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The Security option of the <a href="https://support.hostinger.com/en/articles/5609910">WordPress Overview</a> allows you to manage your WordPress version, themes, and plugins without accessing the WordPress Admin area. It also provides important security information that will help keep your site always secure and up to date.

You can reach it by opening <a href="https://hpanel.hostinger.com/websites" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Websites</a> → Dashboard, searching for Security on the left sidebar, and clicking on it: ​

You will be presented with three sections with information and options to manage.

If you have the latest WordPress version, it will appear marked marked with a green checkmark. In case your core files need to be updated, you will have the option to do so with a single click:

The notification that there is a new WordPress version available and button to update

Scroll down to find a list of all the themes installed on your website. Here, you can see which ones are active and whether they are secure:

The Installed themes section on the WordPress Security option

The following tutorial, <a href="https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-install-wordpress-themes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to Install a WordPress Theme: 3 Methods</a>, explains how to install WordPress themes.

After the installed themes table, you will find the installed plugins:

The Installed plugins section on the WordPress Security option

Installed plugin - name of the plugin.

Security - shows whether the theme/plugin is secure or if <a href="https://patchstack.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patchstack</a> has detected a vulnerability.

Recommendation - suggestions to improve the website security by taking action on the plugin or theme.

Activation toggle - easily enable or disable plugins <a href="https://support.hostinger.com/en/articles/4411258-how-to-disable-wordpress-plugins-without-access-to-the-admin-page">without accessing the WordPress admin area</a>.

Options - click to Update or Delete the theme or plugin:

1. Installed plugin - name of the plugin.
2. Version - version number.
3. Security - shows whether the theme/plugin is secure or if <a href="https://patchstack.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patchstack</a> has detected a vulnerability.
4. Recommendation - suggestions to improve the website security by taking action on the plugin or theme.
5. Activation toggle - easily enable or disable plugins <a href="https://support.hostinger.com/en/articles/4411258-how-to-disable-wordpress-plugins-without-access-to-the-admin-page">without accessing the WordPress admin area</a>.
6. Options - click to Update or Delete the theme or plugin:

The options button on a plugin showing how to update or delete the plugin

For information on how to install WordPress plugins, check this tutorial: <a href="https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-install-wordpress-plugins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to install WordPress plugins</a>.

If you want to test any changes in plugins and your hosting plan is Web Business or above, you can <a href="https://support.hostinger.com/en/articles/5720286-how-to-create-a-wordpress-staging-environment">create a staging environment</a> 💡

Managing core updates, plugins and themes without entering the WordPress Admin area at Hostinger