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Salt Shaker

By Nagdy

Security & Privacy / Security Scanning & Malware Protection

Salt Shaker Review - In-Depth Analysis

Salt Shaker enhances WordPress security by changing security keys and salts manually and automatically.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.86/10

User Rating

4.7/5 (based on 27+ reviews)

Active Installations

6,000+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

By using Salt Shaker plugin, you will be able to harden your WordPress security. It allows you to change the salt keys either manually or automatically.

When you log in to WordPress, you have the option to remain logged in long-term. To achieve this, WordPress stores your login data in cookies instead of in a PHP session. Malicious individuals can hijack your cookies through various means, leaving your website vulnerable.

To make it harder for attackers to use cookie data, you can take advantage of SALT keys. WordPress SALT keys encrypt your password, making it harder to guess. It is next to impossible for hackers to simply unscramble the result in order to get at the original password.

Salt Shaker improves your WordPress security with easy to use settings. You can set it and forget it, with minimal settings. It provides manual and immediate WP security keys and salts changing, as well as an automated schedule for keys and salts change.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Salt Shaker plugin.

Authentication Keys

Salt Keys

Security

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FAQ

Make sure that wp-config.php file has the salt keys. If for any reason the keys aren’t there; you can always generate a set of keys from this link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ and add it to your wp-config.php file. Once that’s done, the plugin will be able to shake them based on your settings.

You can use this filter to define the file location salt_shaker_salts_file. Example:
In this example, the new location of the config file is in a folder that’s outside WordPress location in a folder called wpsecret. Make sure to replace it with your secret location 😉

function salt_shaker_new_file($salts_file_name) {     $salts_file_name = '../wpsecret/wp-config';     return $salts_file_name; }  add_filter('salt_shaker_salts_file', 'salt_shaker_new_file');