If you have a WordPress blog or website, WordPress security must be an issue for you. It’s common to hear nowadays that someone’s website has been attacked by a hacker. It is no secret that when your blog was high page ranked and profitable – the damage can be enormous. It is not the only type of websites attacked by hackers. Very often one can’t find logic behind their acts . Fun could be one of their reasons to destroy it. I know stories of people who one day, instead of their website saw a short note informing them that their website has been blocked by Google due to the thread it carries to other internet users. It happened because their website was attacked by hackers, who made changes to it. Do you want to risk more, not taking care of your Blog Security?
What can be done to avoid the risk?
Security of WordPress blog needs to be one of the vital issues for you. That’s why you should apply various measures of protection. No matter if you are an internet marketer or just have a personal blog. Here are some of them:
1. You should back up your blogs regularly using the right plugins. If there are any problems you can always restore your blog to the last settings. Use WordPress Firewall to block suspicious-looking requests to WordPress and WP Security Scan free plugin to scan your blog regularly.
2. Protect an access to important files on the blog’s server by putting an index.html file in the particular directory, which hides the files from public view.
3. Always update your WordPress blogs to the latest version.
4. Change username and password regularly, creating complicated new ones, as there is a software hackers use to crack your username and password.
There are more things you can do to protect your blogs and websites. Great thing is that they don’t require much time to do. These solutions are also simple and easy. I hope you know now much more about your WordPress Security and do something about it.
