That is the question I usually get when I start talking about how to install WordPress securely. Believe it or not, many people think the chance of a hacker — or precisely, cracker or web site intruder — getting into their blog and causing havoc is slim to none.
Antivirus Plugin scans your current WordPress theme folder for exploits and spam injections. If your site ever has hacked or your blog covers sensitive issues, then you need this plugin to protect against hackers.
Without a doubt, for a self-hosted blog, WordPress is the best blog CMS that you can get. However, being a popular and open source software, it also means that hackers have full access to the code which they can scrutinize to find any exploits they can use to hack into any WordPress-enabled site.
The trick was awesome, you could basically go to any wordpress blog and leave a comment and it would go live right after the submit button, no moderation stuff.
Changing the default username of WordPress blog is one of the most elementary security measures for preventing it from being hacked. By default, the WordPress user name is admin. Normally, people don’t care to change it. By this, you are indirectly helping the hackers.
I have covered wordpress alot in the past month specially on security with posts like 3 best Wordpress Security Plugins and increase wordpress blog performance.
Lots of bloggers or website administrators fail to recognize the importance of securing the blog. What will you do if your website with which you were earning thousands of dollars per month gets hacked or attacked by deadly hidden iFrame injection (Trojan) virus or someone hack the password and tries to blackmail you? Google takes it very seriously if your site is spreading malware content (which you may not know beforehand) and post an advisory to such sites in search engine.
WordPress Security is a *HOT* topic and many, including myself have suffered from a blog been destroyed by some dumb script kiddie who managed to get his hands on script that exploits some vulnerability.
There are a number of things you can do to make your self-hosted WordPress installation that bit more secure, some of which aren’t widely advertised. Below is a list of some quick and easy options, plus a couple that need a little bit more work but are well worth the extra effort for that extra peace of mind.
As a user of Wordpress, I am confident of its ability to keep my blog secure and efficient however there are always some loopholes which you can fix to secure your Wordpress websites or blogs even further. Here are some tips and plugins you can download to secure your Wordpress even further!
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