Reduce WordPress Hacking With Three WordPress Plugins
January 1st, 2016 
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How can you reduce WordPress hacking with three WordPress plugins?
Let's be frank - hacking of websites is on the increase. And every website owner needs to take steps to prevent hacking. Is these a solution to this? Read on to discover the steps you can take ...
Install these three simple plugins to WordPress to minimise the risk of hacking and intrusion. It's never fun for someone to get access to your WordPress blog, but unfortunately it happens every day. Every day hackers delete, deface or simply take over websites. You can avoid all that by installing the Login Lockdown plugin, the HTTPS for WordPress plugin and the WP-Security plugin.
Login Lockdown
Login Lockdown is a plugin that blocks access to your blog if someone enters the wrong password too many times. This is a common technique for hackers to get entry to your WordPress blog. They simply try many common passwords over and over until something works. So Login Lockdown will block access to someone after a certain number of failed passwords. It's a very simple plugin and it makes sense for you to install it to make sure that any intruder is now locked out.
Https For WordPress
You should also consider HTTPS for WordPress. HTTPS or SSL encrypts everything that gets sent to and from your WordPress site, including your username and password.
Normally your username and password is broadcast out in the open. That means if you use any kind of public wifi anyone else on that wifi can install a simple plugin and capture every password you type into WordPress. That is really not good.
To guard against this, you can either not use unsecured wifi or you can use this HTTPS plugin. This will force you to use HTTPS when logging into your WordPress dashboard, therefore protecting your password from prying eyes. Note that you will also have to have your hoster install an SSL certificate, which may involve some cost to you.
WP-Security
And finally, the WP-Security plugin installs right into WordPress and scans all your folders for many security vulnerabilities. It checks it for any weak points, any holes, out of date plugins and gives you a very easy to follow list of things that you must do in order to keep WordPress secure.
Obviously, I can't guarantee you will be 100 percent hack proof, but you need to at least take these basic steps to keep yourself safe.
Summary: Reduce WordPress Hacking With Three WordPress Plugins
These three plugins will get you on your way to having a secure WordPress blog. Install Login Lockdown to lock out anyone after a certain number of failed attempts, install HTTPS for WordPress to make sure that any time you login to your dashboard it moves you over into SSL, and WP-Security scan your folders.
There are many other useful plugins that you can install to improve your security. But beware - some will clash with others. To have a no-obligation chat about improving the security of your WordPress site, contact me here.
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