All websites are not created equally. Any website can experience technical issues but with a WordPress website, you’re also leaving yourself exposed due to its vulnerable nature.
WordPress runs on open source code and has a team of dedicated engineers to identify and fix security issues that occur in the core source code. As soon as a security vulnerability is disclosed, a security patch is immediately pushed.
That’s why managing WordPress and keeping it updated to the latest version is incredibly essential to the overall security of your website.
WordPress Security Vulnerabilities
If you maintain a WordPress-powered website or do consider using WordPress as your CMS, you should be concerned about the possible WordPress security issues. Here, I’ll outline several common WordPress security vulnerabilities:
Unauthorized Logins
Cross-Site Scripting
SQL Injections
File Inclusion Exploits
Denial-of-Service Attacks
What Makes A WordPress Website Vulnerable
Some of the main reasons that make a WordPress website vulnerable include:
Weak passwords
Not frequently updating plugins and themes
Using plugins and themes from untrustworthy sources
Using poor-quality or shared hosting
How To Improve WordPress Website Security
You can keep your WordPress website secure and prevent data breach or loss by following certain security best practices. They are:
Having a strong password policy so that users need to provide longer and more secure passwords
Enabling two-factor authentication
Frequently updating WordPress core, themes and plugins
Implementing proper permissions for web server’s directory
Scheduling vulnerability and malware scans on a regular basis
Keeping a reliable and effective backup plan
Activating brute force protection
A more detailed blog is published at : https://beaglesecurity.com/blog/article/wordpress-security.html
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