Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall

Defender Security is a WordPress plugin by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform, first published on WordPress.org in 2017. It has 80,000+ active installations and 4,371,160 downloads in total, and ranks #524 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 3 places. Users rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 334 reviews. Version 6.3.0 was released 24 days ago, so the plugin is actively maintained. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 6.4 and PHP 8.0.0 or later. In the last two months, 4 of 4 support threads were marked resolved (100%). It is listed under firewall, login security, malware, malware scanner and security. Plugins with a similar focus include BulletProof Security, NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) and Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal.