WordPress Security Blog

XAMPP is used by many WordPress administrators to set up WordPress environments. While there are many different case uses, some of the most common use cases are to set up a staging, development or testing environment.

WordPress is, at its core, a web application, and just like every other web application, it requires and uses a labyrinth of folders and files to work. These files and folders include everything from access controls and WordPress’ core code to the plugins, themes, media you upload, and everything in between.

Since its inception, WP 2FA has evolved to become one of the top WordPress 2FA plugins – thanks to the hard work of the team and our customers who have shown faith in us and our products and provided us with invaluable feedback.

On the 6th of September 2021, as-of-yet unknown actors breached and gained access to data of 1,200,000 GoDaddy customers. GoDaddy noticed the breach on November the 17th, some 36 days later. The breach was reported to the SEC some five days later and 41 days after the fact.

Many things make WordPress great. Firstly, it’s free. This fact alone has allowed countless people to set up their own websites, contributing to the mass democratization of information that we enjoy today.

Everything must evolve, or it risks being relegated to the history books. At WP White Security, we are firm believers in the philosophy of kaizen and always seek to develop our plugins for the better.

This article explains why many WordPress websites have a lot of failed login attempts. It also explains what you can do to protect your WordPress website from failed login attacks.

If you’re running an online business using WooCommerce, ensuring your site’s security is of paramount importance. While security requires a 360-degree approach with continuous monitoring, improving, testing, and hardening, low-hanging fruit such as user 2FA authentication can protect you from security breaches due to weak passwords.

Aurelio Volle is the Chief Marketing Officer and Product Owner of LIVEN – the umbrella company that has brought us Image SEO Optimizer and WP Umbrella. With 4 degrees to his name, he works as a lobbyist and university lecturer by day, while handling marketing and communications for LIVEN by night.

Looking after the security of your WordPress website involves a lot of different tasks. One of the tasks is to make sure that the plugins, themes and WordPress version that you are using on your website do not have any known vulnerabilities.