For anyone planning to build a professional website, WordPress is the first option that comes to mind. After all, it is the preferred choice for website designers and owners worldwide, making it a market leader among all CMS platforms. This popularity makes WordPress sites the most targeted by hackers and cybercriminals making WordPress cybersecurity a … Read more
Every year iThemes holds a three day webinar series where they cover one of the most important topics related to WordPress and online business, ‘website security’. This is a FREE event, however, you do need to register. If you can not attend this even live, anyone that is registered will be sent the even replays. … Read more
There are two ways you can get iThemes Security Pro plugin free. In this article I will explain each of them and how you can take advantage of this opportunity. What is iThemes Security Pro? I have a very detailed write up of iThemes Security here, but the most important thing you need to know … Read more
There are several ways to secure and protect a WordPress website, however, if you prefer to use a WordPress plugin, we recommend iThemes Security. Keep reading to find out why. You might be thinking, ‘why would anyone want to hack my site?’. Seeing Can Be believing I’d recommend that you install a simple plugin like, … Read more
In this article I’ll be sharing my thoughts and recommendations regarding the MalCare WordPress security product. I’ll offer a basic comparison to Sucuri, which we’re most familiar with because we use it for our support services.. What is MalCare? MalCare is a WordPress security service. I guess you could call it a plugin, but really the … Read more
If you’re a WebPro, doing freelance web design, WordPress support or doing agency work like marketing, hosting, etc… and you’re not pushing SSL certificates on your clients you are doing them a huge disservice! Your clients MUST have an SSL now, period! It doesn’t matter if they have a basic informational website, it is the … Read more
Just yesterday I received five phone calls from five different people who had been notified by their hosting provider or customers that their websites had malware. Some complained that their hosting provider was hacked and now they’re left holding the bag and have to spend the money to fix it. Others had no idea that … Read more
In the last seven days (at the time if this writing) I’ve helped a total of ten clients get their hacked WordPress site back online after hackers made a mess with malware and other redirects. In some cases it’s a simple process … Just run Sucuri’s Website Malware Removal tool through the site and it will … Read more
If you’re keeping up with the latest WordPress news, you’ve heard about this “attacker” issue. These attackers are trying to exploit the default username ‘admin’ to gain access to your website. First they verify that your site has the username ‘admin’, second they start trying a number of passwords to access the account. Read more about the known … Read more
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