More The Corrupt State, More The Security Of Your WordPress Website

Do you know why WordPress security has become a prime concern? It is not the your user's or your confidential data anymore. Nefarious hackers are now hacking websites to deliver crypto ransomware and several others malicious softwares to the system of end users.

Well this has certainly become a prime concern now.The increased security has given rise to more demand of PSD to WordPress conversion services.  So, its better we need to be harder with the process of hardening to our WordPress website.

The process of Hardening

The process of increasing the security in WordPress is called as  “hardening.” This certainly makes pure sense as the process is incorporating  reinforcements in to your website.  This indirectly means how tightly one has locked their gates and how strong locks they have  on every entry gate. This is not a  term that allows you to make  the details so that it improves the security if the  site.

Security is something quite a crucial thing as even if you have done the best for your website’s security, then it means that you have certain familiarity with the best techniques to secure your website. This is similar to  hearing  of some plugin  that are able to provide security services.

Though we have ample lot of plugins that improves the security but here we will discuss some other methods that one can employ to secure their WP websites.

This blog is going to target the direct  ways that allow you to secure the admin panel of your website, and one thing needs to noted that these ways are not something that are discussed every where.

Just because Security is the prime concern!

WordPress being a keystone of modern age web development  platform, security becomes all the more an important issue and a concern for ample lot of website owner and users out there.
As per statistics around  73% of the top websites that run on WordPress and they fall under the category of  “vulnerable websites”.

And the most overwhelming new is that the  pluigns that fall under the category of  vulnerable plugins,  among them five  plugins are commercial plugins that available for purchase.

This is not it, as one among these five is a plugin for  securing your WP website , which is something quite wrenching for people who count of plugins for security reasons.

We know that installing WordPress is quite an easy process and can be used for providing a secure channel to business owners to carry on their business process easily. The best thing is the plugins and themes and code are quite vulnerable when it comes to nefarious hackers present out there. The chances of hacking further increase when you add more people to one single installation, as the  chances further increase.  This is certainly a good news for business owner or users all around. Well keeping that that in consideration, we need to think other ways that can help us to secure our website’s back end secure so that the confidential information remains safe and secure.

Serving your website on a golden platter

Well you might be thinking that how something as  simple as this  can create a major impact on the security of your website.  Thus you need to make sure that every time you get that flash that says  “Update available” banner, make sure that you have that update available.

However if you are not sure all the time about updating your WP then you can obviously take a backup before installing the updates. However, the most crucial thing that needs to be put in consideration is that you make sure to update your WP regularly. 

It is very normal that security holes of WordPress that were fixed in the older version have now been promulgated in the public, and this is the reason there is update in the market. Moreover, this puts you under a vulnerable situation where hackers who are eying on your website will get your website served in a golden platter.

Update the  plugins and theme

Themes and plugins are doorways from hackers can enter easily, so do not just update the core of your WordPress as themes and plugins also need it as well.

Make sure to update every theme and plugin installed on your website which is equivalent to a backdoor to enter your website’s panel. If you have not secured (which means vet and update it regularly), they can work as an opendoor to access your information.
Another important key point is to delete all the  plugins or themes that are not in use.
Getting rid of any themes or plugins is actually a great way to save your website from being hacked. Moreover, why to  overloaded  your website when you can have quite a smooth running website without extra plugins.

Make sure that you  download  themes as well as plugins from  sources that are quite well know.  WordPress.org is the best place from where you can download the plugin or you can opt for Plugin Directory or Theme Directory for being at the safer side. For those who wish to download premium theme/ plugin, must keep reputable option choices such as  Themeforest or any other respectable website.

Pay heed to file permissions

Directories that demand  777 permissions need to avoided. However, you need to go for 755 or 750, apart form this, and I am not the one who is saying this but its the WordPress.org. When you are doing it make sure that you need to set wp-config.php to 600 and files to 640 or 644.

Further make sure that you do not use the hackneyed words such as “admin” for your username.

However, if your have already done the deed then make sure that you use to change using  an SQL query in your backend PHPMyAdmin.

Make sure to change your password often though and that password needs to be really strong.

You can use random strings of numbers or alphabet. So if you think that you cannot do it all by yourself then make sure that your Strong Password Generator or Norton Password Generator which are great tool for generating passwords.


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