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How to protect WordPress website from offenders?

Wordpress has become the platform that has taken up everything in the web designing and development industry. It is now considered as one of the biggest platform in the web world that helps people and business meet their needs with utmost care.

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How to protect WordPress website from offenders?

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  1. How To Protect Wordpress Website From Offenders? WordPress has become the platform that has taken up everything in the web designing and development industry. It is now considered as one of the biggest platform in the web world that helps people and business meet their needs with utmost care. WordPress is an open source platform that has the huge number of themes and plugins to do every task and to suit every industry. Since, it is an open source platform and gives public access to many developers around the world, the security issues faced by WordPress is increasing day by day. Everything is not done when you buy a theme, make some changes and publish it. WordPress is vulnerable to security threats, and one has the use few more practices to keep the website secure. It is more like building reinforcements to the castle that has been already built. The following facts are sure to shake and wake you from your dreams about WordPress security. In the top 5 vulnerable plugins, 3 were commercial plugins available for purchase.  Nearly 75% of the popular site that used WordPress were reported to be vulnerable. 

  2. Few Ways To Make Your Wordpress Website Secured: Here are some of the verified way to keep your WordPress website secure Stay updated: Nothing much to do as you have to click the update button whenever it is available on your dashboard. Update everything: Regularly check for updates for the installed themes and plugins as it is considered to be the back gate of your website from which hackers can easily enter. Trusted Downloads: There are many sites available to download themes and plugins, but you have to choose from which to download as many site that offers free downloads are not trustworthy. Always download stuff from well known resources like Themeforest, WordPress.org, etc. Secure username and password: Avoid using “admin” as your username as it is one of the most commonly used usernames. Strong passwords are more important as you can use a combination of case-sensitive alphabets, numerals and symbols. Two-step authentication: Add an extra layer of security with two-step authentication to the admin login as it might help you avoid brute force attack. This additional layer protection can be done using an authentication code sent to the registered mobile number or email ID. Limit logins and user access: Brute force attack is the first thing that most of the hackers do to login to your account. You can restrict the number of login attempts that can happen from the same IP address with the help of few plugins like Login LockDown, and more. User access also needs to be restricted, and the access should only be given to the people who actually require. Few Plugins To Make Your Website Stay Secure From Spammers: Many of the custom WordPress development services uses themes and plugins to develop the entire website. Plugins play a vital role in almost every aspect of the WordPress web development. But, plugins from the vulnerable site might lead to a very critical problem (even the website might get hacked). Here are few plugins from trustworthy parties to keep your website safe and secure.

  3. WP-Blacklister – To save your database from spammers: WP-Blacklister plugin allows the admin to  restrict spam comments in three ways namely using IP address, eMail addresses and URLs. Download URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-blacklister/ Wordfence Security – To protect your website from malware: This plugin acts as an all-in-one  source to secure your entire website from hacks and malware. It does a deep server-side scan and reports about infected areas of your website. Download URL:https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/ Themes Security – To prevent brute force attack and more: Being the number one WordPress  security plugin, iThemes Security (formerly called as Better WP Security) helps secure website by hiding vital areas and information and also by detecting and preventing brute-force login attempts. Download URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/ WordPress website development services have now become the hotspot and with the same hype, the security issues are raising. WordPress web developers are striving hard to sort every security issues raising every day, and WordPress is now getting secure like never before. Author Bio: Digital pursuit is a leading web and mobile application development company located in different parts of Florida. With more than 25 years of experience, it has a wide client database spread across the globe that have a satisfied work experience with Digital Pursuit. Its services includes creative website development, informative mobile apps, digital marketing, cloud services and many other. Digital Pursuit, Inc ,1644 Jackson Street Hollywood,Florida 33020. Contact Us : (954) 922-1260 fax: (954) 922-1261

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