I installed BPS, a plugin which offers a variety of security features for WordPress sites. The plugin has a five-star rating with 668 reviews, and was last updated 4 months ago. The security features it offers include:

• Force Strong Passwords
  • Set a required password character length
  • Set password criteria requirements (at least 1 uppercase/lowercase letter, number, and/or special character)
  • Custom message if password criteria are not met
• Login Security & Monitoring
  • Set max login attempts
  • Set automatic and manual lockout times
  • Logging options (log all account lockouts or all account logins)
  • Error message and “Attempts Remaining” message options
  • Enable or disable password resets
• Database backup
  • Create backup jobs to save posts, pages, users, content, and more from your site to a database
  • Schedule backups to run regularly, ensuring your backups are up to date
  • Email backup .zip files for further data preservation

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