Keep hackers and bad actors out
Cloudflare-backed protection and hardened environments keep hackers and bad actors out.
A membership site is a bigger target than a brochure site
You hold logins, subscriptions, payment relationships, and content people pay to reach. That makes two things matter at once: keeping attackers out, and keeping paid content actually restricted.
Generic caching solutions can break protected content, exposing it to the wrong audiences or causing login conflicts. Security on a membership site is not only a server problem; it is an application problem too.
How we harden it
Cloudflare at the edge
We use Cloudflare for DNS and edge security, along with:
- Brute force attack mitigation
- Reverse Proxy / CDN
- Load balancing
- Custom rules and workers
Servers we harden ourselves
We build on a LiteSpeed Enterprise stack we configure, rather than inheriting a platform's defaults.
- Hardened at the server and application level
- Firewall and rate-limit rules set per site
- Kept current as part of the service
Virtual machines on bare metal
Sites run in virtual machines on bare metal servers from data centre partners, for resource and customer isolation. Deployed in the geography you need. Clustered setups add a synced standby on separate infrastructure.
Caching that respects the paywall
We take a site-by-site approach, with cache rules built to keep restricted content away from the wrong member while pages still load fast.
Watched, not assumed
Proactive monitoring
Rather than waiting for a crisis, we monitor your site in real-time. If we notice unusual activity or resource usage, we investigate.
Monitored 24/7 by UptimeRobot
An outage alerts us directly, so we are not waiting for a member to report it.
Application-level support
When something is wrong, you don't hear "disable all your plugins." We work at both the server and WordPress levels.
Security questions
Updated
Can caching expose members-only content?
It can if cache rules are set for a brochure site. A page cache that doesn't know which pages are personal can show one member's page to another, or show paid content to a visitor. We configure page-cache exclusions per site for the plugins it runs, to reduce the risk of serving restricted content to the wrong visitor.
Are client sites isolated from each other?
Each client gets its own node or cluster with dedicated resources, running as virtual machines on bare metal servers from data centre partners. Virtual machines keep resources and customers separate.
Do you use Cloudflare?
Yes. We use Cloudflare for DNS and edge security, including brute force attack mitigation, a reverse proxy and CDN, and custom rules set per site.
Who deals with a problem inside WordPress?
We do. We work at both the server and the WordPress level, so a plugin conflict or a login problem is part of the job rather than something we send back to you.
Not sure what's exposed?
Start with a free site speed audit. We look at how your site is actually configured, not just how fast it scores.