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Eight ways to increase security for your WordPress site

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 5, 2014

WordPress is one of the most popular blogging tools ever created. Thousands and thousands of sites use it every day, which unfortunately makes it a high profile target for the bad guys.

There are some very good tips in this list. I use WordPress for my own blogs so it’s given me some food for thought on how I can better protect my own sites. I’ll be checking my blogs shortly to make sure that I’ve set things up appropriately to help keep them as secure as possible.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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