Category: WordPress Security

There are various types of WordPress hack attacks and most of them can be classified under two categories; Targeted and Non-Targeted WordPress hack attacks. This security articles explains what each type of attack is, how it works and how to protect your WordPress sites and blogs from these malicious WordPress hack attacks.

Should you change the WordPress Login Page URL to improve the security of your WordPress blogs and websites? Are there any other and better ways how to protect your WordPress login page?

WordPress security keys are used to encrypt the WordPress login details stored in user’s cookies once they login to WordPress. By configuring the WordPress security keys you also improve the security of your WordPress. This article explains what are the WordPress security keys and how you can configure them in the wp-config.php file.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of WordPress blogs and websites are hacked. This leads to the question, how do I know if my WordPress site is hacked? How do I tell if my WordPress site is hacked? Sometimes it is very easy to tell, especially if a website is defaced. But most of the time, […]

A WordPress security article that explains how to use the popular WordPress security scanner WPScan to enumerate WordPress users or plugins for reporting purposes or WordPress security audits.

With WPScan WordPress Security Scanner you can launch a security check to ensure that all your users are using strong WordPress passwords. In this WordPress security tutorial we demonstrate how to use WPScan to launch a brute force security check against a WordPress user account.

By defaut WordPress discloses the version number in the generator meta tag and default RSS feeds. In this WordPress security tutorial we show you how to hide the WordPress version number without installing a WordPress security plugin.

There are many WordPress security plugins and recommended security settings you can apply to secure your WordPress installation. Since hacking is on the rise, and WordPress websites are being hacked daily, WordPress security is not something that should be overlooked.