10 STEPS TO HACK PROOF WORDPRESS WWW.BRANDBUILDSELL.COM
Ten Easy Steps to Hackproof Your WordPress Install (Blogging While Brown 2013)
May 19, 2015
Presentation given by Arsha Jones during the Blogging While Brown Conference 2013 (Harlem, NY). The session was named Ten Easy Steps to Hackproof Your WordPress Installation and Back Up Your Site.
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10 STEPS TOHACK PROOFWORDPRESS
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1. DON’T INSTALL UNTRUSTED PLUGINS
www.codecanyon.netwww.woothemes.com
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www.wordpress.org
1. 2. 3.
2. BE FAMILIAR WITH YOUR ADMIN/FTP/MYSQL
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3. USE STRONG PASSWORDS
www.strongpasswordgenerator.com
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4. BACKUP YOUR BLOG REGULARLY
1.
www.wpb2d.com
2.
cPanel at your Host
3.
www.vaultpress.com
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5. INSTALL SECURITY PLUGINS
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wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-file-monitor-plus/
wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordfence/
wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/
6. UPDATE WORDPRESS AND PLUGINS
1. Notification 2. Update
http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress
7. USE A REPUTABLE HOST
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www.godaddy.com
www.bluehost.com
www.hostgator.com
www.mediatemple.net
8. CLEAN YOUR SITE FILES
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http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Files
9. REMOVE THE ADMIN LOGIN
Change your username
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http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/
10. STAY VIGILANT
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QUESTIONS?F O L L O W M E O N L I N E
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