How To Beef Up Your Wordpress Security
In this tutorial I will be showing you how to improve or beef up your wordpress security, keeping you and your customers safe from those damn hackers.
**** ALWAYS BACKUP BEFORE INSTALLING NEW PLUGINS ***
Now we will be installing 3 plugins throughout the video all of which are FREE which is always good to know.
1. Sucuri Security - It is a security suite meant to complement your existing security posture. It offers it’s users four key security features for their website, each designed to have a positive affect on their security posture:
Security Activity Auditing, File Integrity Monitoring, Remote Malware Scanning, Blacklist Monitoring, Effective Security Hardening, Post-Hack Security Actions, Security Notifications, Website Firewall (add on)
2. WP Limit Login Attempts - This app limits the amount of times someone can guess a password wrongly
3. Clef - An app which logs in using a special coding instead of having to use passwords which can be hacked.
Once these plugins have been installed it will greatly decrease your chances of avoiding any brute force attacks and malware.