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Security Headers Overview

Hardening Reference HTTP & Browser Security

What This Covers This page provides an overview of HTTP security headers and how they help protec...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Content Security Policy (CSP)

Hardening Reference HTTP & Browser Security

What This Does Content Security Policy (CSP) defines which sources of content are allowed to load...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

X-Frame-Options

Hardening Reference HTTP & Browser Security

What This Does This protection controls whether your site can be embedded inside an iframe on ano...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

X-Content-Type-Options

Hardening Reference HTTP & Browser Security

What This Does This protection prevents browsers from trying to guess (or “sniff”) the content ty...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Referrer-Policy

Hardening Reference HTTP & Browser Security

What This Does This protection controls how much referral information is shared when users naviga...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Uploads PHP Execution Protection

Hardening Reference File & Execution Protection

What This Does This protection prevents PHP files from executing within the WordPress uploads dir...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Steel Security Documentation

Getting Started

Welcome to the official documentation for Steel Security — a high-signal WordPress security audit...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Welcome to Steel Security

Getting Started What Steel Security Is

What Steel Security Does Steel Security is a high-signal WordPress security auditing and hardenin...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

System Requirements

Getting Started Installation

What This Covers This page outlines the minimum and recommended requirements for running Steel Se...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Installing the Plugin

Getting Started Installation

What This Covers This guide walks you through installing the Steel Security plugin on your WordPr...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Activating Steel Security

Getting Started Installation

What This Covers This guide explains how to activate Steel Security and connect your site to your...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Running Your First Scan

Getting Started First Scan

What This Covers This guide explains how Steel Security performs your first scan and what to expe...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Understanding the Dashboard

Getting Started Dashboard Essentials

What This Covers This guide explains the Steel Security dashboard and how to interpret the inform...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Reviewing Findings

Getting Started Dashboard Essentials

What This Covers This guide explains how to review and interpret the findings from a Steel Securi...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Applying Hardening Safely

Getting Started Basic Hardening Workflow

What This Covers This guide explains how to review and interpret the findings from a Steel Securi...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

How Findings Are Categorized

Findings Reference Overview

Why Findings Are Categorized Steel Security groups findings into categories to make them easier t...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Severity Levels Explained

Findings Reference Overview

What Severity Means Severity indicates how important a finding is based on its potential impact a...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Directory Listing Enabled

Findings Reference File Exposure Findings

What This Means This finding indicates that directory listing is enabled on your server. This all...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

PHP Execution in Uploads

Findings Reference Execution Risks

What This Means This finding indicates that PHP files can be executed within upload or storage di...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing

Direct PHP Access Allowed

Findings Reference Execution Risks

What This Means This finding indicates that certain PHP files on your site can be accessed direct...

Updated 3 months ago by Jason Wassing