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S T E P S T H A T W I L L H E L P
P R O T E C T Y O U R
W O R D P R E S S W E B S I T E
Once upon a time there was a very
skilled and ambitious young woman.
She loved writing about business so she decided to
run her own blog, concerning marketing.
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As her blog was getting more and more
traffic, she started receiving plenty of
e-mails regarding a possible
cooperation. Finally she scheduled her
first appointment with a representative
of a big company.
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They met in a
famous restaurant.
She was to open her website
in order to
discuss details, but...
something went wrong.
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She needed a few minutes in
order to recover and realise that
her website has been hacked.
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I guess you think “It doesn’t concern me. It will
not happen to me. My website is small and
doesn’t have much traffic.”
Really? Do you have at least a backup version
of your website?
Mhm.. I know what this silence means.
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Stick to this rules and the
probability of being
hacked will decrease
significantly.
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1 . KEEP YOUR WORDPRESSVERS ION , THEME ANDPLUGINS UPDATED
Each time Wordpress is being updated, previous bugs
and errors are being fixed in order to affect positively
the security and functionality of the website. If you don’t
respect these rules, you shyly invite hackers to your online
place.
Similarly, in the case of themes and plugins, keep them
updated, as plugin authors repair any vulnerabilities very
quickly when detected.
To delete unused plugins is just as important as updating
them. Hackers could find a way to gain access to your
website by using a gap found in outdated add-ons.
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2. USE THEMES AND PLUGINS ONLY FROM SECURE SOURCES
Before you decide on any activity, check the review,
rating and the date of the latest update in order to make
sure that these add-ons are safe and good quality. Try to
choose these with four and five star ratings.
If you really want to take care of your website, download
them only from reliable providers - almost everything you
need for plugins and themes you will find in the official
WordPress repository.
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3 .MAKE THE PROCESS OF LOGGING IN MORE D IFF ICULT
Your obligation is to secure the process of logging in as
much as possible.
We recommend you to implement a two-factor
authentication. In this way, before you get the access to
your platform, you will be requested to additionally prove
your identity by answering to secret questions or entering
the code sent directly to your mobile phone.
Another way is to implement login limits, that will protect
you from unauthorized login attempts.
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4.CREATE A COMPL ICATED PASSWORD
Difficult password could be your best weapon against
hackers. Have you ever heard about brute force attacks?
It’s the situation when attackers guess passwords and
usernames as long as they figure them out.They try to
enter the most commonly used combinations of words
including these related to the site domain.
Even the password strength detector recommends you to
invent something very strong. It is suggested to use
lowercase and uppercase letters, punctuation, numbers
and special characters when creating a lengthy
password.
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5 . KEEP A BACKUP OF YOURS I TE
Remember that it’s your duty to create and keep a spare
version of your site, no one else will do it instead of you.
Avoid losing your precious data and starting everything
from scratch.
Sometimes there is a possibility that your hosting
company provide you this service. If not, there are some
useful, highly rated plugins like BackWPup - find out more
information about it.
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6 . CHOOSE A GOOD HOST ING COMPANY
It should be, basically, your first step to keep the
website safe. Before you choose a particular
firm, make sure that company’s clients are glad
of the service they offer - check all available
reviews.
The most important is that your hosting company
operates on a forceful server and reliable
network connections.
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7 . CHANGE HTTP TO SECURE HTTPS
Do you want your website to be marked by a search
engine as a dangerous one and discourage potential
customers to visit it? If you have still http in front of your
site address, probably you are going to reach this.
Have you ever heard about SSL (Secure Socket Label)? If
you buy a SSL certificate, you will protect the connection
between your website and its users. Moreover, do you
want your website to be located on one of the last
pages of search results? If your site doesn’t have a SSL
certificate, you will get a worse position in the Google
Ranking.
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website or web application?
Looking for SSL certificates or a reliable
hosting provider?
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contact us!
