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Your WordPress site’s security should be one of your top concerns as a webmaster. However, there’s no such thing as a ‘set and forget’ approach with security. In actual fact, your security arrangements should form part of a never-ending process. You ne… Continue reading The 5 best WordPress security plugins for complete site security
WordPress can pretty much run on any operating system that runs PHP. However, the vast majority of WordPress websites run on Linux. Therefore it is important that you understand Linux file permissions. It is crucial to get file permissions right. Setti… Continue reading WordPress file permissions: the guide to configuring secure website & web server permissions
When it comes to managing your WordPress site, keeping your login secure and working well should be of top priority. Whether you operate an eCommerce store, or a membership site, making sure that your users utilize a strong username and password combin… Continue reading Secure your WordPress login with these easy-to-use plugins
There’s plenty you need to do to ensure your e-commerce store offers the best possible User Experience (UX). This means keeping WordPress and all other software up-to-date, optimizing your store, and of course, ensuring it’s safe to use and… Continue reading Why your WordPress e-commerce solution has to be secure (and how to do it)
Whenever you implement a security measure, you should also have some sort of fallback. You do not want to be compromised by the failure of a single component. This is known as defense in depth. When you manage a WordPress website, one of the most impor… Continue reading Setting up 2FA on WordPress with the Google Authenticator app
File integrity monitoring (FIM) allows you to quickly detect file changes on your WordPress site. It is an important part of securing a WordPress site and the way it works is very simple: it compares baseline cryptographic hashes to the current hash of… Continue reading How to eliminate false positives in file integrity monitoring on WordPress
In our previous post WordPress HTTPS, SSL and TLS – a guide for website administrators, we explained what HTTPS and all the other technical terms are, and how it works. In this article, we discuss HTTPS certificates, the different ways you may ac… Continue reading Choosing the right HTTPS certificate for your WordPress website
When you visit a website, your browser (also known as a client) sends a HTTP request to a web server. Once the web server sends an HTTP response, the browser can then render the page to your screen. However, HTTP traffic has a problem; it is a plaintex… Continue reading WordPress HTTPS, SSL & TLS – A Guide For Website Administrators
A common misconception is that malicious hackers only target websites with large income, or those that store valuable sensitive information. However, WordPress websites generally get a lot of unwanted attention, which is why it’s important to tak… Continue reading Prevention is the way to go when it comes to WordPress security
Have you ever had to clean your WordPress website from a malware infection? Do you know how to find out which code was compromised? Do you know if your developers or agency left backup and leftover files on your website that can leave you exposed? This… Continue reading What Is WordPress File Integrity Scanning & Why Your Site Needs It?