WordPress is the most popular content management system by far, but its popularity also attracts people with the wrong intentions.
A compromised site can have far more consequences than just a damaged website. It also damages your reputation online. Google may block your content. Modern browsers warn people form accessing your site. Your domain name may be blacklisted. Your ISP may suspend your account.
To get an online reputation back can take a long time. In some cases you may never get it back.
To keep you site safe form hackers you need to take some precautions.
- For your admin login, use a name other than admin. This is the first thing hackers are looking for.
- Also use a complex password.
- If you create posts create a separate account without admin permissions. Don't use your admin account for your posts because it will expose your admin username.
- Appart form trying to compromise your logins, hackers also attempt to exploit software vulnerabilities of your site.
- One of the most important task is keeping your WordPress installation, plugins and themes up to date.
- Use only themes and plugins from reputable sources.
- Use a security plugin like WordFence to do regular scans. It will notify you if problems occur.
- Do regular backups. If your site is compromised you can restore it form an earlier version.
