Techmoon-WordPress Security

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TECHMOON

• Top 5 WordPress
  Website Security Tips

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INTRODUCTION

• WordPress is the most well-known content
  management system that is used on over 30 of all
  the websites on the internet today.
• Ultimately, its free to use, but there are a
  number of premium features, which come available
  at reasonable prices.

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Why we should be concerned about security.

• Recent studies have shown that over 70 of sites
  on the internet are vulnerable to attacks from
  cybercriminals.
• This is because webmasters fail to provide their
  websites with adequate security.
• In addition to that, close to 10 of security
  loopholes, on a WordPress website, is created by
  having a weak password.
• So the first thing youll want to do is ensure
  youre using a complex password.
• There are a number of things youll need to be
  aware of if you want to secure your site.

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SECURITY TIPS
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1. Use Two-Factor Authentication

• If you implement two-factor authentication on
  your login page, you can almost guarantee the
  security of your site.
• When you adopt this two-factor method, the user
  is required to provide two modes of
  authentication.
• It could be a standard password, and a secret
  code or question. This helps by increasing the
  level of security, right at the login screen.

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2. Update Your WordPress Site Regularly

• WordPress comes out with a new release, it always
  comes with improved security measures. Lots of
  vulnerabilities and bugs are identified and
  repaired, with each new version.
• Updating your WordPress is easy.
• Depending on the type of update, whether its a
  small update or major update, will determine
  whether or not youll need to update your
  WordPress site manually or whether itll happen
  automatically.
• Whenever end users identify a particular issue
  with WordPress, whether it be a fault or
  malicious bug, the development team will get to
  it, and release a new update that irons out these
  identified problems.
• Thus, if you dont update, you put your site at
  risk.

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3. Use Login Limits

• When you use login limits, you protect your site
  against brute force attacks, which typically
  work, by consistently making login attempts.
• Adding a login limit to your website is
  relatively simple. The best way to do it is by
  downloading the appropriate plugin.
• These plugins are typically multifaceted, which
  means, theyll offer additional forms of
  security, which you may want to look into.
• There are plugin that will limit login attempts,
  to no more than 3 5.

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4. Change Your Password Regularly

• One of the most effective ways to keep your
  website security is by constantly changing your
  password. Youll want to keep a note of your
  password strength so that hackers cannot easily
  guess it.
• Consider using special characters, numbers and
  uppercase and lowercase letters.

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5. Switch To HTTPS

• If you want to use HTTPS, then the first thing
  youll need to do is purchase an SSL certificate.
  The difficulty of attaining one depends greatly
  on your hosting company.
• Once the backend of the website has been moved to
  HTTPS, youll then have to go through the arduous
  task of switching the site over from HTTP to
  HTTPS.
• There are many plugins that you can use to do
  this, not only will you need to change the site
  address, but youll also have to change all the
  image URLs (in posts), and your plugin URLs,
  ensuring that nothing points to the old HTTP.

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CONCLUSION

• With this we conclude that it is necessary to
  keep yourself up to date. And be aware of the new
  viruses which can cause damage to your system.
  And the certain remedies to fix them.
• techmoon