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WordPress Security & Backup
The presentation discusses essential backup and security measures for WordPress, emphasizing the importance of proactive measures to prevent hacks. Key strategies include updating software regularly, using strong passwords, changing the default admin username, limiting login attempts, and altering security keys and table prefixes. It concludes with a checklist for maintaining a secure WordPress blog while encouraging users to enjoy the blogging experience.
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- 1. Don’t Hack MeBro’! Simple Backup & Security for WordPress This Presentation, more info and links, can be found at: www.SaferPress.com Randy Barnes @rbarnesdotcom www.rbarnes.com linkedin.rbarnes.com
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- 3. I Love WordPress too!
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- 5. PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor made more sense originally as: "Personal Home Page" • allows dynamically generated pages • server-side scripting language • embedded into an HTML document
- 6. MySQL - RDBMS Structured QueryLanguage Relational Database Management System
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- 8. Linux , Unix-likeOperating System Leading Server Operating System in the world! Runs 90% of Supercomputers!
- 9. Free - OpenSource Community of Developers FREE - Huge numbers in use Not so user-friendly FREE Hacker's Brier Patch
- 11. Protect your investment otime oenergy omoney oreputation
- 12. WordPress disaster recovery • very expensive problem • very high-level skill need for rebuilding a hacked blog • deal with it in advance and the process is far easier
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- 14. Run this onyoursite in Google site:yourdomain
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- 20. Spam Comments - Plugin - Akismet need API Key - get at wordpress.com
- 23. Only ~3,000 totalvisits And 10,500+ spam comments!
- 24. !!! Update UPDATEUpdate !!! WordPress core -> Theme update -> Plugins update-
- 25. Hackers only need 2 pieces of info to take control of your blog. Don't give them the 1st one!
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- 29. Tip #1: Change your Admin username 1. use phpMyAdmin in your host account cPanel to edit the fields in the 'admin' account, or.. 2. make a new admin user in your WP dashboard, and then delete the existing 'admin' user
- 30. How to videoat youtube.com/help4wp
- 31. Three Strikes &You're Out! Limit the number of login attempts with a useful plugin
- 34. congratulations Level 1 Security achieved
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- 42. Change your locks! replace the security keys with new code • open the wp-config.php file in a text or code editor • copy/paste new keys generated at: https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt
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- 47. This is minor surgery, and you may feel some pressure ;-) • Use phpMyAdmin from your host account cPanel • Text /Code Editor: • go slow and follow a few simple steps..
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- 57. Get it All - Get it Right backup your WP database • automateit - daily: slow time of day • Get all the parts Check your table for new additions (some plugins or themes may add new tables that need to be selected and included in the backup] • email it [to your gmail account]
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- 60. Introducing... Manage your Assets Security System
- 61. Introducing... Manage your Assets Security System MyASS
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- 63. Happiness is asecure WordPress Blog I'm a blogger! Enjoy Atlanta!