Description
Webtaru Site Options and Login Security is a comprehensive toolkit for WordPress administrators to manage essential site information, business hours, and visual branding, while simultaneously hardening your site’s security by allowing you to change the default login URL and add CAPTCHA protection.
Features
Security & Privacy
- Secure Login Customization: Change your WordPress login URL to a custom slug to prevent brute-force attacks.
- CAPTCHA Integration: Support for Google reCAPTCHA v3 and Cloudflare Turnstile to protect your login forms.
- Login Attempt Limiter: Prevent brute-force attacks by limiting failed login attempts.
- Site Hardening: Restrict author archives to prevent username enumeration and improve security.
UI & UX Enhancements
- Admin Bar Cleanup: Declutter your WordPress dashboard by selectively hiding top-level admin bar items.
- Sticky WhatsApp Button: Add a floating WhatsApp contact button with custom placement and messages.
- Sticky Vertical Button: Create a custom floating button for Feedback, Contact, or any custom link.
- Mobile Navigation: Fixed bottom navigation buttons specifically for mobile visitors.
- Back to Top: Smooth scrolling back-to-top button with customizable shapes and colors.
Identity & Branding
- Logo Management: Easily manage Light and Dark versions of your site logo.
- Login Page Aesthetics: Customize the login page logo and background image for a premium look.
- Contact & Social Info: Manage phone numbers, emails, addresses, and social links from one place.
- Agency Mode: White-label the plugin by renaming the menu and hiding the default icon.
SEO & Communication
- Business Hours: Flexible weekly schedule management with Open/Closed” status shortcodes.
- Schema.org Integration: Automatic LocalBusiness JSON-LD generation for improved Local SEO.
- SMTP Integration: Ensure reliable email delivery via external providers (Gmail, Outlook, etc.).
- Maintenance Mode: Toggle a professional maintenance page with dashboard status indicators.
Content Management
- Media Replacement: Upload and replace existing media files while preserving the original URL.
- SVG Support: Securely upload SVG graphics with automatic XML sanitization.
- Post Duplicator: Easily clone posts and pages for faster content creation.
- External Links Control: Force all external links to open in a new tab for better user retention.
Admin Workflow
- Gutenberg Control: Easily disable the Block Editor and return to the Classic interface.
- 404 Redirection: Seamlessly redirect all 404 Not Found” errors to the homepage.
- Dynamic Menus: Automatically add conditional Log In/Out links to your navigation menus.
- Robots.txt Editor: Manage and overwrite your site’s robots.txt directly from the dashboard.
External services
This plugin supports the following third-party services to enhance site security:
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Google reCAPTCHA (v3): Used to protect the login form from automated bot attacks.
- Service: Google reCAPTCHA
- Usage: Verification of human users during login.
- Data Sent: User’s IP address and browser interaction signals.
- Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms
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Cloudflare Turnstile: A privacy-focused alternative to CAPTCHA for protecting login forms.
- Service: Cloudflare Turnstile
- Usage: Verification of human users during login.
- Data Sent: Browser and device telemetry.
- Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
- Terms of Service: https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/
Shortcodes
[wtols_phone]– Display primary phone.[wtols_email]– Display primary email.[wtols_address]– Display business address.[wtols_logo]– Display light/dark logo.[wtols_map]– Display embedded map.[wtols_social_links]– Display social icons.[wtols_hours]– Display business hours or open/closed status.[wtols_contact_card]– Display a complete contact info block.
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the
webtaru-site-options-login-securityfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Navigate to Webtaru Site Options in your admin menu to configure settings.
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Contributors & Developers
“Webtaru Site Options and Login Security” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
2.4.0
- NEW: Professional Media Replacement module with AJAX upload.
- NEW: Full SMTP mail delivery integration with test email capability.
- NEW: Admin Bar Cleanup feature to declutter the top admin bar.
- IMPROVED: Security hardening and output escaping for WordPress.org compliance.
- IMPROVED: Broadened detection for third-party Admin Bar nodes (Forms, Elementor, etc.).
- FIXED: Capturing of raw HTML in Admin Bar node titles.
- REMOVED: Prohibited update-blocking features for repository standards.
2.3.0
- NEW: SVG file upload support with strict XML tag sanitization.
- NEW: Maintenance Mode admin bar indicator and search engine visibility alerts.
- NEW: Advanced redirect controls (404 to Homepage, Custom Login/Logout redirects).
- NEW: Disable Author Archives” for better security and SEO.
- NEW: Automated conditional Log In/Log Out menu items.
- NEW: Open External Links in New Tab” post content filter.
- NEW: Admin functionality to manage and overwrite
robots.txtoutput. - IMPROVED: Login UI CSS constrained logo width and fixed background attachment.
- IMPROVED: Direct wp-admin access attempts now seamlessly redirect to the homepage.
2.2.6
- Refactored and rebranded as Webtaru Site Options and Login Security”.
- REMOVED: Prohibited arbitrary code insertion features.
- HARDENED: Security through strict input sanitization and late-stage output escaping.
- UPDATED: Documentation to disclose external service usage.
1.0.0
- Initial release of the rebranded version.





