From Audit Findings to Low-Risk Fixes on a Managed WordPress Site A routine security review exposed several gaps on a live WordPress site hosted on WP Engine, including a missing security.txt file, missing HTTP security headers, and broader concerns around admin exposure. The challenge was not just fixing the findings, but doing so in a way that avoided downtime, avoided unnecessary plugins, and respected the realities of an already-running client environment. The problem The site had landed in the familiar middle ground that many long-running WordPress projects occupy: stable enough to stay online, but missing a few modern security controls that external audits now expect to see. The audit highlighted missing security.txt , missing headers such as Permissions-Policy , Referrer-Policy , Strict-Transport-Security , and X-Content-Type-Options , and recommendations around access restrictions for admin-related paths.…