All bloggers want to secure their blogs from hackers. As we know that WordPress is one of the most used Content Management System (CMS), it is a main target for hackers. If your site gets lot of visitors and have many readers, then hackers will target your site and steal personal information. They may also delete all your database. So we need to take some security measures to prevent our WordPress blog from being hacked.
Below are some tips which you can use to secure your WordPress blog.
* Do regular Backups:
This is the most important tip of all. You must Backup your WordPress blog every week or two. There are many plugins in WordPress which can do the backup for you. In case, if your site gets hacked and the hacker removes all the files from your host. Then you may restore your WordPress blog easily.
* Change Passwords:
You need to change your WordPress blog's and Hosting account's Password every month or two. Choose a secure password which consists of numbers, symbols and capital letters.
* Keep your WordPress blog up to date:
As soon as a WordPress upgrade is released, take time to upgrade your blog because the new version may have some security fixes. Also keep your plugins up to date.
* Install Security Plugins:
At present, there are many plugins in WordPress which concern about your blog's security. I suggest using "Login LockDown". This plugin adds some extra security to WordPress by restricting the rate at which failed logins can be re-attempted from a given IP range. So you don't need to worry about Password guessers.
* Password Protect your WP-Admin Folder:
Many hackers can easily hack your site if you don't apply Password to WP-Admin Folder because it is the main folder which contains top secret information of your blog
To make WP-Admin Folder password protected, follow the simple tutorial below.
* Login to your hosting's cpanel account.
* Scroll down to find the "Security" section.
* Click on "Password Protect Directories".
* Click on the "WP-Admin" Folder name.
* Create a username and password and save the settings.
* Apply "No Index" to WP-Content-Plugins Folder:
You need to apply No Index to WP-Content-Plugins Folder to prevent the plugin files from being indexed.
To apply "No Index" to WP-Content-Plugins Folder, follow the simple tutorial below.
* Login to your hosting's cpanel account.
* Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the "Advanced" section.
* Click on "Index Manager".
* Click on the icon beside "WP-Content" Folder name. Don't click on WP-Content Folder name directly because it will prevent Search Engines from indexing your content.
* Now click on "Plugins" Folder name.
* Then select "No Indexing" and save the settings.
* Scan your website with Virus Scanner:
* In the same "Advanced" section, click on "Virus Scanner".
* Select "Scan Entire Home Directory" and click on Scan Now.
Did I miss some security measures? If yes, please let me know via comments and I will include them in this post.
Hi I am Naser from Best Tips For Blogging
From more tips and tricks and blogging help, visit Best Tips For Blogging.
Below are some tips which you can use to secure your WordPress blog.
* Do regular Backups:
This is the most important tip of all. You must Backup your WordPress blog every week or two. There are many plugins in WordPress which can do the backup for you. In case, if your site gets hacked and the hacker removes all the files from your host. Then you may restore your WordPress blog easily.
* Change Passwords:
You need to change your WordPress blog's and Hosting account's Password every month or two. Choose a secure password which consists of numbers, symbols and capital letters.
* Keep your WordPress blog up to date:
As soon as a WordPress upgrade is released, take time to upgrade your blog because the new version may have some security fixes. Also keep your plugins up to date.
* Install Security Plugins:
At present, there are many plugins in WordPress which concern about your blog's security. I suggest using "Login LockDown". This plugin adds some extra security to WordPress by restricting the rate at which failed logins can be re-attempted from a given IP range. So you don't need to worry about Password guessers.
* Password Protect your WP-Admin Folder:
Many hackers can easily hack your site if you don't apply Password to WP-Admin Folder because it is the main folder which contains top secret information of your blog
To make WP-Admin Folder password protected, follow the simple tutorial below.
* Login to your hosting's cpanel account.
* Scroll down to find the "Security" section.
* Click on "Password Protect Directories".
* Click on the "WP-Admin" Folder name.
* Create a username and password and save the settings.
* Apply "No Index" to WP-Content-Plugins Folder:
You need to apply No Index to WP-Content-Plugins Folder to prevent the plugin files from being indexed.
To apply "No Index" to WP-Content-Plugins Folder, follow the simple tutorial below.
* Login to your hosting's cpanel account.
* Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the "Advanced" section.
* Click on "Index Manager".
* Click on the icon beside "WP-Content" Folder name. Don't click on WP-Content Folder name directly because it will prevent Search Engines from indexing your content.
* Now click on "Plugins" Folder name.
* Then select "No Indexing" and save the settings.
* Scan your website with Virus Scanner:
* In the same "Advanced" section, click on "Virus Scanner".
* Select "Scan Entire Home Directory" and click on Scan Now.
Did I miss some security measures? If yes, please let me know via comments and I will include them in this post.
Hi I am Naser from Best Tips For Blogging
From more tips and tricks and blogging help, visit Best Tips For Blogging.
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