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Network Security

For WordPress Multisite networks only. Enforce firewall and hardening policy across every subsite from one place, instead of configuring each site individually.

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Network Security

This page is for WordPress Multisite only. If your site is a standard, single WordPress installation, this section doesn't apply to you, firewall and hardening are already configured per site on the Firewall and Hardening pages, and there's nothing further to set up here. Network Security exists specifically for a Multisite network administrator managing firewall and hardening policy across many subsites at once from the Network Admin dashboard.

Rather than visiting Firewall and Hardening separately on every subsite, Network Security lets you set policy once at the network level and either enforce it everywhere or push the main site's configuration out to every subsite as a starting template. Use it when individual subsites shouldn't be able to override central security policy, or when you want every subsite to start from the same known-good configuration.

SectionPurposeGuidance
SitesShows visible network sites loaded from the multisite registry.Use as a quick count and visibility check.
Firewall EnforcementShows whether site-level firewall settings are overridden by network policy checks.Enable when every subsite must honor shared firewall rules.
Network LockoutShows whether blocked visitor IPs are rejected consistently across the whole network.Enable when attackers should not be able to pivot from one subsite to another.
Network PolicyEnforce Firewall Network-Wide, Enforce Hardening Network-Wide, Enable Network Lockout, and Save Network Policy.Change during a planned window if subsites have different business requirements.
Template PropagationPropagate Firewall, Propagate Hardening, or Propagate Both from the main-site template.Review main-site policy first: propagation affects every site in the network.
Site InventoryShows the first 100 sites with Site, Domain, Path, and Registered columns.Use to verify coverage and spot sites that require manual review.