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Steel Security helps WordPress owners see what needs attention.

Steel Security is a WordPress audit and hardening toolset from Sweetwater Media. It helps site owners and maintainers review hardening posture, spot issues earlier, and turn technical findings into practical next steps.

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Built from real support work: Steel Security grows out of the same WordPress review, cleanup, and hardening work Sweetwater does for client sites.

Steel Security dashboard showing risk score, hardening posture, last scan, and recommended actions.

A clearer view of WordPress hardening, findings, and the follow-up work that matters.

WordPress security issues can often appear quietly.

A WordPress site can look fine on the surface while plugins fall behind, unused accounts remain active, security headers are missing, backups go unchecked, or unexpected file changes go unnoticed. Steel Security helps make those issues easier to see earlier and handle with more confidence.

Site audit findings

Hardening posture

Security headers

Plugin and theme exposure

User and admin review

Maintenance visibility

Scheduled scans

Email alerts

Dashboard visual

A clearer picture of what needs review.

Steel Security is meant to help site owners and maintainers see the shape of a WordPress site more quickly: what looks solid, what deserves review, and where follow-up work is likely needed.

The goal is a holistic approach to WordPress security, with a clearer starting point for hardening, maintenance, and practical next steps.

Steel Security scan results screen showing passed, critical, warnings, and skipped checks. — Scan results with score, passed checks, issue breakdown, with one click mitigation actions.

Steel Security hardening screen showing enabled controls and hardening posture score. — Hardening controls with posture score and individual one click remediation.

Free

Core site audit and hardening visibility.

Designed to give site owners and maintainers a practical starting point for understanding what deserves attention.

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Pro

Scheduled scans and stronger visibility.

Planned Pro features include scheduled scans, email notifications, expanded checks, and more active monitoring support.

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Want help interpreting the results?

Steel Security highlights what deserves review. Sweetwater can help interpret the findings, strengthen the configuration, and plan ongoing care.

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A practical note on guarantees

Security tools are part of a healthy maintenance process, not a guarantee. Steel Security is designed to improve visibility, support better hardening decisions, and make WordPress care less reactive.

Sweetwater will never frame Steel Security as absolute protection. The goal is better awareness, stronger hardening habits, and more deliberate follow-up when a site needs attention.