Title: mod_security needed?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# mod_security needed?

 *  [Senza Effetto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senza-effetto/)
 * (@senza-effetto)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_security-needed/)
 * Can WordPress be safely run without mod_security? Presently my installation is
   just a blog but I might want to add ecom plugin at some point. I’d like to get
   an idea of whether or not mod_security is vital across the WordPress plugin ecosystem
   as well. mod-security is causing problems with other things I am running which
   are written with defensive coding and do not need it. Since WordPress figures
   into my site in a big way I want to make sure I maintain a healthy environment
   for it. I’m somewhat computer literate but not a Linux guy, web coder or server
   guy.
 * Thanks for any insights.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_security-needed/#post-6704788)
 * useful WP codex: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)
 *  Thread Starter [Senza Effetto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senza-effetto/)
 * (@senza-effetto)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_security-needed/#post-6705176)
 * Thanks Tara. Just saw this and will check it out.

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 * [compatibility](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/compatibility/)
 * [mod_security](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mod_security/)

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