As more and more Charlottezweb customers migrate to WordPress, I wanted to post a few links I've found valuable.
Due to its popularity, WordPress is becoming a constant target for hackers. There are lots of insecure and/or outdated plugins, themes and outdated WordPress installs which I regularly come across once sites have been compromised.
I'd like to post a few awesome links below but first off, here are a few quick recommendations:
1. Login to your WordPress Admin area at least every 2-3 weeks and run all updates. This includes WordPress itself, its plugins and themes. With the latest versions of WordPress, you can set it to automatically upgrade itself. This is a great idea but you still have to keep your plugins and themes current. Most compromises I see are due to outdated plugins/themes.
2. Run regular backups and download them to your own computer. In many of the compromises I see, it may go undiscovered to where our daily and weekly backups are outdated once noticed. I *strongly* recommend practicing a regular backup procedure to your own computer (off the server) in the event a known, clean copy of all files is needed.
These are quick reads from our datacenter's website:
Top Four WordPress Security Tips You Need To Follow (https://www.liquidweb.com/blog/index.php/top-four-wordpress-security-tips-you-need-to-follow/)
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Top Three Security Plugins For Your WordPress Site (https://www.liquidweb.com/blog/index.php/top-three-security-plugins-for-your-wordpress-site/)
(The page formatting is currently broken but scroll down for the content)
Protect Your Site From WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities (http://www.liquidweb.com/blog/index.php/protect-your-site-from-wordpress-plugin-vulnerabilities/)
Five Simple Tasks to Keep Your Website from Getting Hacked (http://www.mightybytes.com/blog/five-simple-tasks-to-keep-your-website-from-getting-hacked)
(This site is for a company that was a past Charlottezweb customer. I like their content and felt was worth sharing).
If you have additional advice you'd like to share on securing your WordPress installs, please feel free!
Thanks,
Jason