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TECHMOON
  • Top 5 WordPress
    Website Security Tips

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INTRODUCTION
  • WordPress is the most well-known content
    management system that is used on over 30 of all
    the websites on the internet today.
  • Ultimately, its free to use, but there are a
    number of premium features, which come available
    at reasonable prices.

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Why we should be concerned about security.
  • Recent studies have shown that over 70 of sites
    on the internet are vulnerable to attacks from
    cybercriminals.
  • This is because webmasters fail to provide their
    websites with adequate security.
  • In addition to that, close to 10 of security
    loopholes, on a WordPress website, is created by
    having a weak password.
  • So the first thing youll want to do is ensure
    youre using a complex password.
  • There are a number of things youll need to be
    aware of if you want to secure your site.

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SECURITY TIPS
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1. Use Two-Factor Authentication
  • If you implement two-factor authentication on
    your login page, you can almost guarantee the
    security of your site.
  • When you adopt this two-factor method, the user
    is required to provide two modes of
    authentication.
  • It could be a standard password, and a secret
    code or question. This helps by increasing the
    level of security, right at the login screen.

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2. Update Your WordPress Site Regularly
  • WordPress comes out with a new release, it always
    comes with improved security measures. Lots of
    vulnerabilities and bugs are identified and
    repaired, with each new version.
  • Updating your WordPress is easy.
  • Depending on the type of update, whether its a
    small update or major update, will determine
    whether or not youll need to update your
    WordPress site manually or whether itll happen
    automatically.
  • Whenever end users identify a particular issue
    with WordPress, whether it be a fault or
    malicious bug, the development team will get to
    it, and release a new update that irons out these
    identified problems.
  • Thus, if you dont update, you put your site at
    risk.

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3. Use Login Limits
  • When you use login limits, you protect your site
    against brute force attacks, which typically
    work, by consistently making login attempts.
  • Adding a login limit to your website is
    relatively simple. The best way to do it is by
    downloading the appropriate plugin.
  • These plugins are typically multifaceted, which
    means, theyll offer additional forms of
    security, which you may want to look into.
  • There are plugin that will limit login attempts,
    to no more than 3 5.

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4. Change Your Password Regularly
  • One of the most effective ways to keep your
    website security is by constantly changing your
    password. Youll want to keep a note of your
    password strength so that hackers cannot easily
    guess it.
  • Consider using special characters, numbers and
    uppercase and lowercase letters.

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5. Switch To HTTPS
  • If you want to use HTTPS, then the first thing
    youll need to do is purchase an SSL certificate.
    The difficulty of attaining one depends greatly
    on your hosting company.
  • Once the backend of the website has been moved to
    HTTPS, youll then have to go through the arduous
    task of switching the site over from HTTP to
    HTTPS.
  • There are many plugins that you can use to do
    this, not only will you need to change the site
    address, but youll also have to change all the
    image URLs (in posts), and your plugin URLs,
    ensuring that nothing points to the old HTTP.

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CONCLUSION
  • With this we conclude that it is necessary to
    keep yourself up to date. And be aware of the new
    viruses which can cause damage to your system.
    And the certain remedies to fix them.
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