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There are plenty of simple ways to block certain IP addresses from accessing your website. Have you ever wanted to block a whole country or an entire geographical area? These 5 country blockers for WordPress have you covered:
IP Geo Block: this plugin protects your WordPress site against hack attacks. It also lets you blacklist countries or groups of IP addresses. You can use multiple IP geolocation databases with this. [click to continue…]
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Continue ReadingMany WordPress websites become a victim of hackers due to vulnerabilities in their themes, plugins, or files. There are plenty of plugins and tools you can download to harden WordPress and reduce its chances of getting hacked. These 5 audit logging plugins allow you to keep an eye out for suspicious activities on your site:
WP Security Audit Log: this security audit log plugin allows you to log every activity happening on your site to spot suspicious behavior. It can keep track of user, widget, menu, tag, category, post, and WP core changes. [click to continue…]
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Continue ReadingWordPress is a wonderful CMS to use to bring your site online and manage your content. As your site gets more popular, you are more likely to face hack attacks. While the WordPress core is secure, there are things you can do to harden WordPress and protect your server against hack attacks. Here are 18 ways you can use plugins to monitor, protect, and recover your site (after a hack attack): [click to continue…]
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Continue ReadingMany of us have had to deal with hackers and malicious bots attacking our sites in the past. You can always use .htaccess or NGINX directives and other tools to get a handle on this issue. These bad bot blocking plugins can also prove useful:
iThemes Security: one of the best security plugins around. It gives you plenty of ways to lock down your site and stop attacks. You will be able to detect and block annoying bots and monitor your filesystem for unauthorized changes. [click to continue…]
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Continue ReadingWordPress is a pretty secure platform but it can still get hacked if you are not careful. Monitoring your site for file changes, protecting your login pages, updating themes/plugins, and preventing malicious requests are just a few ways to protect your site. WProtect is a plugin that checks your plugins and themes to let you know if there are any vulnerabilities.
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Continue ReadingWordPress sites are hacked and attacked all the time. You may not be able to stop every hack attack, but you can minimize your risk by hiding what you are running on your server. WP Hide & Security Enhancer is one plugin for the job. It hides your files, themes, and plugins paths from being shown.
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Continue ReadingPopular WordPress websites are a victim of brute force attacks, spam, and malicious requests all the time. While WordPress is a fairly secure platform right out of the box, there are many plugins you can use to harden it. Access Watch for WordPress lets you approach WordPress security in a more proactive fashion.
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