Steps To Be Taken For WordPress Security Issues

In this current generation, content management tools like WordPress has transformed our working style into an extremely easy and simple manner that occupies approximately the whole world. But the question comes here is: is using WordPress always an easy and secured option to work with?

Of-course sometimes its not secure while working with WordPress CMS tool. In this fast growing technology era, hackers have made their real business to interfere with user's private data or information on various other illegal websites. So, here in this blog we all need to know what advance steps are to be taken by us in order to avoid data hacking issues by such dangerous hackers to secure the WordPress CMS tool.


Avoid Mentioning of WordPress
Always mentioning WordPress in your website can lead to serious security issues. Hackers have high tendency to exploit all sorts of known vulnerabilities that are already added in your website by identifying the WordPress versions that you are working with which might include themes, plug-ins and other various such issues. This vulnerability can be prevented by removing all plug-in mentions from your WordPress website or other advance themes or plug-ins that have been installed. You can change your default links to protect yourself from WordPress vulnerability issues such as Brute-Force attacks.

Hiding WPPlug-in
Deactivating each and every mentions of WordPress that you are working with, can be quite difficult at times which might lead to time- consuming issues. So, to easily avoid WordPress attack, try to hide the WPplug-in feature that automatically avoid malicious attacks from dangerous hackers by updating users with new vulnerability glitches that might destroy the  WordPress functioning.


Data back-up
Data back-up option should be your first priority to avoid any kind of hacking issues. Apart from back-up option, one should follow a proper scan-up procedure to back-up all the important files. By following a routine back-up process of WordPress site, users can surely get rid of such malicious users to avoid losing all their essential data or a hacker's malicious activity. These below mentioned steps can be followed by users to avoid dangerous malicious activities on your WordPress site:

• BackUp WPFree
• VaultPress
• BackUp Buddy

Regular Updates
Regular updating process will keep WordPress website away from dangerous hackers that might harm your WordPress account. By having obsolete software update softwares, your WordPress database and all related information are highly prone to malicious attacks. If your WordPress website is hacked, its very much essential for users to install all new and fresh WordPress versions as this is the best option to recover and rebuild your WordPress website via FTP process.

Administrator Name Updation
By activating your WordPress default administrator name, its easy for hackers to easily get into your WordPress information, data and files that you have saved very easily. So, make sure that your WordPress account login details are properly changed and create a login by signing up into your account on fresh basis. One can follow this step by just creating a new administrative user account and deleting their old default administrator account.

Password Strength
Creating an account with weak password is more prone to hackers to hack your WordPress account by using special algorithm to gain access to the control panel as this is an easy way to get into your WordPress account details. To avoid this issue, users are suggested to create a strong password across the board. Do ensure that you have created a new account by following a password strength rule that applies to your password creation process while creating or updating your WordPress account. If you think that your account has been hacked, then it is recommended to immediately change your password for future prevention steps.

Back-door Hacking
When your WordPress account has been hacked, then it's quite possible that you might have left some way for hackers to get access to your account. Added code often seems to be an innocent one but at the same time, it will always give access to hackers the code which is often known as PHP code that are known to be eligible for hackers to crack the code and steal away all the information of WordPress account. These codes are often hidden in themes, plug-ins and various uploads that are required by WordPress to function properly. To get rid of such issues, users can always use special malicious scanner applications that are easily available on the Internet for free or for trial version. Once checking process is done, run your browser in incognito mode and later check if there is any threat found.


Sophia is a trained WordPress developer working with WordPrax Ltd. - HTML to WordPress company with global reach. If you're planning to convert HTML to WordPress for a brilliant online presence, she can help you. Some stunning articles related to website markup conversions can be found under her name.