Ensuring a wordpress site

11 years ago

There's a plugin called Better WP security, just search in the 'add new' plugin section.

The plugin does a lot of different things to enhance security.

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charlso1

11 years ago

Originally Posted by ArielT

Hello, I'm to start a wordpress blog in hostgator and will use the twenty ten or twenty eleven theme, what are the steps I should follow to give security to my wordpress?

There are many plugin you can use. All you have to do is to search on plugin section via your dashboard. But if i may ask, Why do you prefer using wordpress theme to having your own customized one?

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ArielT

11 years ago

Originally Posted by charlso1

There are many plugin you can use. All you have to do is to search on plugin section via your dashboard. But if i may ask, Why do you prefer using wordpress theme to having your own customized one?

I think the twenty ten and eleven are simple themes that I could customize making a child theme, but do you advise me a customized?

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markvsc 11 years ago

Better WP Security plugin is great! I use it on all of my WP sites, especially since one of them that didn't have it was hacked.
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- ArielT 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by markvsc
  
  Better WP Security plugin is great! I use it on all of my WP sites, especially since one of them that didn't have it was hacked.
  
  That is all what you use about security? and does that plugin need some kind of setup or is just a matter of installing it?
  
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  markvsc 11 years ago
  
  Once you activate the plugin you can then make the necessary changes. Simply click on the plugin in your dashboard menu and follow the prompts. You will see the areas that need to be changed....red needs to be changed.....yellow should be changed....green is good.
  
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trevord92

11 years ago

Don't use "admin" as your login name - that's the default so gets the most security issues.

Use a strong, random, password from somewhere like here. I use 12 character length and tick all the options.

Use a plugin like Limit Login Attempts as well.

Then start writing content and get visitors!

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Alan Ashwood

11 years ago

Originally Posted by trevord92

Don't use "admin" as your login name - that's the default so gets the most security issues.

Use a strong, random, password from somewhere like here. I use 12 character length and tick all the options.

Use a plugin like Limit Login Attempts as well.

Then start writing content and get visitors!

If you do nothing else - DO THIS!
It's the first place bots use to invade your site, and the easiest to fix.
You will see from my sig file why I know about this stuff. Too lat for my sites, but I'm determined it won't happen again.

I'm writing a series of step by step articles on this very subject, but they're not raedy for publishing yet.

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ArielT

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Alan Ashwood

If you do nothing else - DO THIS!
It's the first place bots use to invade your site, and the easiest to fix.
You will see from my sig file why I know about this stuff. Too lat for my sites, but I'm determined it won't happen again.

I'm writing a series of step by step articles on this very subject, but they're not raedy for publishing yet.

Thanks for sharing, and what bad, did you loose your sites or recovered?

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Alan Ashwood 11 years ago

Originally Posted by ArielT

Thanks for sharing, and what bad, did you loose your sites or recovered?

I lost two important sites forever. The hosts weren't at all helpful, and referred me to companies who wanted $300-$350 to take a look; whether successful or not.

One of these sites was my main money earner too.

I haven't given up on a third site; the one I've spent the most time working on. Being pretty much non-techie, I'm working with a company who only charges if successful to recover this one.

I'll update if they're as good as they say.

In the meantime, I've started two new ones from scratch, but these are too new to publicise.
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ArielT

11 years ago

Thanks people, I got a good guide here

Anyway if someone thinks would be good to add something, just welcome any other comment

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Evocess

11 years ago

I would agree, WP Security is a great security plugin for your WordPress site.
We even use WP Security on our WordPress Site.

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johndetlefs

11 years ago

WP-Security *thumbs up* - nice, effective and easy to use.

Also, consider installing the WP files in a sub directory folder to your Public folder and make the folder name random (like "ssdf77asdft").

That way, in order to find your main files someone also has to guess where the site is installed.

Adds another nice little layer of security.

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ArielT

11 years ago

Originally Posted by johndetlefs

WP-Security *thumbs up* - nice, effective and easy to use.

Also, consider installing the WP files in a sub directory folder to your Public folder and make the folder name random (like "ssdf77asdft").

That way, in order to find your main files someone also has to guess where the site is installed.

Adds another nice little layer of security.

How important would be that of installing the WP files in a sub directory folder? and should I have to do it when intalling wordpress or can be later?

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johndetlefs

11 years ago

Apart from having a secure password, none of the security measures that you take are really *important* by themselves, or better, they are all important in their own way.

It's when you take a number of security measures and add them together that it becomes a nice little fortress.

So how important? About as important as any of the others, it's just another layer of security to have that makes your site a little more difficult to hack.

As far as when to do it, probably easiest doing it during the install.

See: Giving WordPress Its Own Directory « WordPress Codex

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Troy_Phillips

11 years ago

I like bullet proof

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ArielT

11 years ago

This thread was very useful, thanks

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