WordPress Security Tips & Tricks:
WordPress security is a very hot topic now a days. As per Google latest stats they blacklists around 10,000+ websites every day due to malware and phishing.
If you are serious about your website growth and protection, then you need to pay some attention to the WordPress security. WordPress core software is very secure, and it’s updated regularly by thousands of developers. The security is not just about risk elimination. It’s also about risk reduction.
There are some best actionable steps that you can take to protect your website against injection. In this article WebSouls technical professionals brings all of the best WordPress security tips and tricks that will help you to protect your website against hackers and malware.
To make it easy, follow the below steps:
- Change the ‘admin’ login password: When installing the WordPress, the default username and password is always ‘admin.’ Don’t make it easy and invite hackers to get in – Change it!
- Always use the updated version of WordPress: WordPress regularly gave out updates, to secure the website with updated anti-injections. Install updates right away this will increase your website’s security, it will also help your website to run smoother. Update directly from your dashboard, never trust a third-party provider.
- Plugins: Before downloading a plugin research the plugin itself and only download from a trusted source. Keep your plugins up to date at all times, as outdated plugin create many issues mainly website will run slower.
- Delete extra plugins or themes that you’re not using: You may have downloaded lots of plugins or themes to try out, but at the end decided not to use them. Just deactivating them is not enough. Delete them so that no vulnerability left behind for hackers. Review and delete your extra themes or plugins by going on Appearance > Themes or Plugins >
- Install the ‘Limit Login Attempts’ plugin: This will block an IP address from accessing your WordPress account after a large number of failed login attempts. You can download this plugin directly from WordPress.
- Backup Regularly: Planned mo. /annual backups at least once a week or when you apply some new settings take backup first.
- Move Your WordPress Site to SSL/HTTPS: SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a protocol which encrypts data transfer between your website and users browser. This encryption makes it harder for someone to sniff or even better you can grab your SSL Certificate from WebSouls directly.
These are the few simple checks to make your WordPress site more secure and protected. But to check if your website is already hacked or not and to clean it from malicious links you can also inspect it easily by viewing our another article about How to Check Your WordPress Is Hacked or Not?
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