Installing the Solid Security (iThemes Security) WordPress Plugin

Solid Security, formerly known as iThemes Security, is an excellent WordPress plugin that will assist you in doing things such as protecting from brute force attacks, automatically backing up your WordPress database, and much more. In this article, we will show you how to easily install the Solid Security plugin.

  1. First, login to your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Now that you are successfully logged in, hover over Plugins on the left side menu and click on Add New.

    Add New Plugin screen
  3. On this page, you will see a search box at the top right. Click on it and enter in Solid Security and press the Enter key on your keyboard to perform the search.
  4. You should now see a list of your search results. As we have entered the exact search term, the Solid Security plugin should be listed as the first search result. To begin the installation, click on Install Now next to the search result.

    Search Results page
  5. WordPress will now automatically handle the download and installation of the Solid Security plugin. Once complete, be sure to click on Activate Plugin to activate it on your current WordPress installation.

    Plugin installation complete notice

Now that you have successfully installed and activated the Solid Security plugin on your WordPress installation, you can now do things such as schedule database backups, or configure Solid Security to automatically protect your WordPress site from brute force attacks.

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