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Unable to Access Admin

Troubleshooting Access & Lockouts

What This Means This issue occurs when you are unable to access the WordPress admin area after ap...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Blocked by Hardening Rules

Troubleshooting Access & Lockouts

What This Means This issue occurs when legitimate requests are being blocked by one or more harde...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Nginx Configuration Issues

Troubleshooting Server & Environment

What This Means This issue occurs when expected protections are not applied on a server running N...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Headers Not Appearing

Troubleshooting Headers & Browser Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when security headers expected from Steel Security are not visi...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

CSP Breaking Site

Troubleshooting Headers & Browser Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when a Content Security Policy (CSP) blocks resources required ...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Scan Not Running

Troubleshooting General Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when the Steel Security scan does not run or does not produce r...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Changes Not Applying

Troubleshooting General Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when changes made through Steel Security do not appear to take ...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Unexpected Site Behavior

Troubleshooting General Issues

What This Means This issue occurs when your site behaves unexpectedly after applying one or more ...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Server Rules Not Working

Troubleshooting Server & Environment

What This Means This issue occurs when server-level protections applied by Steel Security do not ...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Dashboard Overview

Plugin Guide Dashboard

What This Covers This page provides a detailed overview of the Steel Security dashboard and its c...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Working with Scan Findings

Plugin Guide Scan

What This Covers This guide explains how to work with scan findings within Steel Security. It foc...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Hardening Posture Score Explained

Plugin Guide Hardening

What This Covers This guide explains the Hardening Posture Score and how to interpret it. The Har...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

How Quarantine Works

Plugin Guide Quarantine

What This Covers This guide explains how the Steel Security quarantine system works and how it he...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Restoring Quarantined Files

Plugin Guide Quarantine

What This Covers This guide explains how to restore files that have been placed in quarantine. Re...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Configuration and Defaults

Plugin Guide Configuration

What This Covers This page explains how Steel Security handles configuration and why it does not ...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Safe Rollback Practices

Plugin Guide

What This Covers This guide explains how to safely manage and reverse changes made through Steel ...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Scan Risk Score Explained

Plugin Guide Scan

What This Covers This guide explains how the Scan Risk Score is calculated and how to interpret i...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Licensing Overview

Licensing and Activations Overview

What Licensing Is Steel Security uses a licensing system to enable Pro features and manage usage ...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Activating Your License

Licensing and Activations Activation

What This Does Activating your license enables Pro features in Steel Security. A valid license ke...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing

Deactivating a License

Licensing and Activations Activation

What This Does Deactivating a license removes it from your current site. This frees up the licens...

Updated 1 month ago by Jason Wassing