Guard Dog Security & Site Lock
Guard Dog Security & Site Lock helps WordPress administrators keep websites cleaner, safer, and easier to audit from the WordPress dashboard.
Guard Dog combines file auditing, Site Lock protection, Watch Dog file change monitoring, WordPress core integrity checks, infection scanning, cleanup tools, setup guidance, and security reporting into one practical WordPress security suite.
Use Guard Dog to review leftover plugin folders, abandoned theme files, old uploads, temporary files, suspicious scripts, modified files, unexpected core files, and other items that can create clutter or security risk.
Key Features
- Site Lock to make important files and folders read-only
- Watch Dog baseline scans for new, modified, and deleted files
- WordPress core integrity checks using official checksums
- Infection scanning for suspicious file content
- Scheduled scans and automated security reports
- File change and core change email notifications
- Abandoned file and folder review tools
- File preview, download, approve, ignore, delete, and bulk actions
- Recommended setup guide with progress tracking
- Cleanup tools for old backups, temporary files, logs, and cache files
- Security tools for permissions, XML-RPC, author scans, debug exposure, and more
Site Lock
Site Lock helps prevent unwanted file additions, injected scripts, unauthorized edits, and accidental deletions by locking selected WordPress files and folders. Unlock the site for legitimate updates, then apply Site Lock again when finished.
Watch Dog
Watch Dog creates a trusted file baseline and compares future scans against it. It reports new, modified, and deleted files so administrators can quickly review changes after updates, maintenance, cleanup, or suspicious activity.
Core Check
Core Check compares installed WordPress core files against the official WordPress.org checksum API and reports modified, missing, unreadable, or unexpected files in core areas.
Infection Scanner
The infection scanner reviews site files for suspicious patterns commonly associated with malware, backdoors, obfuscated scripts, spam injections, and unwanted code.
Setup Guide
The Setup Guide helps administrators complete recommended Guard Dog security settings, including Site Lock, scheduled infection scans, automated reports, file change monitoring, and core change notifications.