This blog post will give you a complete step-by-step tutorial on how to secure a WordPress site with WebARX. If you care about your business you need protection from hackers and for this, you need to have a complete overview of your site, the first line of defense, and an intelligence system that will let you know when there’s a risk and how to eliminate it.

In under three minutes (and with no technical knowledge), you can connect the WebARX plugin to your WordPress site and have your site protected. So, let’s see how to secure a WordPress site.

A complete list of Features:

Downtime Monitoring (Supports every website)

Blacklist Monitoring (Supports every website)

SSL Monitoring (Supports every website)

Daily Security Scans (Supports every website)

Web Application Firewall (Supports every website)



Auto-Update software (Plugins, Themes, CMS)

Plugin Vulnerability Monitoring (WordPress)

Plugin Remote Management (WordPress)

User Behaviour Logging (WordPress)

WebARX WordPress Hardening Plugin

Customizable Slack and Email Alerts (Supports every website)

Website Software Overview

GDPR Cookie and Privacy Policy

Customizable Cookie Consent Message

Access to Website Firewall Logs

Access to Website Activity Logs

Domain Threat Intelligence (Hacker Chatter)

Real-Time Security Alerts

2 Factor Authentication

Admin panel renaming possibility

Login Rate Limiting

IP Blacklisting

Install Monthly Security reports

This blog post will give you an overview and step-by-step tutorial about how to secure a WordPress site with WebARX.

How to secure a WordPress site with WebARX step 1:

Login to the WebARX Portal

The first step is to make an account in WebARX Portal. You can start the sign-up process by clicking here.

If you have an account in GitHub, LinkedIn or Google, you can easily sign-up via these options but you can also sign-up using your email.

If you have already made an account you can log in by clicking the option on the very bottom or you can click here.

How to secure a WordPress site with WebARX step 2:

Add your website

The very first thing after signing up for WebARX Portal will be adding your first WordPress site. You can add more than one site by adding one website URL per row. Make sure your websites are written correctly. When you have added your site(s) then click “Add new websites“.

After you have added your site it will take roughly 10 minutes before data starts showing up on the dashboard and on the individual site view page. In order to see data of a specific site, scroll down on the dashboard and click on your site in the sites overview table.

How to secure a WordPress site with WebARX step 3:

Installing the Firewall to your WordPress site

Now to the next step – downloading the plugin to your WordPress site.

For downloading and enabling WebARX Firewall click on the white slider under ‘FIREWALL’. And you should see a page like that:

Here you’ll have two options:

1. Install the plugin automatically by entering your WordPress login information. (Keep in mind that we don’t store your login information on our servers, it is directly and securely used to install WebARX on your site.) If you have installed the plugin allow it to configure itself by waiting 5 to 15 minutes before everything is synchronized with the portal.

2. Do it manually by clicking “I want to install the plugin manually.”

If you choose to do it manually then continue with the tutorial, if not go directly to “Great, now you’re protected with WebARX!”

Now click the grey icon, to download your plugin. Make sure you check where do you download the .ZIP file so you could easily find it later when you add it on your WordPress site.

How to secure a WordPress site with WebARX step 4:

Now log in to your WordPress site

The next step is to log in to your WordPress site. At the menu on the left click on Plugins, press Add New and then click on Upload Plugin.

Installing the plugin is really simple. Click on “Choose file” and select the .ZIP file you downloaded from the Portal earlier. Then click “Install Now”.

As the final step, you only need to click “Activate Plugin” which will connect your website with WebARX. It will configure everything automatically and enable a dashboard widget so you can see logs and statistics on your WordPress dashboard.

Great, now you’re protected with WebARX!

If you followed every step – your website is now connected and protected with the Web Application Firewall.

Our Web Application Firewall is updated in real-time and it will be updated with the latest threat signatures automatically. It will block malicious traffic, hacking attempts and even spam. It can sometimes be surprising how many attacks are actually made and how many different IP addresses try to find weaknesses on the website.

You can see from the single site view – Firewall logs, Activity logs, and Software. This is where you can see if someone has tried to attack your site or who has logged in. The software tab will show you what software is installed and if any of them are vulnerable or known to be exploited.