WordPress is so widely used, any programmer working with it has to take great care to harden it against external attacks.
In a single incident last year alone, almost a million websites were attacked in a single month.
But there are some things you can do that will harden a WordPress site against attacks that will stop all but the most sophisticated threats.
Here are the 7 security steps to take on every WordPress site you work with:
- Update WordPress to the Latest Version
- Remove Unused Plugins and Update the Rest
- Minimize User Permissions and Secure Logins
- Disable PHP Execution in Untrusted Folders
- Disable PHP Error Display
- Disable Theme and Plugin Editing
- Change site database default table prefix to something obscure
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Secure a WordPress Site in Seven Easy Steps👇👇
Because WordPress is so widely used, any programmer working with it has to take great care to harden it against external attacks.
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