The Best of WordPress Security
The Biggest Update to Have Happened To MalCare!
We, at MalCare, are constantly improving our tools to detect complex malware, breaches of the firewall or any suspicious content on our client sites. We have been toiling hard for the past 6 months to bring the biggest upgrade to our Database malware...
How to Protect Your WordPress Files Using .htaccess?
The .htaccess file is a server configuration file supported by many web servers, including the most popular Apache web server software. This seemingly unassuming file is power packed with all kinds of functionalities and features, which if used correctly...
10 Reasons Why Your WordPress Website Is Slow
Is your website loading slowly? We know how it feels to deal with a WordPress website that takes forever to load! Worse, it’s not just a matter of inconvenience… A slow website can affect the overall website performance of the site and lead to far grimmer...
Website Hacking Techniques That Make Your WordPress Website Vulnerable
There are roughly 500+ new WordPress sites being built daily. Impressive, ain’t it? The bad news is that all this popularity comes at a price! In this article, we will show you the most common WordPress website hacking techniques and how to protect your site from...
Website Safety Check: How Hackers Test If Your WordPress Website Is Hackable!
Let’s start off by asking the million dollar question — IS YOUR WORDPRESS SITE “HACK PROOF”? If the stats are to be believed, more than 70% of the WordPress installations are vulnerable to threats of being hacked! Follow our guide to learn how to perform a...
Is My WordPress Website Hacked? Find Out Quickly!
Worried that your WordPress site may have been hacked? Well… that’s a fear that gives many a website owner sleepless nights! Let’s be realistic here… perfection is a myth! There’s no platform out there that can promise to be completely hack-proof. It’s...
Your Go-To List of WordPress Website Maintenance Tasks (22 Points)
WordPress could well be called the poster child for ‘easy-to-build’ websites! However, making a website is only the first step… to ensure that the website stays relevant, and doesn’t falter when it comes to search engine rankings, it is essential to give...
WordPress Emails Becoming Spam Fodder? Here’s How to Fix it!
If you are an email marketer, the spam folder is pretty much what hell looks like. Imagine the agony, when those painstakingly created emails are directed to that cursed land where the thugs of the email world stagnate — unseen, unopened! For any business,...
What’s In Store For E-commerce In 2019!
Being in the WordPress ecosystem, we like to follow events that help us ensure we are in tune with the latest trends and patterns of the industry! WordCamp US, the national conference for WordPress, is one such event where interesting people meet each...
Are Permalinks Going To Be ‘The Deal’ In 2019? Here’s A Lowdown!
Permalink (pur-mah-lingk) - A permanent URL that links to a specific web page, typically a single blog entry or news article. Permalinks, as the name suggests, are (ideally) unchanging URLs that readers can use to access your WordPress site...
Inheriting A WordPress Site? This 13 Point Checklist Can Save Your Life!
Let’s face it - you may not always inherit a gold mine! There’s a dark side to inheritance too - like the flu gene you...
7 Common WordPress Security Vulnerabilities & How to Fix Them
WordPress is the most popular websites building platform. For 8 consecutive years, it's been named the fastest growing content management system. There are around 75 million WordPress websites online and hundreds of thousands of websites are being added...
How To Install a WordPress Theme – The Best 3 Methods
WordPress has made it easy to built websites. Thanks to the ton of free WordPress themes and plugins, users with poor or no technical know-how can build WordPress sites easily. It's the most popular website builder of today's date. Speaking of themes and...
WordPress Theme Hacked: How to Scan & Clean Corrupt Themes
It’s a nightmare to discover that your WordPress theme is corrupt. In most cases, website owners realise this all too late. The theme opens backdoors for hackers to enter and exploit your website.When this happens, you need to clean your website and take precautions...
WordPress Hacked Redirect – How To Clean Malware Redirects
Is your WordPress website redirecting to another site? In most cases, you’d realise your visitors are being sent to spam or obscene websites. This horrifying ordeal is a result of being hacked. When this happens, it’s crucial to fix it immediately. Here, we’ll...