WordPress is the most popular blogging and CMS system on the Internet which makes it a favorite target for hackers. Having a WordPress site means that you have to take some extra efforts in order to protect your and your visitors data. Here is a summary of the best practices for securing a WordPress, that will help you do that. It is important to mention that these measures don't guarantee a 100% protection against hacking attempts, mostly because a 100% secure website doesn't exist, but they will protect you against the majority of attacks.
1. WordPress Security Tutorial
WordPress is the most popular blogging and CMS system on the Internet which makes it
a favorite target for hackers. Having a WordPress site means that you have to take some
extra efforts in order to protect your and your visitors data. Here is a summary of the
best practices for securing a WordPress, that will help you do that. It is important to
mention that these measures don't guarantee a 100% protection against hacking
attempts, mostly because a 100% secure website doesn't exist, but they will protect you
against the majority of attacks.
For more query and info plz contact our wordpress technical support
2. Keep your WordPress site and plugins
up-to-date
• It is really important to keep your core WordPress files
and all of your plugins updated to their latest versions.
Most of the new WordPress and plugin versions
contain security patches. Even if those vulnerabilities
cannot be easily exploited most of the times, it is
important to have them fixed.
• For more information on that matter, check out our
tutorials on how to update WordPress and how to use
WordPress auto updates.
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3. Protect your WordPress Admin Area
• It is important to restrict the access to your WordPress
admin area only to people that actually need access to
it. If your site does not support registration or front-
end content creation, your visitors should not be able
to access your /wp-admin/ folder or the wp-
login.php file. The best you can do is to get our home
IP address (you can use a site like whatismyip.com for
that) and add these lines to the .htaccess file in your
WordPress admin folder replacing xx.xxx.xxx.xxx with
your IP address.
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4. Don't use the "admin" username
• Most of the attackers will assume that your admin
username is "admin". You can easily block a lot of
brute-force and other attacks simply by naming your
admin username differently. If you're installing a new
WordPress site, you will be asked for username during
the WordPress installation process. If you already have
a WordPress site, you can follow the instructions in our
tutorial on how to change your WordPress username.
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5. Make sure you're site is on a secured
WordPress hosting
• Your WordPress site is as secured as your hosting
account. If someone can exploit a vulnerability in
an old PHP version for example or other service
on your hosting platform it won't matter that you
have the latest WordPress version. This is why it
is important to be hosted with a company that
has security as a priority.
• For more query and info plz contact our wordpress technical
support
6. Ensure your computer is free of
viruses and malware
• If your computer is infected with virus or a
malware software, a potential attacker can gain
access yo your login details and make a valid login
to your site bypassing all the measures you've
taken before. This is why it is very important do
have an up-to-date antivirus program and keep
the overall security of all computers you use to
access your WordPress site on a high level.
• For more query and info plz contact our wordpress technical
support