The Best WordPress Security Has Many Layers

The web is evolving fast—and so are the threats. WordPress VIP’s latest security enhancements give enterprise teams a smarter, more proactive way to protect their digital experiences.

From credential theft to AI-generated traffic, modern risks demand more than patchwork fixes. That’s why we’ve introduced a full suite of built-in protections that work together to neutralize hidden threats before they impact your business.

Defense That Doesn’t Slow You Down

Security shouldn’t create friction. Our latest updates strengthen every layer of your site—from login protection to infrastructure resilience—without getting in the way of publishing or performance.

Here’s what’s new:

Stronger Passwords, Automatically

With the release of WordPress 6.8, passwords are now hashed with bcrypt for enhanced protection right at the platform level. Jetpack Account Protection adds another layer, flagging compromised credentials and helping users choose stronger passwords—before risk takes root.

Smarter Authentication That Works for Users

Credential theft is still one of the most common attack vectors. WordPress VIP now supports secure, user-friendly authentication with:

• Passkey and authenticator app options
• Step-up authentication for sensitive tasks
• Real-time login alerts and recovery tools

It’s easy for users, tough on attackers—and designed to keep your operations moving without disruption.

Stopping bad actors at login isn’t enough. That’s why WordPress VIP now includes step-up authentication—an added layer of protection for sensitive actions inside the platform.

For example, when a user goes to change access controls or manage authentication settings, they’re prompted to reverify their identity. Even if credentials are compromised, critical operations stay secure.

These enhancements are designed for real-world threats—without adding friction. Because when credentials are the weakest link, your CMS shouldn’t leave the door open.

Spot Threats Sooner. Act Faster.

In high-traffic environments, every second counts. WordPress VIP now gives your team the tools to detect risks earlier—before they become problems.

• Anomaly detection flags unexpected behavior like traffic spikes, slow queries, and cache changes—often early signals of a security issue.
• Plugin vulnerability alerts notify your team the moment a risk is found, before or after deployment.

Stay informed with real-time alerts via email, Slack, Teams, or webhook—whatever fits your workflow. You get faster visibility and fewer surprises.

These tools help your team stay proactive—not reactive—so you can move quickly when it matters most.

Staying ahead of escalating threats with advanced protections

In the age of AI, security threats don’t stand still—and neither do we. WordPress VIP continues to evolve with intelligent, multilayer defenses to keep your sites safe and performant.

We have reinforced defenses running at the origin layer, monitoring key signals like PHP worker usage or concurrent requests to help protect you against DDoS attacks. Thresholds are now in place that verify the legitimacy of users without impacting the experience of real users. Unlike traditional blunt-force defenses, our security solutions respond locally, only when needed, and with high precision.

Who gets access to your applications—and how—is a growing security concern in the shadow of bots, scrapers, and AI crawlers. 

WordPress VIP has risen to meet this threat with User Agent restrictions that block requests from specific user agents, such as AI crawlers and unwanted bots, before they even reach your application. With better control of the traffic accessing your site, you can ensure that unwanted traffic doesn’t impact your website’s performance. 

We’ve also introduced the ability to control access by IP address, giving you direct control over who is blocked from accessing your application right in the application dashboard. No additional new code deployments required.

Together, these tools give you more control than ever over who has access to your applications and how traffic reaches your sites.

Security is a team sport, so our expert teams are constantly working behind the scenes to tighten security at every layer. We proactively patch vulnerabilities, respond rapidly to emerging threats, and work closely with customers when incidents occur. Look no further than our fast mitigations of the Curl and HTTP/2 vulnerabilities, which protected customers before broader patches were even released.

With these new layers of defense, you can be sure your applications are secure against today’s threats and tomorrow’s.

Meeting the highest compliance standards

We’ve proven our multi-layer system of security by protecting some of the most security-sensitive organizations in the world. WordPress VIP is proud to be the only managed WordPress platform with FedRAMP Moderate Authorization. 

For this milestone, our platform met the strict encryption, access, monitoring, and disaster recovery controls needed to handle mission-critical data.

FedRAMP certification isn’t just a government checkbox—it’s a signal that WordPress VIP meets the highest bar for cloud security, validated by independent assessors and maintained through ongoing audits and monitoring. For large organizations in finance, healthcare, media, and more, that translates to greater peace of mind and a future-proof security foundation.

Multilayer security adapts for the threats of tomorrow

Enterprise security isn’t built from a single feature or firewall. It’s engineered from a system of smart, layered decisions—each one reinforcing the others, each one built to evolve.

At WordPress VIP, we’ve intentionally constructed our platform to defend from every angle: edge, infrastructure, authentication, application, and human access. The result is a multilayered security framework that doesn’t just react to threats—it anticipates them, mitigates risk before exposure, and gives your team the confidence to move fast without compromise.

From encrypted logins to anomaly alerts, from access controls to password hardening, every layer is designed to be precise, responsive, and built for scale. It’s not just that we meet the highest bar in compliance: It’s that we treat security as an evolving challenge, one we’re always ready to meet.

This is security designed for the complexity of today—and the uncertainty of tomorrow.