Sometimes, the most important things are the ones that happen behind the scenes. In addition to the countless plug-ins that adjust your admin panel and change the look of your blog, there are many more than don’t make many visible changes but are ultimately more useful.

One such example is Secure WordPress, a plug-in that helps to protect your WordPress site from hackers and other malicious attacks. This plugin actually serves no fewer than eleven different functions, all of which without any additional input on your part.

Among the processes to help secure your WordPress installation, the plugin will remove the wp-version (except in the admin area), remove Windows Live Writer, remove plugin update information from non-admin accounts, block bad queries, and remove error-information on the login-page.

Coupled with some of other security efforts, Secure WordPress should be able to keep your site reasonably safe from malicious attacks. Download it for free from the WordPress Plugin Directory as usual.