Worry About Your Site Being Hacked? Use WordPress File Monitor to Alert You to Changes at Your Site

Posted October 23, 2009 · Filed Under WP Plugins · 546 views · Leave a Comment

hacker Hackers are out there, that’s for sure. It’s a threat we all live with as website owners. We can take protective measures, and we should, but nothing’s foolproof. If a hacker makes it through, I want to know sooner rather than later, so I use the WordPress File Monitor plugin to monitor changes to the files on my server.

WordPress File Monitor monitors your WordPress installation for added/deleted/changed files. When a change is detected, an email alert can be sent to a specified address.

Features:

Monitors file system for added/deleted/changed files
Sends email when a change is detected
Multiple email formats for alerts
Administration area alert to notify you of changes in case email is not received
Ability to monitor files for changes based on file hash or timestamp
Ability to exclude directories from scan (for instance if you use a cacheing system that stores its files within the monitored zone)
Site URL included in notification email in case plugin is in use on multiple sites

So far, all the alerts I’ve received have been changes resulting from things I’ve done – just like they’re supposed to be. But I read every one I get, just to be sure. And I really like the fact that I see a notification when I log in to my site, too, (because we all know email can get jacked up 6 ways ’til Sunday.)

So, if you could do with a little peace of mind where your WordPress site is concerned, use WordPress File Monitor to alert you to changes at your site.