Last Updated on March 15, 2023 by Minerva
When it comes to WordPress security, there are a lot of things you can do to lock your site to prevent the hackers and vulnerabilities from affecting your ecommerce site or blog. The last thing that going to happen is to wake up one morning and discover your site in shambles, if you’re not securing it enough. So today we are going to share a lot of tips, strategies, and techniques which helps you to better your WordPress security and stay protected.
1. CONFIGURE THE WP-CONFIG.PHP FILE WITH SECURITY KEYS
When you download WordPress for the first time, the wp-config.php file isn’t included. The process of WordPress setup will create a wp-config.php file for you based on the information you provide. Manually you can create a wp-config.php file by locating the sample file named wp-config-sample.php (located in the root install-directory), editing it as required, and then saving it as wp-config.php.
2. USE THE WPS HIDE LOGIN PLUGIN TO PROTECT YOUR WP-LOGIN.PHP PAGE AND RENAME THE URL OF YOUR WORDPRESS LOGIN PAGE
This is a very light plugin. Using this plugin you can easily and safely change the url of the login form page to anything you want. It doesn’t change or rename any files in core also does not add rewrite rules. It intercepts page requests and on any WordPress website it works perfectly.
3. ENABLE TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION (2FA) FOR ADMIN
It’s add an extra layer of security to your WordPress website. It’s secure login page and its users. Enable the two-factor authentication (2FA). It’s provide the best protection against users using weak passwords, and automated password guessing and brute force attacks.
4. USE AN EMAIL ADDRESS INSTEAD OF A USERNAME
Emails are more personal and secure than usernames specially if the username is already taken. An average number of user has different variation of their usernames on different websites. By adding login with email or username, you make it easy for users in case they forgot their username, and it’s also provide an extra layer of security .
5. CREATE A STRONG PASSWORD
Having a weak password is one of the common and the biggest website vulnerabilities. So always use a strong password to secure your WordPress website.
6. CHANGE YOUR WORDPRESS CREDENTIALS REGULARLY
Changing password on a daily basis of your WordPress website is one of the best way to secure your website from hackers.
7. CREATE A PASSWORD PROTECTED WP-ADMIN DIRECTORY
Click on the wp-admin to begin setting a password for the directory. If you click on the folder you will enter the folder, now instead of setting a password. Check the box which asks you to password protect this directory. The first text box will allow you to enter a name for the directory that protected. Named it as wp-admin or something like Admins Only, etc. Click on the “Save” button when all setup completed. Your directory is now password protected.
8. KEEP YOUR WORDPRESS UP-TO-DATE
If you are not using the latest version of WordPress with latest security patches, then you are using software which contains known security vulnerabilities. Hackers can search for those websites which are running the older version, and now you may become a victim of a sophisticated attack. So always keep your WordPress up-to-date.
9. USE A SECURE HOSTING PROVIDER
Secure Web hosting is a most important approach to web hosting with a main focus on keeping the website and its visitors safe from any kind of cyber attacks. At the most basic part, a secure host will mainly provide security for its physical servers. Beyond that thing, it will also provide security against online attacks like DDoS.
10. USE SSL ON YOUR WORDPRESS SITE FOR BETTER SECURITY
The SSL Certificate secured the user datas which is in transit between server and the browser. In simple words, it keeps the information private and secure. It helps in protecting the important datas from hackers and skimmers by turning them into the undecipherable format.
11. INSTALL WORDPRESS SECURITY PLUGINS LIKE SUCURI SECURITY, WORDFENCE, ETC TO SCAN THE WEBSITE FOR VIRUSES, MALWARE, AND SECURITY BREACHES.
This is the initial investment alone is enough to secure your website from the start. But more importantly, you’re making sure that you don’t forget to protect the potential money you’re going to make in the future. So security comes first, make your site as much secure as possible with the help of these plugins.
12. CHANGE THE PREFIX IN THE DATABSE BY DEFAULT IT SETS TO WP_
WordPress Database is the brain for your entire WordPress website because every single information you privide is stored in there, and this is why it is hacker’s favorite target. Those hackers run some automated codes for SQL injections. Well, unfortunately a huge number of people forget to change the database prefix while they install WordPress. This makes it much easier for the hackers to plan a mass attack by targeting that default prefix “wp_”. The smartest and simplest way you can protect your database is by changing the database prefix which is really easy to do on a site that you are setting up.
13. SCHEDULE DAILY BACKUP OF THE WORDPRESS DATABASE
A daily backup schedule is a set timetable for backing up your website and this ensures that you always have up-to-date website files on hand, and you’re always prepared for a hack or other disaster. You can use trusted plugins like Updraft.
14. ALWAYS USE TRUSTED PLUGINS IN WHICH ACTIVE INSTALLATION AND RATINGS ARE GOOD
Everybody want to get the best plugins for their WordPress site, it’s also necessary not to use any plugins without any information. So check the ratings and reviews before you going to install any plugin.
15. DELETE UNUSED PLUGINS, THEMES, POSTS, AND PAGES
Remove those extra loads which makes your website much slow. Always delete those unused thisngs and make your site fast, clean as well as secure.
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