No security plugin yet: one compared, chosen and installed
Confirm your site runs no security plugin, compare a few well-maintained ones on WordPress.org, and install the one you choose with your password.
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Time
- about 15 min
Check whether my site runs a security plugin. If not, find me [3] well-maintained security plugins on WordPress.org with their active installs, rating, last update and the WordPress version they were tested with, and tell me which of them SAR can read status and findings from. Install the one I choose once I approve with my password, and switch it on [now / later].
Already connected?
If SAR is already in your AI app, this is enough:
Check whether I have a security plugin and, if not, help me pick and install one.
What happens
- The AI app asks which security plugin the site reports, if any.
- It lists your plugins, in case one is installed but switched off.
- It searches WordPress.org and shows each candidate's active installs, rating, last update and tested WordPress version.
- Installing the one you choose is approved in SAR with your password. A plugin that breaks the site when switched on is switched off again, and undo deletes it.
Approvals involved
Worked out from the tools this recipe uses.
wordpress_security_statusSecurity statusNonewordpress_list_pluginsList pluginsNonewordpress_search_pluginsSearch WordPress.org pluginsNonewordpress_install_pluginInstall a pluginApproval and password
What you get
A security plugin in place, which you set up in its own screens in wp-admin. With Wordfence, Solid Security, Really Simple Security, All In One WP Security or Sucuri, SAR can then read its status for you.
Related recipes
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Try it on your own site
Install the plugin, add SAR to your AI app and paste the prompt. Free to start.