Secure Your WordPress Blog to Stay Away from Security Threats

Hacking has become so popular these days and Wordpress blogs are pretty easy to hack if not secured properly. Once if the blog is hacked, a lot of money, efforts spent to make it popular will all be lost. So below are a few tips that will help to make your wordpress blog stay away from security threats.

1. Update your WordPress Version:

Wordpress is a web based software and so it always contains major/minor bugs that may be used by the hackers to get access to your blog. That is the reason, wordpress programmers constantly improve their software thus making it more stable in dealing with these kind of hackers.

So always remember to update you wordpress version immediately when released.

2. Only Use Strong Passwords:

This is the easiest mode of gaining access to any website/blog if you use your personal info like name, birthday, phone number etc..as your password. Always try to make it so complex that others couldn't even think about what your password may be..


An example of such password: A123abcd@(myWeb[dot]com)


The above is just an example. Use the combination of Uppercase, Lowercase, Numerical and Special Characters for more secured password. Try to change it regularly (atleast once for every 3 months) and store it at a safe place (except in digital format).


3. Make Use of WP-Config File:

Adding a secret key will help protect your configuration settings from unauthorized intrusions. WP-Config file contains secure information related to MYSQL database names, passwords etc... So if you don't want your wordpress to be hacked, use the secret key.

To setup the secret key, visit visit https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/ and copy the appeared information into your wp-config.php file.


4. Use the .htaccess file wisely:

.htaccess file is the key file that allows setting up the access rights to various directories. So, Make proper use of the .htaccess file to limit the access to your website folders. You can even set a particular IP address from which you can access your information. Visit AskApache tutorial for more details on "How to setup .htaccess File?".


5. Control the File Permissions

There are sometimes, where the default permissions set during the wordpress installation may not be acceptable in terms of security. In those situations, you need to recheck them manually and change the file permissions according to your theme/hosting requirements. This you can do either by using FTP client or right from the admin panel.

For more details on File Permissions, visit the WordPress Codex.

So,follow the above guidelines to secure your wordpress blog from getting hacked. Do share with us, if you've any more ideas of protecting wordpress blogs from security threats.