6 safety tips for your WordPress blog

This article will give an account of six safety tips for your WordPress installation to avoid unauthorized access of strangers and especially to inject malicious script on your blog.
Many thousands of bloggers currently use the WordPress blogging platform, this platform to be used so that the world becomes a target for hackers trying to pierce the security in order to have access to confidential data.

The following tips are in my opinion the key to maintaining a blog minimally secure.

1.
To begin installing the plugin treats WP Security Scan . This plugin does a scan to your WordPress installation in order to find vulnerabilities in passwords, file permissions, database, hiding the version of WP, protection / security administration section, where it all together with a hint of security.

2.
Try to remove the version of your installation of your WordPress template. To do this go to the administration section of your blog and click Presentation> Theme Editor> header.php and search for bloginfo ('version'), remove and save the file.
By removing the bloginfo ('version') will make life more difficult for a hacker who seeks security flaws of a WordPress version specifies.

3.
Create a blank index.html file in plugins directory of your WordPress installation. To do this, open Notepad and save a blank file named index.html (note that the extension has to stay on. Html). Once you upload the file to your plugins directory of your WordPress installation.
This method is used to hide the plugins that are being used by your blog. It is used for the same purpose of the above tip, or to hide possible clues to a malicious user.

4.
Upload a copy of. Htaccess (in the root of your wordpress installation) to your wp-admin directory. Using your FTP application (eg FileZilla) or the file manager of your hosting package. So will prevent files from your wp-admin directory from being accessed by hackers.

5.
Try to change the default administrator name on any WordPress installation, or change the user name "admin" to any other name you choose. This method can be made through the database using phpMyAdmin . He is nothing of the other world is always risky for an error and can throw his blog for "water down" Of course it is easily recoverable if you backup before. To make it through the PhpMyAdmin follow these steps:

1. Open PhpMyAdmin
2. Select Databases
3. Open the database of your WordPress blog
4. Locate and select the table wp_users (or prefixo_users) and click on "browse"
5. Find the admin user and click "edit"
6. Find the parameter user_login field and edit the admin for the administrator name you want
7. Click Go! That's it.

For those who want to change the default administrator name without accessing the database and take risks, you can always use this plugin that will let you do everything in a safer manner.

6.
If you want to increase their security through. Htaccess download the plugin site AskApache , this plugin that allows creating a file. htaccess which ensures total safety even when not in use-current version of WordPress. I leave here two sites with very interesting articles about the. Htaccess files, the AskApache Tutorials and the perishable Press . There is also a good article in Portuguese about the plugin in question in the WordPress-love.com .

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