Recently one of our readers asked if there is an easy way to scan your website for security, hacks, and vulnerabilities. If you suspect that your website may be hacked, then a quick WordPress security scan can be a good starting point. Plus, there are… Read More »
Do you want to install and set up the Wordfence security plugin on your website? Wordfence is a popular WordPress plugin that helps you tighten the security of your WordPress site and protects it from hacking attempts. In this article, we will show you how… Read More »
WordPress security is a topic of huge importance for every website owner. If you are serious about your website, then you need to pay attention to WordPress security best practices. Otherwise, you may become one of the 10,000+ websites Google blacklists every day for malware… Read More »
Do you want to add security questions to your WordPress login screen? Many financial institutions and large companies require you to add security questions to your account for identity verification. You can do the same thing to improve the security of your WordPress site. In… Read More »
Just 3 days after the release of WordPress 4.2, a security researcher found a Zero day XSS Vulnerability that affects WordPress 4.2, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.1.3, and 3.9.3. This allows an attacker to inject JavaScript into comments and hack your site. WordPress team responded fast and… Read More »
Security Keys in WordPress are a string of random characters used for authorization and encryption of cookies generated by WordPress. These security keys can be defined by user in the wp-config.php file at any point in time. During initial installation, it is not necessary for… Read More »
Just when you think that the day was about to be over, we started seeing an update bar in our dashboard. Turns out that the WordPress has released WordPress 3.6.1, maintenance and security update. In this release, the WordPress security and maintenance team fixed three… Read More »
It’s Friday and work day is almost over here on the East coast of U.S, but we are still here updating all of our WordPress sites as we write this. The WordPress team have released WordPress 3.5.2, maintenance and security update. In this release, the… Read More »
Wow today has been a busy day. This is the third article for today. Now that we are finally done upgrading all of our websites, we can finally write about it. WordPress 3.4.2 was released today. It is labeled as a maintenance and security release… Read More »
About a month or so ago, we started seeing a huge number of failed attempts of reaching WPBeginner’s login page and wp-admin page. We got extremely cautious about that. From password protecting the wp-admin directory to adding two-step verification process, we tried to do everything… Read More »