WordPress Security: How to Protect Your Site from

Hacking

Christopher Harris

DFW WordPress June 2015

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About Me & WP Attendant

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•Help make WordPress maintenance easy• Solutions for

developers to resale

Our Time Together

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1. Approach2. Defining the big bad

3. Two Most crucial things4. Tips and Resources5. What to do if you’re

hacked

Approach

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1. 80/202. For the average user3. Don’t need to know

code for these tips

Defining the Big Bad

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Two Most Crucial

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1. Strong Passwords2. Updating WordPress

& Plugins

50 Most Common Passwords

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Creating Strong Passwords

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1. Random2. Long

3. Unique

Update, Update, Update

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1. Why so crucial?2. When?

Tips & Resources

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1. Plugins2. Services

Good Host

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http://j.mp/WPAwpengine

Force Strong Passwords

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http://j.mp/WPAforce

Limit Login Attempts

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http://j.mp/WPAlimit

Jetpack

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http://j.mp/WPAjet

Wordfence

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http://j.mp/WPAfence

iThemes Sucurity

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http://j.mp/WPAithemes

WP Updated Notifier

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http://j.mp/WPAupdates

What to do if you are hacked?

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1.Have Backups2.Have an Oh sh#t

sheet3. Sucuri

http://j.mp/WPAsucuri

Further Reading

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1.Passwords http://j.mp/WPApasswords

2. Advanced Tips http://j.mp/WPAadvanced

Christopher HarrisWP Attendantwpattendant.com@revrevwine

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