Guard Dog

Guard Dog protects the doors that matter.

Custom login URLs, 2FA, passkeys, CAPTCHA, session controls, activity logging, and access rules for WordPress sites that need less drama at the login screen.

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Nina, the French Bulldog whose stern face inspired the Guard Dog brand.
Meet Nina Sweet baby. Excellent scary face. Extremely qualified mascot.
Plugin-first, site-owned protection Guard Dog works on its own. Add the Cloud service when off-site protection earns its keep.
Free complete WordPress plugin
WP 7.0 tested through
PHP 8.1+ runtime baseline

Two products. One sensible starting point.

Start free. Add off-site coverage when you need it.

Guard Dog is the complete WordPress plugin. Guard Dog Cloud is the separate paid service for centralized monitoring, managed intelligence, and protection that lives beyond one server.

Guard Dog

Your free security floor.

Install it on WordPress and keep login protection, authentication, access controls, sessions, and activity history on your own site. No Cloud account required.

  • Complete plugin, not a trial
  • Site-owned configuration and data
  • Always available, whatever your hosting setup
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Guard Dog Cloud

Your hosted lookout.

Connect sites to one console for off-site monitoring, managed security intelligence, virtual patching, and a protection history that does not disappear with the origin.

  • Centralized visibility across connected sites
  • Managed integrity and protection workflows
  • Hosted operations without running the platform yourself
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Guard Dogs

Meet the four-legged security team.

Nina inspired the mascot. Her big brothers and sisters help keep the whole thing delightfully unserious, with very official titles and absolutely no shortage of couch-based authority.

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Ink-and-marker illustration of Nina, a black-and-tan French Bulldog making a stern guard dog face.Ink-and-marker illustration of Winston, a black-and-white Great Dane with his tongue out.Ink-and-marker illustration of Laika, a black-and-white husky with blue eyes.Ink-and-marker illustration of Henry, a small scruffy cream dog.

Security where WordPress actually gets bothered.

Guard Dog is focused on the login door, user sessions, account security, and practical access controls instead of trying to become a giant cloud suite overnight.

Login protection

Stop noisy automated attacks before they get comfortable.

  • Custom login URLs
  • CAPTCHA providers
  • Login attempt limiting
  • User enumeration protection

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Authentication

Give users stronger sign-in options without making the login flow weird.

  • App and email 2FA
  • Passkeys
  • Social login
  • Password policy
  • Email verification

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Access and monitoring

See what happened, manage active sessions, and control who gets in.

  • IP and username access control
  • Session management
  • Activity log
  • Temporary user access
  • Reverse proxy IP handling

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Real plugin screens, not pretend platform chrome.

The mascot brings the attitude. The product screens show the work: actively maintained, documented, and focused on WordPress admin and login workflows.

Guard Dog Login Security settings screen showing custom login URL and protection status.
Login Security
Guard Dog Activity Log screen showing security events and activity statistics.
Activity Log
Guard Dog Access Control screen showing blocking and allow-list controls.
Access Control