There is nothing as disconcerting as trying to visit or log into your website, only to see a notice saying ‘This account has been suspended. contact your hosting provider for more information.’ Your account has been suspended means that the hosting provider has temporarily taken your site offline.  Web hosts suspend websites for different reasons…

The “The Site Ahead Contains Harmful Programs” Google chrome warning is a nightmare. But what does this warning mean exactly? What are the consequences? Is it going to impact your website and, in turn, your business? How do you get rid of the warning?  In this article, I’ll answer all these questions and more. So,…

The WordPress login form is the access point to the world of WordPress. This simple form allows authorized users who successfully enter their account details to enter the WordPress admin area. By default, the WordPress login page can be accessed by appending /wp-login.php or /wp-admin/, to your main WordPress URL. The login paths are similar…

Seeing a ‘This site may be hacked’ message under your site in Google search results is alarming. Your visitors seeing it is downright terrifying. Many people still wonder if going on such a site can cause their device to be hacked, so you are bound to see a huge negative impact on your site if…

WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world. It powers 43% of all websites on the Internet. And due to its popularity, it is a popular target for hackers. According to a 2018 Sucuri report, 90% of all CMS-based websites cleaned by it during that year were WordPress websites. No WordPress user…

WordPress file permissions are a hotly debated topic, and you will find tons of advice (quite a bit of it incorrect) online. WordPress also has an article about file permissions and how to set them to secure your site, but those instructions are hard to follow.  In this article, we have put together a complete…

Whitelisting IP addresses is a manual way to ensure that certain IPs have access to your WordPress website. In some cases, it is because you have a private site for limited users. Other times, it is because plugin IPs are blocked and they cannot function properly. We have often seen this when one website has…

MalCare is a new face in WordPress security plugins, but is considered a strong contender alongside the biggest names like Wordfence and Sucuri. But, does it make sense to spring for a subscription when there is a free version?  Security plugins protect sites from hackers, their malware, their bots, therefore security is not the place…

WordPress brute force attacks are overwhelming, even before an attack is successful.   Many site admin sees their server resources depleting rapidly, their sites becoming unresponsive or even outright crashing— causing actual users to be locked out. The issue is that you can feel helpless as brute force bots hammer the login page, trying to get…