Security Header Generator

Description

This plugin generates the proper security HTTP response headers, attempts to generate a valid Content Security Policy, and sets browser permissions if configured.

Screenshots

  • Standard Header Settings
  • Content Security Policy Settings
  • Permissions Settings
  • Documentation
  • Import/Export Settings
  • Headers Set

Installation

  1. Download the plugin, unzip it, and upload to your sites /wp-content/plugins/ directory
    1. You can also upload it directly to your Plugins admin
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

FAQ

What is a Content Security Policy?

A Content Security Policy is an added layer of security that helps to detect and mitigate certain types of attacks, including Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and data injection attacks.

Reviews

December 18, 2022 1 reply
The plugin does what it promises. Thank you for this work.
December 18, 2021 1 reply
Easy and Fast configuration. Don’t block image and Divi
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Contributors & Developers

“Security Header Generator” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

5.1.29

  • Fix: Some undefined array keys when some settings not set
  • Verify: WP Core 6.7 Compatibility
  • Fix: Defaults for settings.
    • Found headers were being applied after turning off setting that should not have been
  • Clean Up: Versions older than 4

5.0.11

  • Add: sandbox directive for Content Security Policy
    • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/sandbox
  • Fix: Application of CSP headers when there is no value set
    • No longer sets the directive if nothing is configured for it.
  • Fix: Some styling in the admin pages
  • Remove: Deprecated CLI methods
  • Update: JS Libraries for settings framework
  • Verified: PHP 8.3 Compatibility

4.6.01

  • Verified: WP Core 6.6 Compatibility
  • Updated: settings fw: Fixed: PHP 8.x deprecated notices.
  • Updated: Documentation
  • Removed: references to implementation to avoid confusion

4.1.22

  • Removed: CLI Generator
  • Verified: WP Core 6.5 Compatibility
  • Add: Apply CSP to REST API
    • Please be aware, once this is switched on it will also be active for the admin area of the site.
    • Hook: wpsh_send_restapi_headers

4.0.01

  • Verified: Core Version 6.4 compliant
  • Remove: navigate-to directive for Content Security Policy
    • Per: https://docs.w3cub.com/http/headers/content-security-policy/navigate-to no longer supported in any browser
  • Add: report-to directive for Content Security Policy
    • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/report-to
    • Please be aware, this directive currently does nothing in Firefox and Safari
  • Updated: WordPress Defaults. Compliant ONLY with the following:
    • Plugins: Gravity Forms
    • Themes: Twenty Twenty, Twenty Twenty-One, Twenty Twenty-Two, Twenty Twenty-Three
  • Updated: WordPress Core version requirements to 5.6.10