The average WordPress site is attacked every 23 minutes (Wordfence), and attackers point AI tools at new vulnerabilities within hours of disclosure, scanning the web for exposed sites. Being found is no longer a question of if, but how quickly.
A vulnerability goes public. The official fix can take days or weeks. That window, when everyone knows the flaw but no patch exists, is now the default moment sites get hit.
No lock, no alarm, a welcome mat out for anyone who tries the handle. Plugin threats leave no trace until the moment they're exploited, and by then the damage is done.
It only takes a single outdated plugin or theme. When it's exploited, the site it's attached to goes with it.
Downtime, emergency developer time, lost sales, and the hit to your reputation. Recovering from a hack costs many times what preventing one does.
Checking, testing, and rolling out every patch across every site, every day, is a full-time job, and it fails the day you're on holiday or the patch lands at 2am.
That's where WP Guardian comes in.
Virtual patching stops the known exploit in real time, before the plugin or theme vendor has shipped a fix. The gap that attackers rely on simply closes.
Some plugins can't be updated straight away without breaking a site. WP Guardian protects them in the meantime, so a delayed update is no longer a security risk.
See which plugins and themes are affected, how severe each risk is, and what needs your attention, all in one place inside Plesk.
It works in the background with negligible performance impact. No maintenance windows, no downtime, no slowdown.
By stopping attacks before they land, it prevents the downtime, emergency fixes, and lost revenue that come after a breach.
It monitors your site against the same live vulnerability data relied on by security professionals worldwide, so new threats are caught the moment they're disclosed.
Bulk discounts are built in: from £4/month for one site down to £1.56/site across a portfolio. Billed monthly, cancel anytime.
Bulk protection discounts built in - pay as little as £1.56 per site.
Protect your WordPress sites with scalable, affordable security.
WP Guardian is a security upgrade for WordPress sites already managed with WP Toolkit in Plesk. If you're running WP Toolkit, you can add WP Guardian in about two minutes, with no changes to your site.
WP Guardian blocks exploits at the server layer, before they reach WordPress, and keeps protecting a plugin even when it can't be updated yet. It works alongside your existing security setup rather than replacing your update routine.
Yes. WP Guardian applies virtual patches automatically, blocking known exploits until you're ready to run the official update, so a delayed update no longer leaves you exposed.
No. It runs directly within Plesk with no coding or configuration. Enable it, and it starts monitoring and patching in the background.
No. It runs in the background with negligible performance impact. Monitoring and virtual patching happen without affecting your site's speed.
