{"id":21860,"date":"2023-12-26T11:31:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T09:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/?p=21860"},"modified":"2023-07-26T11:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T09:32:56","slug":"a-useful-feature-of-sucuri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/en\/a-useful-feature-of-sucuri\/","title":{"rendered":"A useful feature of Sucuri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sucuri Security<\/strong> offers a WordPress plugin that you can find in the WordPress plugin library under the name <em>Sucuri Security<\/em>. While it may not be an all-in-one solution against hacks and has some limitations, it does have one very useful feature that can save you a lot of time, especially if you have many plugins installed.<\/p>\n<h2>The Plugin Reinstaller<\/h2>\n<p>If your website uses 20-30 plugins (which is, of course, too many and poses a significant security risk), it can become a cumbersome task to remove each plugin, download a clean installation, and then upload it back to the plugins directory, especially when there are hacker files present.<\/p>\n<p>Sucuri has a feature for this scenario where you can select all plugins at once and have them removed and reinstalled with a clean version in one go! This saves you a lot of time and effort.<\/p>\n<p>You can find this feature under &#8220;Post Hack > Reset plugins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6106 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/securi-plugins-installeren.jpg\" alt=\"securi plugins installeren\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You might be wondering if you can simply update a plugin instead. While updating a plugin does modify some files, it won&#8217;t remove any hack files that may be present.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, download the Sucuri plugin and use the reset plugins function!<\/p>\n<h2>And then?<\/h2>\n<p>After using the Sucuri plugin to reset your plugins, it&#8217;s a good idea to install a robust security plugin like Ithemes Security PRO to enhance the security of your WordPress website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sucuri Security offers a WordPress plugin that you can find in the WordPress plugin library under the name Sucuri Security. While it may not be an all-in-one solution against hacks and has some limitations, it does have one very useful feature that can save you a lot of time, especially if you have many plugins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}