Posts Tagged ‘wordpress security’

Top 17 Free WordPress Security and Backup Plugins

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Securing your WordPress Website is critical in growing your online presence. As your Website becomes more popular it becomes more attractive to Crackers.

If you are looking for Security and Backup Plugins for your WordPress Website, then look no further. In this article, I share and review the Best 17 Free WordPress Security and Backup Plugins that don´t cost you anything. Continue Reading »

Completely Remove WordPress Generator Tag Without a Plugin

In this tutorial I will show you the right way to completely remove the WordPress generator meta tag from the header section of your WordPress Website´s source and from your feed. Also I will show you the full code for removing other default tags generated in the header of your WordPress Website.

By default WordPress leaves its footprint on your Website. Continue Reading »

Complete Backup of Your WordPress Website in 2 Simple Steps

In this tutorial I will show you a 2 step process for a full backup of your WordPress Website. This is an important task as discussed in Tip3 of my previous tutorial about WordPress Security. This tutorial mainly focuses on manual backups of self-hosted WordPress Websites.

Why Backups are important? Because you cannot depend on your Web host to keep a current backup of your Website. Continue Reading »

Change Your WordPress Table Prefix in Few Simple Steps

In this tutorial I will show you a step by step process how to change the default WordPress database table name prefix long after your WordPress Website has been online. This is known as "security through obscurity", in which by no means is, on its own, enough to secure your WordPress Website, but it is a one piece of an overall security strategy, as I discussed in my previous tutorial. Continue Reading »

12 Practical Tips to Improve WordPress Security

Securing your WordPress Website is critical in growing your online presence. As your Website becomes more popular it becomes more attractive for Crackers. Keeping WordPress Website secure is not something many administrators take seriously.

WordPress security starts by using a reputable hosting company. If by default, your server´s setup is not secure, then no added security measures is going to keep Crackers, Spammers, Black hat Hackers, and Script Kiddies out. Continue Reading »