WordPress Security Tips & Guides

10 Essential Action to Prevent Your WordPress Website Being Hacked

10 Essential Actions to Prevent Your WordPress Website Being Hacked

September 13, 2018/0 Comments/in Beginners, Security, Tips /by Wadim Skworzow

Despite of being well secured, WordPress website still risk to be hacked. Basically, hackers always find gaps in WordPress websites` defense only because of the human factor. It means that some of our actions can open doors for hackers and soon or later these doors will be used.

Beginners in the field of WordPress administration often make mistakes towards the security of their projects. Today we will analyze the main mistakes and proven ways to avoid them. Even if you are an experienced WordPress administrator, it would not be excessive to check all the items we will mention in this article.

If you only start your WordPress project, then it is crucial to pay attention to all of the listed actions. It would not protect your website for 100 percent rate but will cut off the most dangers your website can face from hackers. The listed actions are also important to get the overall understanding of how WordPress security works and how to avoid the unwanted hacker access to the heart of your project.

Configuration Tricks for Your WordPress Website

July 26, 2018/0 Comments/in Beginners, Development, Security, Tips /by Wadim Skworzow

Although WordPress is often considered as the website platform for beginners, it has lots of opportunities for advanced fine-tuning. These options are mostly hidden from a sight of most WordPress administrators just because a thoughtless manipulation with them can cause severe problems in the work of your website. There is no need to worry about your website safety, if you have done a back-up before customizing your WordPress configuration file.

Today we are talking about WP-Config file and its hidden opportunities to fine-tune your WordPress website. Most WordPress administrators had no experience with WP-Config because most hosting providers install it automatically to prevent any harm by inexperienced website owners to their own projects and to minimize the consequential damage.

The wp-config.php file has lots of opportunities not only for fine-tuning your WordPress options but also for troubleshooting and enchanting your website security. If you want to know more about WordPress platform from inside and seek to develop your website in a professional level, then this article will be very useful for you. Arm yourself with your website back-up and any of available FTP clients (FileZilla, for example) and hop into the world of extended WordPress configuration!

Detecting and Resisting the Latest WordPress Malware: BabaYaga

July 16, 2018/0 Comments/in Security, Tips /by Wadim Skworzow

Malware always evolves and sometimes even takes new forms. Unfortunately, any computer or website can not be absolutely protected due to this fact. Although WordPress is one of the most secured platforms in the modern internet, there is always a chance to get some malware and suffer from the consequences.

One of the experienced WordPress protectors — Wordfence — has recently informed community about a new malware which appears to have a new modus operandi compared to the known analogs. This new malware is called BabaYaga and it stands out with the feature to delete any other malware your WordPress website could have received earlier.

Why BabaYaga is deleting other malware and what harm can it bring to your WordPress website? This article will inform you about these important questions. We have also gathered the common protection measures which you can use within your WordPress website to detect and resist BabaYaga. Stay informed with LooksAwesome!

Make Your WordPress Website GDPR Compliant with Premium Plugins

May 17, 2018/0 Comments/in Plugins, Security, Staff Picks /by Wadim Skworzow

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes live in Europe in one week, May 25th 2018. If you are not yet acquainted with the term, then you should check out our previous article dedicated to the basics of GDPR and the most important actions a website owner need to take in accordance with it.

You could have prepared your WordPress project in advance because the GDPR rules were announced very early. But if you have put this problem aside until the last days, then there is not much time left. In this case you could have think about some opportunities of solving the GDPR issue in a fastest and easiest way possible. Fortunately, WordPress plugins` developers have already brought some ready-to-use solutions for this new must-have feature.

We have gathered the most effective solutions for GDPR issue in the form of premium WordPress plugins within this article. Developers had a lot of time to build new premium plugins or to update some previous tools dedicated to cookies policy and other privacy policy issues. Now we will see how well did they prepare the plugins` market for the coming updates.

How Will General Data Protection Regulation Affect WordPress Websites

March 8, 2018/0 Comments/in Security /by Wadim Skworzow

General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR) is a new regulation passed in European Parliament and taking action from May 25th, 2018. GDPR aims to strengthen the personal data protection policies held by websites situated in European Union. This new regulation is important nearly for any WordPress project, as most of them are collecting and storing some personal data from their users, subscribers and members. Even the IP address is considered as a user`s personal information.

We have dedicated this article to the nuances of new General Data Protection Regulation statements, the situation it might affect and the actions any WordPress website owner should take to prevent the enormous fines which are envisaged by the new law regulation. This information is crucial for every WordPress admin, so you should not miss your chance to familiarize yourself with this aspects as soon as possible and take action beforehand.

How to Prevent Illegal Image Copying from Your WordPress Site

December 27, 2017/1 Comment/in Beginners, Security /by Wadim Skworzow

Internet is an open space where there are not only polite and law-obedient persons. Image theft has become a very spread issue through internet in common and between WordPress websites particularly. Every day and every minute hundreds and thousands of photos and pictures become stolen and travel from one thief to another. But there are some ways to prevent the image theft for your WordPress website.

This article is very important for any copyright owners of visual content. If you create the original art works or simply draw images for your articles and do not want them to be used for free by another websites, then we suggest you to read the following 4 methods of preventing illegal copying of your images from the WordPress website or blog.

WordPress Secure Connection Error — Fixing the Issue

November 29, 2017/0 Comments/in Beginners, Development, Security /by Wadim Skworzow

WordPress secure connection error is one of the common issues any website administrator can face. So it is important to know what causes such an error and how to deal with it. As WordPress is a large web platform with lots of additional plugins, tools and extensions, it is not always obvious where to look in case of errors.

In this article we will analyze the possible reasons of secure connection error within a WordPress website and the methods to fix this issue. The article will be helpful for the beginners in the sphere of WordPress administration and development.

Monitoring WordPress Activity via the Dashboard

March 23, 2017/0 Comments/in Plugins, Security /by Wadim Skworzow

Tracking the actions of various users of your WordPress site can be a key tool for the development of the project. Now we are not talking about analytics of user behavior in terms of increasing site traffic, but even more basic and important things. Monitoring the activity of WordPress site users can protect your project from hacking or help to control the aspects of its development on one page with a report on the user’s data. However, such a function is not provided by the default WordPress admin panel.

Today we will talk about useful WordPress plugins, which allow you to get in-depth information about the actions of users on your site. Many of the tools below are free. But we will dilute this list with some premium options, among which you can make your conscious choice.

We will also talk about the reasons that make monitoring of a WordPress site an important matter. We also provide a list of proven tools for making quality and convenient monitoring. Most of them do not require additional knowledge or training, can be easily installed and configured through the WordPress admin panel. After getting acquainted with our list it will be much easier for you to choose a suitable tool for monitoring the activity of users of your site or blog, in accordance with the features of your project and its audience.

Hide My WP — WordPress Security Plugin

December 30, 2016/2 Comments/in Plugins, Reviews, Security /by Wadim Skworzow

The safety issue is always keen for any web project. Despite the fact that WordPress is one of the most secure platform for a website or blog, the chance to be hacked always remain. Unfortunately, at the moment there is no absolute protection against all threats of hacking a web site.

Many site administrators underestimate the importance of their sites for hackers. If you do not have a major and a world-renowned project, it does not mean that it will not be attacked. Statistics argues that small internet projects are even more frequent subjects for hacking than larger ones. The thing is that hackers know about the human factor vulnerabilities of small internet projects.

The problem of small sites and blogs is neglecting the fundemantel safety rules. The administrators of these projects use complex passwords and supports current version of the data very rarely. Timely update is important both for the WordPress platform and for the used themes and plugins. But often we forget about the update immediately after the installation of a plugin. For this reason, there are many gaps in the defense of any WordPress website or blog.

Today we offer you to get acquainted with a revolutionary approach in the protection any WordPress site. This approach involves a qualitative hiding the fact that your project uses the WordPress platform. Hiding WordPress is not aimed to mislead the users of the site. It has a goal to protect against brute force attacks on preventive measures and hacker bots that are constantly scouring the net in search of new prey.

How To Keep WordPress Secure

September 24, 2016/0 Comments/in Security, Tips /by Wadim Skworzow

Security has always been one of the most important indicators of the site`s success. Security ensures the stability of your internet project, the level of safeness of your data and the degree of site visitors care (no one wants to visit dangerous sites and get viruses).

The good news is that any site on the WordPress platform initially has an excellent safety level. This achievement is reasonably because of constant work of WordPress experts over the safety of the projects on this platform. As soon as there is a definite threat, WordPress admin panel offers to download updates to protect your site. It is really well-honed and reliable system.

So why there is a need to write about WordPress site security? It is all about the human factor. Lack of experience in site administration, reckless installation of plugins, add-ons and themes from untrusted sources, and the use of poor hosting – all these factors can threaten the security of your site even on a proven and reliable platform like WordPress. Let’s try to figure out how to secure your internet project from yourself.

WordPress 4.5.3 Maintenance and Security Release

June 22, 2016/0 Comments/in News, Security /by Adam Krieger

Like a torrent of busy honeybees defending the hive from potential threats, the WordPress contributors have finished 4.5.3 to keep the CMS secure. This release addressed some security concerns which included measures to prevent attacks from known vulnerabilities. The new version of WordPress finished on June 18, 2016 and it was officially released to the public on the June, 21, 2016. If you haven’t updated already, you should take the opportunity to do so.

This release didn’t include any exciting new features like we saw in 4.5, Coleman, but there were some bug fixes from versions 4.5, 4.5.1 and 4.5.2. You can view the list of the changes to see exactly what bugs were fixed. Read more →

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10 Best Profanity and Anti-Spam Plugins for WordPress

April 30, 2016/0 Comments/in Plugins, Security /by Wadim Skworzow

First of all, no matter how grave the situation, all you ever need is one or two profanity/anti-spam plugins to take your site back to its former glory. Just that, and you’re golden. That said, I would assume we all know a thing or two about spam.

Spam sucks the life out of everything. Spam is the murky marshland where fun gets stuck and dies. The clutter, the noise, the sacrilege, and oh – the horrendous links. But that’s just spam. Profanity, on the other hand, is a totally different animal. There are times when cursing like a sailor works in your favor, but for the vast majority of the human populace, profanity is a definite no-no. Read more →

Best Security Plugins for WordPress

January 9, 2016/2 Comments/in Plugins, Reviews, Security /by Adam Krieger

WordPress is very secure, but it is also the most popular blogging platform in the world. Security threats naturally arise when a system is so popular. With millions of websites powered by WordPress, it makes sense for hackers to try to exploit vulnerabilities in the system. Hackers sometimes find ways to hack the WordPress server or hack sites using third party themes or plugins.

On the flip side, because there are so many WordPress users, there is a large community of developers and white hat hackers that are interested in protecting people from threats. WordPress will regularly publish updates that secure the platform. Have you met Clifford? Read more →

How to Secure Your WordPress Website

January 7, 2016/0 Comments/in Security, Tips /by Adam Krieger

Website security is becoming more and more important everyday. There are some simple steps anyone can take to defend against hackers and minimize vulnerabilities. It’s important to keep WordPress secure to protect your website from harm for a number of reasons. You can increase uptime, keep your data safe and make sure your site is in good working order.

Securing your website may seem like an afterthought, when it should be one your main priorities as the admin of a website. I know I didn’t pay much attention to security until one of my sites got hacked and I had to hire someone to help fix it. If I had taken the proper precautions I could’ve saved some time and money. Read more →

Security and Maintenance for WordPress

July 31, 2015/0 Comments/in Plugins, Security /by Adam Krieger

WordPress is one of the most comprehensive content management systems today. In 2014, there were over 74 million websites running on WordPress. At its core, WordPress CMS is stable and secure but the fact that WordPress is so popular makes it a target for hackers. Having a good security strategy can prevents attacks from even the worst script kiddies, spammers, trolls, trackers and hackers of all kind. Securing your website is a critical part of developing it. You also need strong security to gain trust and confidence from your visitors as well as boost your website search ranking.

I’ve found the best way to keep on top of things is to do a security audit once a month so make sure your site is airtight. I mean, what are Sundays for right? During the audit you will need to ensure that your user accounts have stong passwords and follow some general safety rules. The version of WordPress you installed is usually displayed in your header. You can opt to hide this information from hackers that can use this information to exploit your site.

Improve WordPress Security With 9 Easy Tips

June 23, 2015/0 Comments/in Security, Tips /by Tom Randall

WordPress is one of the most popular CMS on the internet. The best thing you can do when building a website through WordPress is make sure that it is secure enough. It is also true that you can never get your website security up to 100% but can definitely go for 99% milestone. This can also be accomplished by considering some small and big security factors while development. Having a WordPress website owner means that you need to take some extra care of your website in order to secure your and as well as visitors data. WordPress website development includes a wide range of free and premium themes, plugins and widgets for different purposes. These themes, plugins and widgets developed by the vast WordPress developer community around the globe. Below we’ll explain some tips to secure your WordPress website from majority of attacks.