NEWS | WordPress

WordPress is web publishing software and the most commonly used in the world. It powers over 60% of websites on the internet and as of January 2021 39% of the top 10 million most visited websites.

“WordPress (WP, WordPress.org) is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database.” – WIKIPIDA

It started as a blogging platform in 2003 but soon transformed into a CMS and later a full-fledged website building platform, which thanks to being open-source software has expanded exponentially.

WordPress Security: 10 Advanced Tips Part 2

As promised, here are the rest of my advanced tips for WordPress security. 1. Change the admin username During your WordPress installation, you should never choose “admin” as the username for your main administrator account. Such an easy-to-guess username is approachable for hackers. All they need to figure out is the password, then your entire

WordPress Security: 10 Advanced Tips Part 1

Following up from my last post offering some advice for WordPress security, there are another 10 ways to help keep your website stay safe I would like to share with you- 5 here and another 5 in my next post. 1. Remove your WordPress version number Your current WordPress version number can be found very easily.

8 WordPress Security Tips for 2019

In my last post I tried to debunk some of the myths about WordPress; now I thought I’d share some of my tips on WordPress security. 1. Set up a website lockdown feature and ban users A lockdown feature for failed login attempts can solve the huge problem of continuous brute force attempts. Whenever there

WordPress Security: Myths and Realities

I’ve been building WordPress sites for over 10 years, back in the days when WordPress could legitimately be described as a blogging platform not the all-encompassing internet publishing platform it is today. Even so I will still hear many website owners complain about WordPress security. The thought is that an open source script is vulnerable