Secure Wordpress - Am I Scaring You?

It was Monday morning and I was on a call with a dozen others who are my peers. Each of us helps the small business owner with their businesses in one way or the other. It was at the end of the call and we were each sharing our websites and going over how to make little improvements here and there. Time was running out and there was just enough time for one more website review, I volunteered. As my site was coming up for all to see suddenly the screen turned a maroon red with an outline of a security officer with his hand stretched out and the words of"do not precede malware threat." There was more but I was too horrified to recall precisely what it said. I was concerned about my site on being ruined plus humiliated that the people on the telephone had seen me vulnerable I had spent hours.



Install the fix malware problem Firewall Plugin. This plugin investigates net requests with WordPress-particular heuristics that are simple to identify and stop attacks that are most obvious.

Safeguard your login credentials - Don't keep your login credentials where a hacker could find them. Store them offsite, and even offline. Roboform is for protecting them very article good , also. Food for thought!

You first must create a new user, before you can delete the default admin account. To do this go to your WordPress Dashboard and click on User -> Create New User. Then enter all of the information you need to enter.

Now it's time to register for a Facebook accounts and use this individual's name and identity. After I get it all set up, I'll be telling you posing as your friend and asking you to be friends with me on Facebook (or Twitter, or whichever social site).

But realize that security is something you really need to start thinking about. Don't just be the reactive type, take action to start today protecting yourself. Do not let Joe the Hacker make your life miserable and turn everything in creating come crashing down in a matter of seconds, that you've worked so hard.