Christophe Picciotto
The designer of HiveProtect: his background, what led him to website security, and the other tools he has launched.
Designer of HiveProtect
Christophe Picciotto designed HiveProtect and maintains it. In Paris in 2015, he founded SEO INTERNET, the company that publishes the plugin, and he has been its president ever since.
Before devoting himself to code, he held hands-on jobs, which taught him that the quality of execution matters more than theory.
Key milestones
1984
An Amstrad CPC 6128
At eleven, he taught himself to program: BASIC first, then Z80 assembly when BASIC was no longer fast enough.
1992 – 2010
Hands-on work first
Motorcycle courier in Paris, firefighter with the Paris Fire Brigade, then ten years at the controls of Métro trains for the RATP.
2004
Alongside his Métro job
He started his own IT company and kept it going while driving Métro trains.
2010
Construction and tradespeople
Two years in property inspection, then building websites for tradespeople across France.
2015
SEO INTERNET
The company that publishes HiveProtect today was founded in Paris.
2025
HiveProtect
The first public version of the plugin was released in June. That same year saw the birth of Web Pulse, Prospect Hub, and PockPay.
Why WordPress security
It all started with the websites he was building for tradespeople: their forms were receiving unwanted messages, and he refused to get rid of them by making visitors decipher blurry images.
He first entrusted this sorting to artificial intelligence, then, version after version, added what was missing around it: a firewall, login page protection, and HiveShield, which shares among protected sites the IP addresses identified as malicious.
His other creations
HiveProtect at the center; around it, the tools he has launched for tradespeople and small businesses.
HiveProtect
Protecting WordPress sites, with no CAPTCHA for their visitors.
Follow him online
His personal website, picciotto.fr, presents all of his work. You can also find him on these networks:
Write to the publisher
License, order, or plugin settings: write to the publisher via the Contact page.
Ready to protect your site?
Try HiveProtect free for 15 days, with all features included.