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Ten Steps to Hackproof Your WordPress Website

by • Jun. 24, 2013 • Conferences, Mistakes to Avoid, Resources, Wordpress • Comments (0) • 3163


For those if you that were at the Blogging While Brown NYC presentation on Saturday, June 22, 1013 below are the files used. As well as a list of all links and plugins mentioned during the session.

Download the slides from Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/brandbuildsell/ten-easy-steps-to-hackproof-your-word-press-site

Links to Plugins and Resources. You can also download the list below as a PDF.

  1. Don’t Install Untrusted Plugins
    WordPress Plugins – http://wordpress.org/plugins/
    WooThemes – http://www.woothemes.com/
    Codecanyon – http://www.codecanyon.net
  2. Be Familiar with Your Admin/FTP/MySQL
    cPanel Demo – http://cpanel.net/demo/
    Go Daddy – http://godaddy.com
  3. Use Strong Passwords
    Strong Password Generator – http://www.strongpasswordgenerator.com
  4. Back Up Your Blog Regularly
    WordPress to Dropbox – http://wpb2d.com
    cPanel Demo – http://cpanel.net/demo/
    VaultPress – http://www.vaultpress.com
  5. Install Security Plugins
    WordPress File Monitor – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-file-monitor-plus/
    Wordfence – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordfence/
    WP Security Scan – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-security-scan/
  6. Update WordPress and Plugins
    Updating WordPress – http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress
  7. Use a Reputable Host
    Go Daddy – http://www.godaddy.com
    Hostgator – http://www.hostgator.com
    Bluehost – http://www.bluehost.com
    Media Temple – http://www.mediatemple.net
  8. Clean Your Site Files
    WordPress Site Files – http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Files
  9. Remove the Admin Login
    WordPress Admin – http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/
  10. 10.   Be Vigilant!