WordPress Plugin Hardening for Small Teams

Plugin flexibility is powerful and dangerous. Harden your stack by treating plugins like dependencies with security lifecycle rules.

Step 1: Inventory active plugins with ownership tags

[
  {"name": "member-access", "owner": "platform", "criticality": "high"},
  {"name": "seo-tools", "owner": "content", "criticality": "medium"}
]

Step 2: Enforce update staging and vulnerability checks

wp plugin update --all --dry-run
wp vuln scan --format table

Step 3: Lock admin capability boundaries

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