WordPress Security Scan – 3 Fundamental WordPress Security Tips

February 17th, 2016 Tags: WordPress security, WordPress security best practices
Posted in WordPress Security, WordPress security best practices, WordPress security tips

Do you have a WordPress website and want to know what the major security vulnerabilities are? Do you know the three minimum viable steps towards WordPress security that every WordPress website owner should know? Ever had a WordPress security scan?

This article is about WordPress security and getting the maximum protection for the minimum outlay.

You're a WordPress website owner and you’re probably concerned about hacking – and who wouldn’t be? In this article I share vital tips you must know to be properly protected against hackers. To ensure your website is not hacked and you lose everything, you need to read this article immediately to take your WordPress security to the next level.

WordPress Security  Tip No. 1: Get the Free WordFence Plugin

Why is this important?

You need something to stop brute force attacks – the repetitive trying of different passwords over and over again. This is a very common tactic amongst hackers. The great thing is that you can protect against this sort of attack for free.

What is the tip?

The tip is to get hold of the WordFence plugin. WordFence does a number of things for you to improve your security, and one of them is to act against brute force attacks. It limits hackers guessing your password by locking them out after a number of failed attempts.

It also detects changes to your WordPress code, plugins or theme – which can be a sign of a malware attack. It monitors access attempts and the paid version even allows you to block specific countries and IP addresses which show signs of repeated hacking attempts.

How to implement WordFence

To implement WordFence, just go to the WordPress plugins site, search for the free WordFence plugin, download it and install it. You can even do this from within your WordPress site. Just go to the plugins tab, click ‘add new’ and search for Wordfence. When it shows up in the search results, click to install it.

This tip is priceless because …

For the outlay of precisely zero Dollars, Pounds or Euros you can protect your website against hackers. It’s not the whole solution, but as a zero-cost option, it’s one you should have in place.

WordPress Security Tip No. 2: Have Hard to Guess Usernames and Passwords

What is the tip?

This tip is simply to have hard to guess usernames and passwords for your WordPress backend. Yes, I know, am I really spending time sharing this with you? Yes I am, because it’s vital.

Why is it important?

This tip is important as it’s a security tip that won’t cost you anything, yet will pay dividends. And it’s the first thing a hacker may try to gain access to your site, as it’s the least amount of effort for them.

It’s frightening how many sites have an admin username of  ‘admin’ and a password of ‘password’ or ‘test1234’ or even ‘12345678’. If you have a username and password this easy to guess you may as well have no security at all.

You may not see this as a problem, but as soon as you install WordFence, you’ll see just how many failed attempts at guess your password you get every day.

So how do you implement this tip to get better WordPress security?

WordPress will generate a very hard to guess password for you – you just need to ask it to! And if you have an admin user called ‘admin’ set up another admin user with a harder to guess username then delete the original one called admin.

WordPress Security Tip No. 3: Get Your Site a Robust Backup Plan

Why is this important?

No matter how good your security, a determined and skilled hacker can still get access to your site. Therefore you need a robust backup strategy so you can quickly and easily restore your site.

The alternative, once your site has been wiped out, is to rebuild your site from scratch, with all the cost, inconvenience and delays associated with that.

And this does happen, regrettably with increasing frequency.

What is the tip?

So whatever backup system you choose to use, you must have a reliable backup system in place. There are a number of systems around, but there will be one that suits your budget and needs.

How do they implement this tip to get better WordPress backup results?

For many people running WordPress, I now recommend VaultPress. It’s a backup system run by Automattic, the people who write WordPress itself. It’s robust, trusted and affordable.

Just seach for VaultPress, select the option that’s right for you, and once VaultPress takes its first backup, you’ll be protected.

Vital Bonus Tip - Get a WordPress Security Scan!

Now that you've got the three important tips for WordPress backup success down, I'd like to invite you to get even MORE advanced help with my bonus tip.

What is my bonus tip?

Many hackers gain access to your site through an out of date copy of WordPress. Older copies of WordPress have been found to contain vulnerabilities that hackers exploit. When WordPress identifies these vulnerabilities, a new version is issued. And, as with all WordPress code, this update is free.

If however your WordPress is not updated to the latest version, you can be leaving an easy access door available for any hacker. Many of the recent hacks are due to out of date WordPress code.

What’s true of WordPress versions is also true of your theme. Your theme, if not at the latest level, can be a source of attacks.

And what’s true of WordPress and your theme is even more true of outdated plugins.

Keeping Everything Updated

The trouble is, keeping WordPress, your theme and all your plugins up to date is a considerable drain on your time. If you miss an update, your site can be vulnerable. And the longer you leave it, the more threat it poses.

Is there an answer?

I response to this problem, I offer a cost-effective service to ensure your WordPress website is up to date. I carry out a WordPress security scan of your website. That’s WordPress itself, your theme and all your plugins.

And I don't just do this once, I do it regularly. I actively monitor your site and take action to update any component that is out of date and hence a vulnerability.

Next Steps - WordPress Security Scan

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