Hide My WP Ghost vs Imperva API Security

Hide My WP Ghost is a WordPress security plugin for self-hosted and web use. The maker says it has been renamed WP Ghost while keeping the same security engine, team and features. It can change login and admin URLs and hide common paths without altering WordPress files or directories. Listed protections include brute-force defense, two-factor authentication, XML-RPC controls, IP allowlists and blocklists, security checks, API protection and bot management. The free plan includes basic path security, 7G and 8G firewall, two-factor authentication with code, email and passkeys, a threats log and one-click presets. The plugin supports WordPress Multisite on subdirectories and subdomains and is listed as compatible with integrations including Wordfence, Sucuri, WPML and WP Rocket. The maker says setup takes less than five minutes without coding. Plans range from free to paid website bundles, with paid plans including priority email support and logs retained for 30 days.

Imperva API Security brings API discovery, risk assessment, detection, and mitigation into one console for cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. It monitors public, private, and shadow APIs, tracks changes, and identifies design flaws and vulnerabilities. Ongoing assessments address risks associated with the OWASP API Security Top 10. For Broken Object Level Authorization, its machine-learning-driven detection profiles traffic for behavioral changes and can block exploits. A separate testing function scans uploaded API specifications for posture gaps, design and configuration weaknesses, and risky endpoints. Teams can choose cloud-managed or self-managed management, with agent-based or agentless deployment options for cloud WAF, microservices, encrypted applications, and network-layer monitoring. Integrations include Kong, Mulesoft, Azure APIM, Apigee, and F5. API sensitivity classification includes government IDs, card details, addresses, and other personal information. With Imperva’s application security platform, it addresses nine OWASP API Top Ten risks; Unsafe Consumption of APIs is not covered. It runs on API, self-hosted, and web platforms. Pricing is on request; there is no free plan, and a 30-day trial may be limited to 100 Mbps, with excess traffic potentially null-routed.