How to keep WordPress secure

WordPress is currently the most widely used CMS and it continues to grow.This makes it a sought-after target for malicious users, especially older versions.

Of course, you don't want to put your website and Hosting at risk.Therefore, it is important that you take some precautions to protect yourself.

In this blog post, we're going to cover how best to do this.

Backups

How well you have secured your website it can still go wrong, then it is useful to have a backup.A backup ensures that you can restore the error within seconds.

When you make backups of your website you can always recover errors.It is then only a matter of overwriting the files and your website will be restored.

Fortunately, on our Hosting you can easily make backups in the control panel.You can do this through the backup function but there are more possible ways to do this.

One of those possibilities is via ftp, with this you first set up a connection.You can then drag the files from your WWWroot folder to your own pc, so you have a local backup of your files.

Updates

One of the most important things you can do to your website is to maintain it.This is not only updating your own content but also updating your WordPress and its themes.

Many of these updates are security updates to protect you from attacks and leaks.It is therefore important that you keep track of these updates and check them regularly.

With Managed WordPress Hosting you will not have to do this yourself.Here it is updated automatically so you do not have to pay attention to it.

Hide your admin page

With WordPress websites you can almost always get to the admin page by typing /wp-admin after the website.However, it is also possible to hide this page, which makes it a lot harder for malicious users to get in.

If they can't get to the admin page then it's also harder for them to figure out if this is a WordPress site.It is also advisable to limit the number of login attempts.

If they did get to your admin login page they still have to guess the password.This is a lot more difficult if there is a limit on login attempts, you can use plug-ins for this.

If you have any further questions about this you can always check if a chat employee is available.If there is no one on the chat you can submit a ticket to the helpdesk.