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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

Setting up an antimalware suite


Of the many security plugins, two stand out, adding easy set-it-forget-it defence.

Firewall

WordPress Firewall from the clever coders at seoegghead is a tremendous piece of kit, stopping a wide range of attacks in their tracks:

  • Directory traversals (server defence)

  • Executable file uploads (server defence)

  • Field truncation, SQL and WP-specific queries (database defence)

You can whitelist your own IP addresses as well as page-specific form variables, and the firewall can be set to send you e-mail alerts like this (but with lots more detail):

AntiVirus

The AntiVirus plugin from Sergej Müller is another beauty, scanning for malicious links, virus injections, and other WordPress weaknesses.

Click on the new Dashboard tab and then on AntiVirus to run a manual scan. Check off those alerts you know to be false positives while researching the others. The aim, from first plugin use, is to underline...