WordPress Security Best Practices How To Thwart The Hackers Alun Richards

WordPress Security Best Practices How To Thwart The Hackers

Alun Richards

You hear people talking about WordPress Security Best Practices. But what areWordPress security best practices? What do they involve, and can you implement them yourself?

You may of course be worried about hackers getting into your WordPress site.

and you should be!

This videolets you know the ways hackersnormally hack your websiteso you can safeguard against them.

Fortunately computer hacking is not reallylike you see in the movies.

Hackersdont typically plug in a huge mainframe computer and run a bunch of numbers.

Usually the way people get into your website is through an out-dated version of WordPress, out-dated plugins or themes with vulnerabilities, and easy to guess usernames and passwords.

Did you know that Al Gores blog has been hacked, CNN blogs have been hacked, and these all happened because they used older versions of WordPress.

But as soon as these high profile blogs were hacked, the creators of WordPress released a newer version that prevented these kinds of attacks.

The good newsis that having good protection against hacking is more about putting best practice procedures into place rather than spending a fortune with a security consultant.

So what is my advice regarding WordPress security best practices?Keep WordPress Up To DateKeep Your Plugins UpdatedAvoid Brute Force Attacks

If youd like a chat about the security of your WordPress websiteContact me, Alun Richards, here:http://alunloves.it/contact

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