Many people new to WordPress have yet to grasp just how important it is for your WordPress security that you create backups of your site regularly. This can and often does help WordPress site owners avoid the mind-numbing pain of having your site disappear, with no viable copy or backup. Let's look at some ways to avoid this doomsday scenario!

So why, again, do I need to create WordPress backups?

Should your site's server go down, everything you've worked for will go...

Believe it or not, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to keep your blog safe from most hackers. It just involves you taking a few simple steps and a few safeguards to make sure that you don't have problems in the future.

Here are a few things you can do right now. Make sure all your WordPress usernames and passwords are strong passwords, keep your email secure, lock anyone else's IP address in your backend C-Panel and install the Akismet anti-spam plugin.

You would...