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WordPress: Minimize Solid Security Logs and IP Detection

Prerequisites

WordPress administrative access and access to Solid Security logging and retention settings.

Check the logging settings, retention period and IP detection under Solid Security. The plugin requires IP mapping for multiple protection functions. Do not mix security logs with regular visitor statistics and only keep them for as long as necessary for defense and diagnosis.

Check

After the change, check browser memory, network connections and web server, proxy and application logs separately. A product setting does not automatically prove that no visitor IP is stored at all levels.

Classification

To differentiate between technically necessary processing, security logging and permanent storage, additionally use IP processing and IP storage: the crucial difference . Security data should be dedicated, access-restricted and only retained for as long as necessary.

Dismantling

If diagnostic or locking functions are missing, only reactivate the required logging and then limit the retention period again.

Related guides

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• CrowdSec: Attack IP as security data instead of visitor statistics
• Caddy: Reduce IP addresses in access logs

Sources and verification

This guide is based on multiple current sources. Vendor documentation is not treated as proof that every concrete installation automatically follows the same privacy characteristics.

• Documentation 1
• Documentation 2

Important: IP processing is not IP storage

An IP address has to be processed to establish and deliver a network connection. Hosting providers, firewalls or DDoS protection may also process or retain it for a limited time for security purposes. No Logging distinguishes this security layer from unnecessary persistent visitor logging by the website, application and ordinary access logs.