Prevent Vulnerability Scanners from Detecting WordPress
How to Prevent Vulnerability Scanners from Detecting WordPress How to Prevent Vulnerability Scanners from Detecting WordPress Preventing vulnerability scanners from detecting that you're using WordPress for your website is an essential aspect of security through obscurity. While this won’t replace other important security practices such as patching and hardening, hiding the fact that your site uses WordPress can make it more difficult for attackers to target known vulnerabilities. Here are several strategies to help you obfuscate WordPress from vulnerability scanners. 1. Change Default URLs and Paths WordPress has many default URLs and file paths that scanners can easily detect. Changing these can help conceal that you're using WordPress. Hide wp-admin and wp-login.php Use plugins like WPS Hide Login to change the login URL from /wp-admin