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Setup and Secure WordPress - Common WordPress Security Mistakes (Part 1).

Individuals put in a lot of time, effort and frequently money into their web site to get it straightforward, as well as run efficiently. And so in this short article we aim to help one Prevent among the most popular security issues.

We will reveal you in connection with a number of more usual security oversights users make. Here are some WordPress security Problems to Avoid, enabling you to Setup and Secure WordPress better.

1: Hosting, WordPress security starts with the hosting environment. According to Jane Williams, the author of WPMasterControl ( A Windows software app that does it all -Install WordPress, Setup WordPress, Secure WordPress, Update WordPress, Setup Backups. WPMasterControl will even install themes and plugins, whats great about it is you can use it on more than one online site after adding the websites to it and that alone makes it a total time saver, great for newbies or advanced users.) who's company has over 10 years experience providing clients with hosting and security consulting, over 40 percent of website hacks happen due to insecure servers. You wouldn't believe how many clients they have had to rescue from big name hosting providers providing totally insecure shared hosting, vps's and dedicated servers.

The saddest point is the consumers believe that they are in safehands, yet when ever everything goes bad they are actually no where to be seen. Therefore anyone can see the necessity regarding quality hosting to make sure your website is really safe and secure. Hosting is one of those areas where you get what you pay for most of the time.

As Jane said and i cannot stress sufficiently, with poor quality hosting providers you sometimes have security which takes alot to be desired to start with and afterwards no support once stuff goes wrong. For that reason i cant stress enough you must keep in mind your hosting as a company investment. Especially since for a hack to be successful your site might just not of been the target and yet caught up in automated scripts searching for backdoors as when you are on a shared hosting environment alot of the time once one of the internet sites is compromised the others might just be taken down as collateral damage.

2: Failing to Keep Up to Date If you have been working with WordPress for a while, you will be aware that the platform is regularly updated. Later versions of WordPress will auto update minor updates. Be aware though that major updates can cause conflicts with plugins and themes. Vulnerable plugins and themes account for the majority of all hacked WordPress websites. Here again is where WPMasterControl comes in, not only will it auto update all your plugins and themes it has already made a backup you can restore if such a thing was to happen. Totally takes the headache out of WordPress niggles in many ways.

3: Using weak Login Information. Weak passwords and admins using the name Admin unfortunately are not uncommon. Login security is another common WordPress security problem. Most hacking attempts are automated. Nobody actually accesses your internet site and painstakingly tries out usernames and password combinations manually. Instead, they use automated scripts that systematically try to "brute force" the details using common dictionary attacks, much faster than the amount of time than any human ever could. You should do factors like Limit the number of users with administration rights. Not everyone on your web-site ought to get to be in a position to do whatever they want. In case your online site currently has an admin user, make sure you change it right away. Always use strong passwords. I use a great program called Roboform, it is on all my devices and stores all my passwords safely so i have them where ever i am.

Limit login attempts to stop brute force attacks (If you are using WPMasterControl by now, it does that for you too), it's a good idea to limit how often someone can try to log in to your web-site before being banned. Many security plugins offer this feature but you can also use WPMasterControl to take care of it all and on autopilot too.-- To get extra security your might possibly in addition think about moving your login webpage to a new location. There are actually plugins for this within the WordPress repository, alternatively another good idea is to password protect the web directory/ folder wpadmin (you can do this in cPanel or your hosting provider panel usually quite easily).

I hope you have enjoyed part one. To Be Continued in ... "Setup and Secure WordPress - Common WordPress Security Mistakes (Part 2)".

Edit: Lots of people have asked me about WPMasterControl.
You can see a Video here:- How To Setup and Secure WordPress

Thanks for reading.