Not a plugin

I think you’ll find that all the most popular free security plugins available here on the WordPress repository have a paid premium version with extended functionality. That said, they typically do a fantastic job in their standard state, and Sucuri seem to offer a great selection of features (Security Activity Auditing, File Integrity Monitoring, Remote Malware Scanning, Blacklist Monitoring, Effective Security Hardening, Post-Hack Security Actions, Security Notifications, Website Firewall) and a knowledgeable support technician to offer free, timely and intelligent responses to plugin/security-related issues.

Perhaps it’s best to view such security plugins as fulfilling part of a broader security strategy that includes strong credentials management, careful installation of only well-maintained plugins/themes, regular updating of plugins/themes/core, selection of host, regular back-ups, etc.

The codex on hardening WordPress offers excellent advice on developing a full security strategy, while there are great advanced security measures to be taken though the 5G Firewall and the Moz Guide.

Best wishes with whatever strategy you put in place.

Yeah, I don’t know how you could say this plugin does very little.

Even if all the plugin did was Scan your site for malware and file changes, without the option to delete malware, etc. This plugin would still do quite a bit.

Your star rating is completely illogical and could only be deliberate with bad intent or because you didn’t find your way well through the settings. If it was the latter, you should just ask for help in the support thread.

My beef in general is the way in which this plugin is marketed.

The marketing blurb for this product promises a great deal and stresses the ‘Free’ factor quite prominently. In reality, the main bulk of the features ‘Promised’ come only with the paid version.

I am well aware that this is business, and we all need to market our products or services, but in this case, the marketing is misleading.

This kind of product best suits a full-featured trial period, rather than providing a taste of the starter, then charging plenty for the main course.

Hi @tallguy1000

I’d love to understand more the pieces you feel that we emphasis as Free but only offer under a paid version?

A couple of things to note.

1 – We don’t have a premium plugin. This is the plugin we have.

2 – There is only one module, the Website Firewall that requires an API key that must be paid if you want to use it. It’s why we’re clear it is Optional.

3 – Here are a list of all the free things in the plugin that do not require a payment, which is why Free is emphasized:

– Auditing << Critical security / administration function
– Alerting << you need to know if something is up
– Remote Scanning
– Integrity Checking of core files
– Post Hack Actions
– Hardening

Which of these do you believe we are not offering for free as advertised in the plugin documentation?

Thank you so much for your time.

Tony