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I’m confused about Patchstack

Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins Security · support · 2024-07-13T18:42:00+00:00

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When I log into my WHM Cpanel, I see a banner written about WP Guardian as a cPanel Addon doing virtual patching from Patchstack. Wuu! I saved the setting and entered into my WHM account, however, it seems like a purchased product from cPanel. So I want to learn more. Fast forward, I also see a Patchstack downloadable WP and plugins security in add plugin section of my wordpress menu, and now I’m confused :(. Are these the same product? If I’m using Wordfence, do I need also need this solution? Ron Hi Ron – many hosting & WP management tools use Patchstack’s vulnerability API to alert their users, and some (like WP Guardian) also include our virtual patching protection module. If you sign up for Patchstack separately, you get free vulnerability alerts on up to 10 sites, with an option to enable different protection modules, including the main “virtual patching” one per-site cost basis. Our paid plans also include all the protection modules, plus some additional security measures. Basically having a Patchstack account gives you access to our whole platform, not only vuln alerts and protection. Btw you can use Patchstack and Wordfence together without issues. I’d recommend Patchstack to cover the vulnerability threat though – as the biggest vuln research contributor we have the fastest info about new vulnerabilities, and about 7,000+ vuln specific virtual patch rules to protect against them.

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Opportunity

trust and abuse-prevention operations

Security abuse-prevention assurance for keeping sites trusted, protected, and recoverable

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams

Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts

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Summary: I’m confused about Patchstack: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence quote: I saved the setting and entered into my WHM account, however, it seems like a purchased product from cPanel.

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security bugs missing feature pricing

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Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins Security

40.0K active installs · 626.5K downloads · rating 98.0

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martpatchstack 2024-09-12T08:42:00+00:00

Hi Ron – many hosting & WP management tools use Patchstack’s vulnerability API to alert their users, and some (like WP Guardian) also include our virtual patching protection module. If you sign up for Patchstack separately, you get free vulnerability alerts on up to 10 sites, with an option to enable different protection modules, including the main “virtual patching” one per-site cost basis. Our paid plans also include all the protection modules, plus some additional security measures. Basically having a Patchstack account gives you access to our whole platform, not only vuln alerts and protection. Btw you can use Patchstack and Wordfence together without issues. I’d recommend Patchstack to cover the vulnerability threat though – as the biggest vuln research contributor we have the fastest info about new vulnerabilities, and about 7,000+ vuln specific virtual patch rules to protect against them.