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WPHardening v1.6 – Fortify the security of any WordPress installation

December 29, 2017
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Fortify the security of any WordPress installation.
 This tool releases new versions on a regular basis. Make sure to update your dependencies frequently to get the latest version. Check out the changelog or CHANGELOG.md to learn about the new features.
Installation
Installing WPHardening requires you to execute one console command:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

$ python wphardening.py -h 

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Usage: python wphardening.py [options]

Options:
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose         Active verbose mode output results
  --update              Check for WPHardening latest stable version

  Target:
    This option must be specified to modify the package WordPress.

    -d DIRECTORY, --dir=DIRECTORY
                        **REQUIRED** - Working Directory.
    --load-conf=FILE    Load file configuration.

  Hardening:
    Different tools to hardening WordPress.

    -c, --chmod         Chmod 755 in directory and 644 in files.
    -r, --remove        Remove files and directory.
    -b, --robots        Create file robots.txt
    -f, --fingerprinting
                        Deleted fingerprinting WordPress.
    -t, --timthumb      Find the library TimThumb.
    --chown=user:group  Changing file and directory owner.
    --wp-config         Wizard generated wp-config.php
    --plugins           Download Plugins Security.
    --proxy=PROXY       Use a HTTP proxy to connect to the target url for
                        --plugins and --wp-config.
    --indexes           It deny you to display the contents of directories.
    --minify            Compressing static file .css and .js
    --malware-scan      Malware Scan in WordPress project.
    --6g-firewall       6G Firewall.
    --rest-api          Disable REST API.

  Miscellaneous:
    -o FILE, --output=FILE
                        Write log report to FILE.log

Examples

Check a WordPress Project
Before using the tool, we must ensure that our working directory is WordPress.

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress -v

Change permissions
This option is to add the correct permissions to files and directories.

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress --chmod -v

Remove files that are not used
Part of the fortification of any system is to remove those files, directories or components required.

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress --remove -v

Create your robots.txt file
WordPress default does not incorporate the robots.txt file with this option poemos customize our robots.txt

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress --robots -v

For more information robots.txt

Remove all fingerprinting and Version

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress --fingerprinting -v

Check a TimThumb library

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress --timthumb -v

Create Index file
This file is created as a way to avoid sailing in a directory.

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress --indexes -v

Download Plugins security
The following is a list of the most commonly used security plugins that you can download automatically:

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress --plugins

Wizard generated wp-config.php
This command automatically creates a file called wp-config-wphardening.php which can then rename it.

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress --wp-config

6G Firewalls

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress --6g-firewall

Disable REST API

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress --rest-api

WPHardening update
With this option you can always have the latest version of WPHardening.

$ python wphardening.py --update

Use all options

$ python wphardening.py -d /home/path/to/wordpress -c -r -f -t --wp-config --indexes --plugins --6g-firewall --rest-api -o /home/user/wphardening.log

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