Enhance WordPress Security with CLH WP Security Lite: Protection Settings

🔒 Protection Settings

WordPress REST API and sitemaps can expose sensitive data, making your website vulnerable to attacks. CLH WP Security Lite provides Protection Settings to restrict access, safeguard critical endpoints, and improve privacy.

🔧 Available Protection Options

✅ Restrict REST API to Logged-in Users
🔹 Limits REST API access only to authenticated users, preventing unauthorized data access and reducing API exploitation risks.

✅ Disable Sensitive REST API Endpoints
🔹 Blocks critical API endpoints that expose user details, post data, and system information, reducing the chances of:
✔️ Brute-force attacks
✔️ User enumeration
✔️ Malicious API abuse

✅ Disable Yoast SEO XML Sitemap and Robots
🔹 Prevents search engines and hackers from indexing sensitive URLs, ensuring better privacy and security.

🔹 Why These Protections Are Important?

1. Prevents Unauthorized API Access

Hackers and bots often use the WordPress REST API to extract user details and exploit vulnerabilities. Restricting API access blocks these attempts.

2. Reduces Brute-Force and Enumeration Attacks

Disabling sensitive REST API endpoints prevents attackers from listing usernames, posts, and system data, making it harder for them to perform brute-force attacks.

3. Enhances Privacy and Security

Disabling Yoast SEO XML Sitemap and Robots prevents search engines and web crawlers from indexing sensitive admin pages, login pages, and hidden URLs.

4. Stops Data Harvesting by Bots

Malicious bots scrape publicly available API endpoints to collect sensitive information. Restricting API access ensures only authorized users can access your website’s API.

🔐 Unlock Advanced Protection with CLH WP Security Pro

Upgrading to CLH WP Security Pro allows you to:
✅ Customize REST API restrictions for specific user roles
✅ Enable IP-based API access control
✅ Block specific sitemap indexing requests
✅ Monitor API access logs for suspicious activity

Conclusion

By enabling Protection Settings in CLH WP Security Lite, you can block unauthorized access, secure API endpoints, and prevent data exposure. For advanced security features, upgrade to CLH WP Security Pro today! 🚀