Hackers And Your WordPress: 2 Golden Rules To Keep Your Website Safe
October 16, 2007
Web Hosting Review Blog was hacked about 6 days ago. This website is powered by WordPress and although I’ve seen many other blogs being hacked, I never thought that it will ever happen to me. But it did. Here are two simple rules for you to follow should the security of your WordPress be ever compromised by a hacker.
- Keep Up With Updates: WordPress and Plugins. Do not wait for update to be available through “Fantastico” upgrade your WordPress regularly!
- Make a full backup of your websites at least every week if you are regular blogger, it is lass painful to loose a week worth of posts comparing to a year worth of posts. (Of course if you post 10+ posts per day you may consider backing up your websites even more frequently).
You can can probably find millions of tips on how to make your WordPress installation more secure, none of them will absolutely guaranty your perfect protection. The fact of the matter is that WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platform and it will continue to be the primary target of all sorts of jerks who have nothing to do with their time.
If you are looking for a web host for your WordPress take a look at what visitors had to say about Bluehost, Hostmonster and Lunarpages.
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October 22nd, 2007 at 1:44 pm
I just ran across a worthwhile trick for WP owners… you should hide your plugin directory to prevent attacks based on the plugins you own. Take a look at yoursite.com/wp-content/plugins and see if you’re vulnerable. I found it over at
http://www.volodymyrzablotskyy.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/ - not my site, but just thought I’d pass this little trick along.