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WordPress 3 Ultimate Security

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WordPress 3 Ultimate Security

Overview of this book

Most likely – today – some hacker tried to crack your WordPress site, its data and content – maybe once but, with automated tools, very likely dozens or hundreds of times. There's no silver bullet but if you want to cut the odds of a successful attack from practically inevitable to practically zero, read this book. WordPress 3 Ultimate Security shows you how to hack your site before someone else does. You'll uncover its weaknesses before sealing them off, securing your content and your day-to-day local-to-remote editorial process. This is more than some "10 Tips ..." guide. It's ultimate protection – because that's what you need. Survey your network, using the insight from this book to scan for and seal the holes before galvanizing the network with a rack of cool tools. Solid! The WordPress platform is only as safe as the weakest network link, administrator discipline, and your security knowledge. We'll cover the bases, underpinning your working process from any location, containing content, locking down the platform, your web files, the database, and the server. With that done, your ongoing security is infinitely more manageable. Covering deep-set security yet enjoyable to read, WordPress 3 Ultimate Security will multiply your understanding and fortify your site.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
WordPress 3 Ultimate Security
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Fast installs with Fantastico ... but is it?


Shared hosting users will likely be familiar with the easy platform installation options from Fantastico, or else perhaps just with the shiny icon in cPanel's main window.

This handy utility runs scripts to create blogs, content managers, forums, shopping carts, and whatever else in a few clicks and about as many seconds. Sounds great? Hmmn.

Well, I write installation scripts too, whether for WordPress, WordPress Multisite, or even for top-notch web servers and, I have to say, Fantastico's WordPress script is flawed.

I'm not saying not to use Fantastico. I am saying to be aware of the risks, and then not to use it. You already used it? Here are the issues and the workarounds:

Issue

Solution

An old WP version gets installed

Upgrade on first Dashboard access

Creates guessable database name, such as HOSTING-USERNAME_wrdp1

Create and connect a new database with an obscure name

Database username is the same as the database name

Create and connect...