Comments on: How To Keep Your WordPress Blog Secure http://www.seohosting.com/blog/blogging-tips/how-to-keep-your-wordpress-blog-secure/ Discussing the latest tips, tricks, and secrets of SEO Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:06:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dominik http://www.seohosting.com/blog/blogging-tips/how-to-keep-your-wordpress-blog-secure/comment-page-1/#comment-21786 Dominik Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:56:36 +0000 http://www.seohosting.com/blog/?p=1375#comment-21786 I would add: Try the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/limit-login-attempts/" rel="nofollow">Limit Login Attempts</a> plugin. Yeah, it's another installed plugin, but it helps with the "Usernames and Passwords" problem. With this addon you can - at least - slow down brute force attacks by only allowing a limited number of failed login attempts from an IP in one hour. After that the IP will be locked out of the admin area for an hour. Not helping about an distributed attack, but in most cases it's just script kiddies working from home , and you can stop those effectively. I would add: Try the Limit Login Attempts plugin. Yeah, it’s another installed plugin, but it helps with the “Usernames and Passwords” problem. With this addon you can – at least – slow down brute force attacks by only allowing a limited number of failed login attempts from an IP in one hour. After that the IP will be locked out of the admin area for an hour.

Not helping about an distributed attack, but in most cases it’s just script kiddies working from home , and you can stop those effectively.

]]> By: Brad Roberts http://www.seohosting.com/blog/blogging-tips/how-to-keep-your-wordpress-blog-secure/comment-page-1/#comment-20799 Brad Roberts Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:52:56 +0000 http://www.seohosting.com/blog/?p=1375#comment-20799 I agree with most of these. One thing I do recommend is that before you update Wordpress you should make sure that you back up your Database so that you don't lose anything when updating. I myself have had this problem and really regret it. Back up, back up, and BACK UP... That's simply the most important thing you can do. I agree with most of these. One thing I do recommend is that before you update Wordpress you should make sure that you back up your Database so that you don’t lose anything when updating. I myself have had this problem and really regret it. Back up, back up, and BACK UP… That’s simply the most important thing you can do.

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