A week ago we looked at a WordPress plugin promoting that it could improve the security of websites, while the plugin itself lacked basic security. It certainly isn’t alone in that. Take the web host A2’s A2 Optimized WP plugin, which is marketed as:

A2 Optimized is designed to make it quick and easy to speed up and secure your website by installing and configuring several well known, stable optimizations with a few quick clicks. [Read more]