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Securing Your WordPress Website

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Securing Your WordPress Website

A SPN Exclusive Article by Mark Runyon (c) 2013

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It's no accident that WordPress has become the 800 lb gorilla in the web publishing field. As of March 2012, 72.4 million sites were running on the CMS, amounting to 25% of all websites operating on the Internet. With that gaudy figure in mind, it should come as little surprise that hackers have flocked to exploit the weaknesses of WordPress.

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Last April, a massive army of botnets were created to infiltrate WordPress sites using the "admin" user name via brute force attacks. Every day 30 to 40,000 attacks take place because owners allow their sites to become easy prey for these nefarious individuals.

It's time to ensure you aren't one of them. Let's take a look at some easy ways to protect your WordPress site, helping you sleep a little easier at night.

As with any significant changes you make to your WordPress installation, I strongly recommend you back up your files and databases prior to making any of the changes listed below.

1) Update the admin user name: If the botnet example above didn't put the fear of God in you, it really should have. Brute force attacks (programs nailing a website hundreds of times a minute by plugging in common user names and passwords) have become increasingly common. Using "admin" or other common user names like "administrator," "test" and "root," put a large target squarely on your back.

During the initial WordPress installation, you are prompted for your default user name. Change this to something unique to you. I wouldn't recommend your name, but maybe something for you to easily remember (Mary526 for instance as a name/birthday combo).

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