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  • Introduction
  • Importance of WordPress security
  • Crucial WP security issues
  • How to secure your WordPress site

Introduction

Your WordPress website is potentially vulnerable to attacks and WordPress security is all about protecting your website, its data, and visitors from malware and its damaging consequences.

Hackers are always on the lookout for weaknesses and vulnerabilities that can help them steal data, sell counterfeit products, or even hold business owners to ransom.

We can’t deny the truth to say that vulnerabilities exist. According to Sucuri, a multi-platform security company, WordPress continues to lead the infected websites they worked on (at 83%). This is up from 74% in 2016.

Check out our entire blog series of WordPress Security below to learn more about how to secure your WordPress site with the additional security measures.

Importance of WP security

It is important because it protects your WordPress website from the damage that malware can cause. If you don’t take proper steps to ensure the security of WordPress, you will end up in big trouble. 

Being a website owner, A hacked WordPress website is the biggest nightmare. You can lose revenue, your market reputation, your website visitors’ data, and much more. And all this is because of hackers and their malware. 

You will have to make sure that you are taking proper steps to ensure everything is safe. Check out our blog and make your WordPress website secured now. 

Crucial WP security issues

The most common types of Security Issues on WordPress websites are:

  • Brute-Force Login Attempts
  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Spam.
  • Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks
  • Hotlinking

Check out our Website Blacklist blog to learn more about it.

How to secure your WordPress site

Following are the few steps you can take to protect your WordPress website:

  • Secure your login procedures.
  • Update to the latest version of WordPress, PHP, plugins, themes
  • Enable SSL/HTTPS and install a firewall.
  • Use WordPress monitoring.
  • Disable file editing in the WordPress dashboard.
  • Change your database file prefix.
  • Disable your xmlrpc.php file.

Is your WordPress website secure? Check out our simple, easy-to-follow, and information-packed checklist to use.

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