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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

Chapter 6. 10 Must-Do WordPress Tasks

WordPress would be pretty safe, straight out of the digi-box, but if it has an Achilles heel, that's its popularity, making it an irresistible target for hackers. They see the swathes of default-set sites as a wheel of fortune. They also know how it works and how to attack it.

In response, what we have to do is to up the ante.

But you know all that, so let's get on with it. Here's the order of play:

  1. Locking it down

  2. Backing up the lot

  3. Updating ... shrewdly

  4. Neutering the admin account

  5. Correcting permissions creep

  6. Hiding the WordPress version

  7. Nuking the wp_ tables prefix

  8. Setting up secret keys

  9. Denying access to wp-config.php

  10. Hardening wp-content and wp-includes