1. Keep your WordPress site and plugins up-to-date
It is really important to keep your core WordPress files and all of your plugins updated to their latest versions. Most of the new WordPress and plugin versions contain security patches. Even if those vulnerabilities cannot be easily exploited most of the times, it is important to have them fixed.
2. Protect your WordPress Admin Area
It is important to restrict the access to your WordPress admin area only to people that actually need access to it. If your site does not support registration or front-end content creation, your visitors should not be able to access your /wp-admin/ folder or the wp-login.php file.
The best you can do is to get your home IP address (you can use a site like http://www.whatismyip.com for that) and add these lines to the .htaccess file in your WordPress admin folder replacing xx.xxx.xxx.xxx with your IP address.
Quote:1 order deny,allow2 Deny from all3 Allow from xx.xxx.xxx.xxx
In case you want to allow access to multiple computers (like your office, home PC, laptop, etc.), simply add another Allow from xx.xxx.xxx.xxx statement on a new line.
If you want to be able to access your admin area from any IP address (for example, if you often rely on free Wi-Fi networks) restricting your admin area to a single IP address or to few IPs can be inconvenient. In such cases we recommend that you limit the number of incorrect login attempt to your site. This way you will protect your WordPress site
from brute-force attacks and people trying to guess your password. For such purposes, you can use a nice little plugin called WP Limit Login Attempts Plugin.
3. Don’t use the “admin” username
Most of the attackers will assume that your admin username is “admin”. You can easily block a lot of brute-force and other attacks simply by naming your admin username differently.
If you’re installing a new WordPress site, you will be asked for username during the WordPress installation process.
4. Use strong passwords
You will be surprised to know that there are thousands of people that use phrases like “password” or “123456” for their admin login details. Needles to say, such passwords can be easily guessed and they are on the top of the list of any dictionary attack.
A good tip is to use an entire sentence that makes sense to you and you can remember easily. Such passwords are much, much better than single phrase ones.
You can generate a secured password via this PASSWORD GENERATOR
5. Consider two-factor authentication
Enabling two-factor authentication for your WordPress website will significantly improve the security of your website. One of the easiest ways to do this is to use Clef to authenticate using your mobile phone.
6. Make sure your site is on a secure WordPress hosting
Your WordPress site is as secured as your hosting account. If someone can exploit a vulnerability in an old PHP version for example or other service on your hosting platform it won’t matter that you have the latest WordPress version.
This is why it is important to be hosted with a company that has security as a priority.
7. Ensure your computer is free of viruses and malware
If your computer is infected with virus or a malware software, a potential attacker can gain access to your login details and make a valid login to your site bypassing all the measures you’ve taken before. This is why it is very important do have an up-to-date antivirus program and keep the overall security of all computers you use to access your WordPress site on a high level.
My Name is Gideon Tpum. Currently A Student Studying Computer Science In A Nigerian Institution. I Hope My Blog Is Helpful.*winks*
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