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WordPress Security Consultant for Live Sites
Hardening, plugin/theme review, and incident investigation on WordPress sites that already have editors, plugins, and a history.
This is WordPress security consulting on a live install — not a scanner PDF. I review how WordPress is configured, which plugins actually run, and where custom code trusts input. Not a 24/7 SOC, and not a fake hack-proof badge.
Who this is for
Ideal for teams hiring a WordPress security consultant.
Teams with a live WordPress site and a security question they cannot postpone
Healthcare or login-heavy fronts where a pretty theme is not an access model
Organisations that need a plugin/theme and configuration review before a launch
People who already saw odd admin users, spam pages, or mail they did not send
Teams looking for WordPress security consultants are usually hiring a review of the live install, not a SOC.
This is not a security training course, a scanner SaaS, or a guarantee against every future CVE.
Services included
What a security review covers
01
WordPress hardening
Configuration that reduces the obvious surface — XML-RPC, file edit, roles — without breaking the editors who have to work tomorrow.
02
Vulnerability investigation
When something already looks wrong: odd users, spam content, or outbound mail nobody queued.
03
Plugin and theme review
What actually runs, what is abandoned, and where custom PHP trusts input.
04
Configuration and remediation
A list of what to change and in what order — including after a compromise. Not a screenshot of a grade.
05
Security habits
Safer admin and editor practice. Backups and least-privilege accounts stay the baseline; I will not sell a hardening pass as insurance.
Relevant work
Public case studies that actually relate to this service.
Titles, notes, and links are from the existing work section. No invented metrics.
More delivery notes sit in the case studies.
Stack
Tools this work actually uses.
- WordPress
- PHP
- Git
- Cloudflare
Process
How an engagement usually runs.
01
Scope
What happened, who has admin, and whether we are preventing a problem or cleaning one up.
02
Investigate
Configuration, plugin/theme inventory, custom code, REST exposure, and file permissions.
03
Remediate
Change the things that matter, in order, without pretending the site is now immortal.
04
Harden
Leave the install in a state the team can keep: updates, roles, and backups they actually run.
Why this practice
Factual differentiators — not slogans.
- Security work here is on real WordPress installs with editors and plugins — not a brochure pentest theatre.
- Healthcare and login-heavy fronts get extra attention because access is the product.
- I will say when you need a monitoring product instead of a one-off hardening pass.
FAQ
Questions specific to this service.
What does WordPress security consulting include here?
Hardening, plugin and theme review, and incident work on the live install. It is not training, a scanner SaaS, or a 24/7 monitoring product.
Do you guarantee the site cannot be hacked?
No. Nobody honest does. I reduce obvious risk and clean up incidents. Future CVEs and stolen admin passwords are still possible.
Is this 24/7 monitoring?
No. If you need a SOC, you need a product and a retainer built for it. I will say so rather than sell a review as insurance.
Can you investigate a site that is already compromised?
Yes. That is a remediation engagement: what got in, what to clean, and how to stop the same hole. It is not instant and it is not a magic plugin.
Do you only run a scanner and send a PDF?
No. Scanners miss custom PHP and misconfigured roles. I look at the actual install.
Will you work with our hosting provider?
Yes, when they are part of the constraint. File permissions and PHP versions often live with the host.
Is there a longer article on this?
Yes. The notes on when a WordPress security consultant is actually useful live on the blog. This page is the service, not that article.
Related
Notes, tools, and related services.
Start
Need a security review on an existing WordPress site?
If the install is already live — plugins, editors, and a history — tell me what you are seeing. I will say whether a review is the right next step.
Prefer a calendar? Use the consultation scheduler on the contact page.