How to Change the WordPress Database Prefix to Improve Security 🤔
Improve WordPress security by changing the WordPress Database Prefix. This video shows a step by step guide on changing the database prefix in WordPress.
👉Video Content Outline:
00:10 Introduction and Why changing DB prefix crucial
00:50 Change DB prefix without using a plugin
01:17 Change DB prefix using "Change Table Prefix" Plugin
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Changing the WordPress table prefix is what we refer to in the industry as ‘security theater’. In other words, it is busy-work that makes you feel more secure but does nothing to make you more secure. It only adds risk and complexity.
We have another cool-sounding phrase that describes this: ‘Security through obscurity’. What this means is that you’re trying to secure yourself by making things harder for an attacker to find. In the security industry, this is widely accepted as a pointless exercise.
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