost – secure and remove traces of all public WordPress info, and secure your WordPress application side.

Yes, it is that simple. You do not need crazy and heavy plugins in your WordPress. 

Is it Perfect?

No product is perfect. It is a journey of Improvement going forward. Personally, I would like to see more improvements and features going forward.