Title: Default Settings
Last modified: March 8, 2017

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# Default Settings

 *  Resolved [Kenneth Feldman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenneth-feldman/)
 * (@kenneth-feldman)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-settings-8/)
 * If I simply install and activate SHIELD to a website, do the default settings
   provide any protections?
 * Or must I go through all of the settings to activate even the most basic ones?
 * Thanks in advance for your help.

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 *  Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * (@paultgoodchild)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-settings-8/#post-8899063)
 * Yep, there are default setting in-place so you are immediately covered in some
   areas. You are best to take a bit of time, however, and dig into the settings.
   There’s a lot to learn, but there’s a lot of docs there and helpful article to
   help you work though it. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [Kenneth Feldman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenneth-feldman/)
 * (@kenneth-feldman)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-settings-8/#post-8899285)
 * Thanks Paul!
 * I like everything I see about Shield.
 * But I administrate 150+ WP sites, and that’s why I’m asking about the default
   settings. I’m considering switching over from iThemes Security, and can mass 
   import and activate Shield.
 * But I sure wish there was a way to export/import all those settings. (FYI: iThemes
   Security has such a export/import feature, but there are other things I don’t
   like about that plugin.)
 * Is there any way to mass administrate the settings of multiple installs of Shield?
 *  Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * (@paultgoodchild)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-settings-8/#post-8900880)
 * Hey Kenneth,
 * Glad to hear you like Shield 🙂
 * We’ve recognised this as a serious issue with WordPress management and security
   isn’t the only aspect that suffers from this. We’re getting close to completing
   our first phase of centralized security management for WordPress by integrity
   Shield directly into iControlWP. We’re creating Shield Central – a control panel
   where you will be able to create security profiles/templates and apply these 
   settings and configurations across your whole portfolio, or subsets of the portfolio
   at once.
 * You’ll then be able to manage white lists, review stats, and audit trails for
   all sites from a central control panel. Future development will see us able to
   reliably manage site security settings that fall beyond the scope of As I mentioned,
   dev for phase 1 is nearly complete and we hope to have it released by the end
   of the month.
 * If this sort of thing interests you, you should give us [a look at iControlWP.com](https://www.icontrolwp.com/).
   Lots of exciting developments on the way 🙂
 * Cheers!
    Paul.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-settings-8/#post-8900880)
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