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How to Improve WordPress Security: 7-Step Guide

Inkbot Design

This first step will show you how to turn on core automatic updates: Head over to your WP admin dashboard Click “Dashboard” > “Updates” At the bottom of this page, click “Enable automatic updates for all new versions”, which will take you where you need to go. WPS Hide Login and other similar plugins come in handy at this point.

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A Beginner’s Guide to.htaccess for Designers and Developers

HONGKIAT

This more complicated code snippet will force user authentication for anybody accessing the WordPress’ wp-login.php file. <Files wp-login.php> Order Deny,Allow Deny from All Satisfy Any AuthName "Protected By AskApache" AuthUserFile /web/askapache.com/.htpasswda1

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The 10 Best Free Security Plugins for WordPress

SpeckyBoy

Brute-force login protection is included (and will proudly display how many malicious login attempts have been thwarted on the WP Dashboard). All In One WP Security & Firewall. One of the telltale signs a site is running WordPress is the use of the default /wp-admin/ and wp-login.php URLs. iThemes Security.

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