[Resolved] Web Page Test Scores F for Security

[Alan]

Hi.

I have no idea how I go about fixing this. I just performed a web page speed test at Web Page Test

and it told me that every is really good except for my security which scores an “F”

Is there something I can do to improve that? It suggests that I fix by signing up for snyk. I have no idea what that is.Is there something that I can edit in the theme to fix this problem or do I need this software?

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Thanks,

Regards

Alan

[Elvin]

Hi Alan,

You can improve this by installing a security plugin. Plugins generally add the necessary security headers to your site so you don’t have to manually write it yourself. 😀

As for recommendations, the most famous of the bunch is Sucuri or Wordfence.

[Alan]

Hi Elvin

That’s strange then because I have already got Wordfence installed. I will check my settings.

Thanks

Alan

[Elvin]

No problem. 😀

[Alan]

I still haven’t managed to solve this issue. I’ve got wordfence security but there don’t appear to any settings in there that will fix this.

I found this on another website but I really would like to know if this is safe

2DogsDesign

It suggests to add this to the .htaccess file

Header always append X-Frame-Options DENY
Header set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload" env=HTTPS
Header always set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
Header set Content-Security-Policy "script-src 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' http: https:"

Is there a better way? I would prefer not to add another plugin if possible

Thanks

[David]

Hi there,

best thing would be to speak with your host regarding this, as those are all server level functions. They will be best placed to advise on what ‘can/should’ be done, and they may already have some prebuilt configs that can be applied to your site.

[Alan]

Thanks David. I have contacted my host about this.

[David]

Hope they can help 🙂

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