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Better WordPress Security

I've used Better WordPress Security a lot and do like the comprehensive way in which it tackles a broad range of prospective threats. Its evolution has been significant and rapid. Unfortunately, the new releases have been occurring at almost weekly intervals for the past couple of months. Upgrades sometimes culminate in a crisis on the site, such as 500 Server Errors. This issue is particularly problematic if you have WordPress running in a sub-directory! Such issues can only remedied by: * accessing the site via FTP * deactivating the BWS plugin by renaming or deleting the directory * editing the BWS code from the .htaccess file (or deleting .htaccess completely) Obviously, that's a pain in the proverbial, and is not an endearing aspect of the plugin! :-) If your WordPress installation runs from the root directory, BWS will give you peace of mind, but you will need a good understanding of WordPress, security issues, and confidence in WordPress tr