The Best of WordPress Security
“Vultr suspended my website. What can I do?”
Many web hosts unfortunately do a poor job of explaining what exactly you are in for, when you host your website on their servers. When your web host suspends your website for malware presence, you are left with nowhere to go. Vultr hosting provider spells out its...
How Effective is Security Through Obscurity in WordPress?
Security through obscurity is a belief that as long as people outside can't find the details of your site, your site will be safe. It’s a common strategy used to protect your site from hack attempts. Security through obscurity is achieved by hiding some...
Get Your Suspended Liquid Web Website Back
Did your hosting provider, Liquid Web suspend your website? Read on to learn how to fix your website. If your payments are not overdue, and your resource usage is not over the top, you may be facing suspension because your website may have been infected....
How to Disable XML-RPC for Better WordPress Security?
Disable XML-RPC: Have you ever published an article from your WordPress app? You are able to do so because of WordPress XML-RPC. They are also used to implement trackbacks and pingbacks which allows you to link to other websites. Despite its benefits,...
The Most In-Depth & Essential Guide to WordPress Login Protection
The WordPress login page is the gateway to a WordPress site. Anyone with access to the WordPress admin gets control over the entire site. Each day hundreds of thousands of websites are attacked. Hackers try to crack the login credentials to the WordPress...
Disable PHP Execution & Directory Browsing for Better WordPress Security
WordPress files and directories play a vital role in keeping your site secure. Setting them properly should be one of your biggest priority after installing WordPress. Setting proper permission of who can see which files and what actions a user can take...
How to Set Up Right WordPress File Permissions?
WordPress file permissions are crucial to the safety of your site. And yet they are the last things that come to your mind when you think about websites security. Earlier we spoke of various security measures that can help you secure your site but if the...
How to Fix Your Suspended HostGator Site?
WordPress Website Owners, what stresses you out the most? The most common answer: "Our Websites Shutting Down." Why is my Website Suspended? When you contact your web host, HostGator will inform you that your website is found to have malware. You might be...
How to Restrict Access to WordPress Files Using Htaccess?
Restrict Access to WordPress Files: Your WordPress site is composed of various files. These files are vulnerable to hack attempts because they form the core of your WordPress websites. Thus safeguarding these files is critical to your website safety....
Guide to Remove Malware from Your WP Engine Website
A web host is a fundamental requirement for any website on WordPress.org. So what do you do when it is WP Engine, your own hosting provider, that suspends your site? A web host is the place where your website is located. When a hacker attacks your website, he or she...
Where to Start When GoDaddy Suspends Your Site
When a web host like GoDaddy suspends your website, all hell breaks loose. Your visitors cannot avail your products or services. Google blacklists your website. Your brand and revenue starts decreasing in value. What can you do? You unsuspend your site, of...
What to Do When SiteGround suspends your site?
Do you feel betrayed when your web host, SiteGround shuts you down? However, when your site is hacked, that’s exactly what web hosts end up doing. A hacked WordPress site is, without a question, is one of the worst things that can happen to a website...
Bluehost Suspended your Site? Here’s What to Do.
Has this happened to you? Your web host, Bluehost suspends your site, and Google blacklisted your website at the same time. Is it a coincidence?! Take it from people who have gone through these terrifying experiences. It is not. For a detailed step-by-step...
How to Limit Access to WordPress Admin Directory?
WordPress currently powers more than 60 million websites which makes it the most popular CMS. Since popularity draws both good and bad attention, WordPress sites tend to experience 90000 hack attempts every minute of the day. When it comes to site...
How to Generate Strong Password for WordPress Sites?
Generate Strong Password: Powering over 60 million websites, WordPress is the world’s most popular website building platform. As a result, WordPress isn’t just drawing the attention of website developers but also that of hackers. Reportedly, over 90000...