WordPress Security Optimisation
WordPress Security Optimisation Service
A one-time deep security audit and hardening service for WordPress and WooCommerce — strengthen file permissions, login, configuration, plugins, and database in one pass.
Service Overview
A focused, one-time security pass that strengthens five critical layers of your WordPress or WooCommerce site and gives you a clear report on everything we changed.
Your WordPress maintenance plan keeps your website monitored, backed up, and updated every week. That weekly rhythm is essential, but it is not the same as a focused, end-to-end security pass - and it is the focused pass that builds a clean baseline your website can actually defend from.
This service is exactly that focused pass. A senior WordPress engineer reviews and tightens five critical layers of your site in one sitting: how files are stored, how visitors and admins log in, how your core configuration is set up, which plugins and themes are running, and how your database is structured. Each layer feeds into the next, so a single weak link in any one of them undermines all the others. Tackling them together is what makes the difference.
Most WordPress sites we audit have at least one silent issue: an old plugin no one uses, a default admin path the whole internet knows about, debug output leaking server details, or a database with leftover test data from launch day. None of these block your site from running - which is exactly why they go unnoticed until something goes wrong. This service finds them, fixes them, and gives you a written record of everything that was done so you know exactly where your site stands.
It is a one-time fee, per website. There is no subscription, no upsell, and no lock-in. You keep your existing Starter or Standard maintenance plan running, and this hardening pass simply sits cleanly on top, raising your security baseline in a single engagement.
Five Layers Covered
We harden permissions, login, configuration, plugins, and database in one pass.
Clear Written Report
Every change applied is recorded so you know exactly what was done.
Locked-Down Login
Brute-force protection and admin path hardening reduce daily attack noise.
Plugin & Theme Audit
We flag abandoned, vulnerable, or weakly configured add-ons.
Database Review
We tighten the soft spot most owners forget the database itself.
Production-Safe
All changes are tested before handover. Your site keeps running.
What is Included
Full Security Hardening Checklist
How It Works
Place Your Order
Buy the service from the storefront and you receive an acknowledgement email along with a short list of access details we will need from you.
Share Access & Confirm Scope
You share WordPress admin, hosting, and database access through a secure channel. Our engineer verifies access and confirms your site qualifies for the service.
Five-Layer Hardening Pass
We work through file permissions, login lockdown, configuration hardening, plugin & theme audit, and database review applying production-safe changes throughout.
Verification & Smoke Test
Once changes are in place, we confirm your website loads correctly, login still works, and no public function on the site is broken.
Completion Report Delivered
You receive a clear, written report listing every change applied, every risk left open, and recommended hygiene steps for ongoing protection.
No. Every change is production-safe and tested before handover. We run a verification step at the end to confirm your site loads correctly and login works. If anything related to a change we applied causes an issue within 7 days, we roll it back at no extra cost.
Yes. This service is a one-time deep hardening pass. Your maintenance plan continues to handle the ongoing weekly work monitoring, backups, updates, and uptime checks. The two are designed to work together.
Yes. The service is designed for both standard WordPress sites and WooCommerce stores. We pay extra attention to the customer login surface and order/customer database areas on stores.
Malware cleanup is a different kind of work and is not included here. If your site is already compromised at the time of purchase, we will let you know and recommend a separate cleanup engagement first. Once your site is clean, this hardening pass becomes far more effective at keeping it that way.
Most websites are completed within a few working days from the time we receive correct access details. Larger or heavily customised sites may take longer; we will give you a clear timeline after the access and scope check step.
WordPress admin login, hosting control panel access (cPanel or equivalent), and database access. We share a secure way to send these to us. Delays caused by missing or incorrect access will extend the delivery window.
Every change is documented in your completion report, and we offer a 7-day rollback window for any documented change at no additional cost. After 7 days the site state is considered accepted.
Per site. Each website you want hardened is a separate purchase. If you have multiple websites, contact us before ordering and we will agree a multi-site arrangement in writing.
Indirectly, yes. Removing abandoned plugins, blocking brute-force login attempts, and shutting down debug output reduce noise and load on your server. Performance optimisation as a primary goal is handled by our separate performance service.
Your site state is considered accepted and the engagement is closed. Ongoing protection then sits with your maintenance plan. We recommend repeating a deep hardening pass once a year, or sooner after major theme/plugin changes.
1. This is a one-time service billed per website. Once work begins on your site, refunds are not available.
2. Service scope is strictly limited to the five hardening areas listed in the Specifications. Any work outside this scope will be quoted separately.
3. You must hold an active Starter or Standard maintenance plan for a WordPress or WooCommerce website at the point of purchase. This service does not apply to the All Platforms maintenance track.
4. You are responsible for providing working WordPress admin, hosting control panel, and database access. Delays caused by missing or incorrect login details will extend the delivery window.
5. If your website is already compromised at the time of purchase (malware, defacement, unauthorised admin access), this service is not a substitute for incident response. Active compromise must be cleaned up under a separate engagement before this hardening pass begins.
6. All login details, findings, and site data handled during the engagement are treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of delivering this service.
7. Every change applied to your site is documented in the completion report. If you raise a concern about any documented change within 7 days of handover, we will roll it back at no additional cost. After 7 days the site state is considered accepted.
8. Running other security plugins or parallel security vendors during delivery may invalidate the completion report and releases us from any service-level commitment for this engagement.
9. Pricing shown is per site. Multiple websites are billed individually unless a multi-site discount has been agreed in writing.
10. Outcomes such as reduced spam, fewer brute-force attempts, and lower exposure depend on post-hardening hygiene maintained by you or your maintenance team. Specific numerical outcomes are not guaranteed for events outside our control.
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