The Best of WordPress Security
Worried about WPServeur Suspending your Website?
When WPServeur, your web host, suspends your website and the fruit of all your labors is nowhere to be found online, it is quite easy to slip into a panic mode.. Web hosts suspend accounts for several reasons. The most common reasons for a suspended account are as...
Website “Quarantined” by DigitalOcean?
Did you know that it can take more than 6 months (or more) to get your SEO game back on track if your website has been shut down by your web host or blacklisted by Google? Chances are, if you are here because your website was suspended, you found out about this the...
How to Secure Your WordPress Site with WP-Config.php?
Every WordPress site contains a file called ‘wp-config.php’. This particular WordPress configuration file is one of the most significant WordPress files. The file contains many configuration parameters which can be modified for better site security. In...
How to Ban an IP Address from Accessing Your WordPress Site?
Ban an IP address: Brute force attacks are one of the most common forms of attacks made on WordPress websites today. In brute force attacks, hackers make repeated login attempts on the WordPress login page. One of the ways to prevent brute force attacks on...
9 Simple Steps to an “un-suspended” Pantheon website
What’s worse than the “White Screen of Death”? This. Website not responding "The web page you were looking for could not be delivered." A common reason for web host suspending your site is overdue payment. You just have to pay what you owe to the web host and you’ll...
A Guide on How to Secure WordPress Admin
Secure WordPress Admin: Did you know that over 90,000 hack attempts are made on WordPress websites every single minute of the day? What it implies is that hack attempts on your websites imminent regardless of whether the site is big or small. Security is...
“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....