If you have a WordPress blog or website, WordPress security must be an issue for you. It’s common to hear nowadays that someone’s website has been attacked by a hacker. It is no secret that when your blog was high page ranked and profitable – the damage can be enormous. It is not the only type of websites attacked by hackers. Very often one can’t find logic behind their acts . For example they will damage it for fun. I know stories of people who one day, instead of their website saw a short note informing them that their website has been blocked by Google due to the thread it carries to other internet users. It happened because hackers attacked their website and made changes to it. Do you want to risk more, not taking care of your WordPress Security?

What to do to avoid the risk?

Security of WordPress blog needs to be one of the vital issues for you. That’s why you should apply various measures of protection. No matter if you are an internet marketer or just have a personal blog. Here are some of them:

1. Use a free plugin WP DB Backup to back up your blog regularly. If there are any problems you can always restore your blog to the last settings. Use WordPress Firewall to block suspicious-looking requests to WordPress and WP Security Scan free plugin to scan your blog regularly.

2. Protect an access to important files on the blog’s server by putting an index.html file in the particular directory, which hides the files from public view.

3. Remember to always update your blogs to the latest version.

4. Change password and username from time to time, as hackers have got a software to crack them.

There are more things you can do to protect your blogs and websites. You might be surprised to know that they don’t need much time to do. The solutions above are also simple and easy. I hope you know now much more about your WordPress Security and do something about it.

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