How To Secure Your WordPress Site From Hackers

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Is your WordPress site
secured from hackers?

In this tutorial, you will learn

how to secure and protect
your WordPress site

using a highly recommended
plugin.

The All In One WP Security &
Firewall Plugin

It has over 400,000+ installs
and 500 5 star ratings.

First, install the plugin.

Open a new browser like
Google Chrome.

This will open a new window

and bring you to your home
page.

My home page is a new tab.

Your home page may be
different than mine.

For example, it can be
Google.com.

If it’s different, then open a
new tab.

Click this to
open a new
tab.

A new tab will open.

Go to your WP Admin
Dashboard.

Type http://nameofyourdomain/
wp-login.php in the address bar.

Example:
http://wpsecurity.com/wp-
login.php

The extension wp-login.php is

how you go to your WP Admin
Dashboard.

Click Log in with username
and password.

Enter your Username or Email
and Password.

Click Log In.

Look for Plugins on the left
sidebar.

Click Add New.

It will bring you to this page.

Type all in one security in the
search bar.

You will see these results.

This is the correct plugin.

Click Install Now.

After installing, click Activate.

The plugin is now activated.

Let us now conﬁgure the
plugin.

The plugin’s function is to
secure your website

using a score based system.

The higher points you get,

the more secure your website
is.

Now look for WP Security on
the left sidebar.

Hover your mouse on it and
then click Dashboard below.

This is the plugin’s Dashboard.

Click Settings below Dashboard
on the left sidebar.

You will see this page.
Click WP Version Info.

Check the box on this page and
click Save Settings.

You now have a score of 5/5 for
this security setting.

Now click User Accounts.

This page checks if your
username is admin.

If it is admin, then click Edit
User to change it.

If your username is not admin
or

once you have changed it
something else

your score will be 15/15.

Now click User Login.

Check the 3 boxes and then
click Save Settings.

After that you will get a 20/20
score.

Now go to User Registration.

On the Manual Approval tab,

Check this box and click Save
Settings.

That will give you 20 points.

On the Registration Captcha
tab,

That’s another 20 points.

Go to Database Security.

Check this box and click
Change DB Preﬁx.

This will change your wp
preﬁx on your site

to a random one which will be
more secured.

Go to the DB Backup tab.

Check Enable Automated
Scheduled Backups.

Enter 8 for the number of
backup ﬁles to keep.

Click Save Settings.

Go to Filesystem Security.

Go to the PHP File Editing tab.

Go to the WP File Access tab.

Go to Firewall.

Check all boxes and click
Save Basic Firewall Settings.

Last one, go to Brute Force.

Check this box so you can
rename your login page URL.

Enter your desired URL on this
ﬁeld.

Example: http://wpsecurity.com/
secretloginpage

Just enter the extension after
the .com/

Write down your new login
page URL

so you won’t forget because

this is very important.

Once done, click Save Settings.

That’s it.

Go back to the WP Security
Dashboard.

Your Security Strength Meter
should now be in the green zone.

You have successfully
secured your WordPress site.

Thank you for visiting this
tutorial!

How To Secure Your WordPress Site From Hackers

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