Better WP Security is excellent

I had installed the “HC Custom WP-Admin URL” WordPress plugin and have been adding additional configuration to my htaccess file over the last few days after experiencing a brute force attempt on my wordpress site.

Unfortunately, the “HC Custom WP-Admin URL” plugin does not play nice with some other plugins, and most importantly to me, was causing the styling on my registration page to not load. I manually changed my htaccess file to address this, but it was a pain, and I know that I would probably have to replace this htaccess file and make additional edits to wp php any time I would update WordPress in the future.

This morning, I found the “Better WP Security” plugin, which allows you to change your login, admin, and registration links to whatever you specify. It also works seamlessly with my other plugins and allows the registration styling to load properly. It has many configuration options that allow you to better secure your site and protect against attacks. It modifies your htaccess file cleanly in one section all from the plugin settings database and has an easy to understand, color-coded dashboard that allows you to see what features you have enabled along with the protection gained from each.

I highly recommend this plugin, and I cannot thank the author, designers and developers enough for writing and maintaining such an excellent tool.