Ten Easy Steps to Hackproof Your WordPress Install (Blogging While Brown 2013)

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Presentation given by Arsha Jones during the Blogging While Brown Conference 2013 (Harlem, NY). The session was named Ten Easy Steps to Hackproof Your WordPress Installation and Back Up Your Site.

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10 STEPS TOHACK PROOFWORDPRESS

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1. DON’T INSTALL UNTRUSTED PLUGINS

www.codecanyon.netwww.woothemes.com

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www.wordpress.org

1. 2. 3.

2. BE FAMILIAR WITH YOUR ADMIN/FTP/MYSQL

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3. USE STRONG PASSWORDS

www.strongpasswordgenerator.com

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4. BACKUP YOUR BLOG REGULARLY

1.

www.wpb2d.com

2.

cPanel at your Host

3.

www.vaultpress.com

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5. INSTALL SECURITY PLUGINS

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wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-file-monitor-plus/

wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordfence/

wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/

6. UPDATE WORDPRESS AND PLUGINS

1. Notification 2. Update

http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress

7. USE A REPUTABLE HOST

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www.godaddy.com

www.bluehost.com

www.hostgator.com

www.mediatemple.net

8. CLEAN YOUR SITE FILES

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http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Files

9. REMOVE THE ADMIN LOGIN

Change your username

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http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/

10. STAY VIGILANT

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QUESTIONS?F O L L O W M E O N L I N E

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