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Why and How To Change the Default Username on WordPress
On WordPress websites, you can easily reset your user password in the admin area or using the “Lost your password?” link displayed on the WordPress login form. Unfortunately, there is no option to change your account’s username. When you attempt to change a username via the profile page, you will be advised that “Usernames cannot…
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How to Choose a Strong Password That’s Easy to Remember
Having a strong password for your WordPress site is one of the basic steps to maintaining good security posture and hygiene. Strong passwords, however, are a pain to create, and to remember… unless you have a few handy tips and tricks. Passwords are by no means the perfect way to authenticate users. This is why…
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Why and How to Protect Your WordPress Login Page
We rarely need to be convinced to harden our WordPress site security. But, how useful is protecting you login page? And, are you doing it right? WordPress is a popular CMS, and the fastest-growing platform to build websites. This is why hackers target it; they gain more out of every attack. Your WordPress login page…
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What Do Hackers Gain from Hacking WordPress Sites?
WordPress is a popular target for hackers because every website has something to offer them, and the returns on attacks are high. WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world, and a popular target for hackers too. The scale of the problem may make it seem like the hacks occur randomly and for random…
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Common Security Mistakes WordPress Site Owners Make
WordPress has become the most preferred content publishing platform online, and its popularity is continuously growing. For hackers, this means a bigger target with greater payoffs. Are you, as a WordPress site owner committing basic security mistakes that make it easier for them? WordPress is the most popular platform to build websites on, and its…
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Does a PC Antivirus Warning Mean that Your WordPress Site Has Malware?
When you run a WordPress website, it can be distressing and even annoying when visitors suggest that you might be hacked, based on their PC’s antivirus notifications. Here is why and how this happens. One of the most harrowing experiences for any WordPress website owner, is that of getting hacked, especially when they don’t even…
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Understanding and Getting Rid of the WordPress Pharma Hack
Hacks catch WordPress site owners by surprise since they are carried out discreetly to exploit websites’ resources. The Pharma hack makes use of your website’s search rankings. Do you know how to get rid of it? Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been covering some of the ill-effects of being hacked, and how to…
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How XML-RPC can affect WordPress Security
XML-RPC is a WordPress API that allows WordPress site-owners functionality, while on-the-go. But how does it affect WordPress sites’ security? What is XML-RPC, and why is it such a big deal? The ‘XML-RPC’ is an API that enables developers create WordPress ‘apps’ (like clients, plugins and themes), that allow you to make remote HTTP requests…
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Common Attacks on WordPress Sites 101: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Watching dominoes fall is always fun. And why wouldn’t it be? It’s a harmless, yet mesmerizing display of organized chaos. But if it did represent something harmful, there would be much reason to worry. Cross-site scripting attacks, at their worst, are the dominoes of common website vulnerabilities. Cross-site scripting, generally known as XSS, is a…
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