It was Monday morning and I was on a call with a dozen others who are my peers. Each of us helps the small business owner with their businesses in one way or the other. It was at the end of the call and we were each sharing our websites and going over how to make little improvements here and there. Time was running out and there was just enough time for one more website review, I volunteered. As my site was coming up for all to see suddenly the screen turned a maroon red with an outline of a security officer with his hand stretched out and the words of"don't precede malware threat." I was too horrified to remember exactly what it said although there was more. I was concerned about my website I had spent hours on being ruined plus humiliated the people on the call had seen me vulnerable.
The secure your wordpress site Codex has check my blog an outline of what permissions are okay. Directory and file permissions can be changed through an FTP client or within the administrative page from the hosting company.
Also, don't make the mistake of thinking that your hosting company will have your back as far as WordPress backups go. Not always. It has been my experience that the company may or might not be doing proper backups, while they say they do. Take that kind of chance?
Luckily, keeping your WordPress website up-to-date is one of the easiest things you can do. For the past couple of versions, WordPress has included the ability to set up updates. A new update becomes available.
All-Rounder safety plug-ins can be considered as a security checker. They provide you with information concerning the probable weaknesses of the website and scan and check the website.
I prefer using a WordPress plugin to get the work done. Make sure that the plugin you choose is able to do select copies, has restore and can replicate. Be sure it is frequently updated to keep pace. There is not any use in not functioning, and backing up your data to a plugin that is out of date.