Security maintenance tools for WordPress

The operational glue: a scheduling update manager, JSON settings backup and restore, a test mode that simulates before it enforces, one-click Wordfence migration and a Site Health panel.

Update manager

Outdated plugins are the top infection route, but blind auto-updates break sites. The update manager gives you the middle path: per-type update policies for plugins, themes and core, update windows on the days and hours you choose, optional delay days before a new release is applied, freeze periods for launch weeks, email notifications, and an optional maintenance mode while updates run.

Settings backup, test mode and migration

Your whole security configuration exports as JSON and imports with a dry-run mode that validates before it touches anything. Move a proven setup between sites in a minute. Test mode simulates blocks for the roles you pick instead of enforcing them, logging what would have happened, so you can trial aggressive settings without locking anyone out.

Coming from Wordfence Login Security? The one-click migration moves users' two-factor secrets and settings across so nobody has to re-enroll their authenticator app.

  • JSON export/import with validation and dry-run
  • Test mode: simulate, log, then enforce
  • One-click migration from Wordfence Login Security
  • Site Health panel: server, database, filesystem, media, plugin and theme diagnostics
  • Security key rotation with scheduling (own page)

Free today, deeper with Pro

Pro adds database cleanup with retention policies and comment management on top of the free toolkit.

Documentation

Maintenance tools overview

How the pieces fit together.

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Backup & restore settings

JSON export, import and dry-run.

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Test mode

Simulate rules before enforcing them.

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Wordfence migration

Move 2FA users across in one click.

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Update history

What updated, when, with what result.

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Maintenance tool questions

What exactly does the Wordfence migration move?

Users' TOTP authenticator secrets, 2FA settings and the reCAPTCHA IP allowlist from Wordfence Login Security. Wordfence recovery codes are not migrated (users generate fresh ones), and multisite network-wide migration is not supported.

Can test mode break my site?

That is the point of it: nothing is enforced. Blocks are simulated and logged for the roles you choose, with a dashboard notice showing what would have happened.

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Security-key rotation

Rotate salts on demand or on a schedule.

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Security score

Fourteen checks tell you what to fix next.

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Vulnerability scanner

Know which update actually matters.

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Secure your site today

Install the free plugin from WordPress.org and set up real protection with the guided setup wizard. Upgrade to Pro whenever you need more.