http://alunloves.it/contact - contact me here. Hacking is on the increase and your WordPress website is vulnerable. But what, if anything, can YOU do to prevent an attack by hackers? This presentation introduced WordPress security best practices that you can implement today to harden the security of your website.

1. WordPress Security Best Practices –
How To Thwart The Hackers
Alun Richards

2. You hear people talking about WordPress
Security Best Practices. But what
are WordPress security best practices?
What do they involve, and can you implement
them yourself?

3. You may of course be worried
about hackers getting into your
WordPress site.

4. … and you should be!

5. This video lets you know the ways
hackers normally hack your
website so you can safeguard
against them.

6. Fortunately computer hacking is
not really like you see
in the movies.

7. Hackers don’t typically plug in a
huge mainframe computer and
run a bunch of numbers.

8. Usually the way people get into your
website is through an out-dated version
of WordPress, out-dated plugins or
themes with vulnerabilities, and easy to
guess usernames and passwords.

9. Did you know that Al Gore’s blog
has been hacked, CNN blogs have
been hacked, and these all
happened because they used
older versions of WordPress.

10. But as soon as these high profile blogs
were hacked, the creators of
WordPress released a newer version
that prevented these kinds of attacks.

11. The good news is that having good
protection against hacking is more
about putting best practice procedures
into place rather than spending a
fortune with a security consultant.

12. So what is my advice regarding
WordPress security best practices?
1. Keep WordPress Up To Date
2. Keep Your Plugins Updated
3. Avoid Brute Force Attacks

13. If you’d like a chat about the security
of your WordPress website
Contact me, Alun Richards,
here:
http://alunloves.it/contact