5 plugins and tips to protect your Wordpress blog
August 2, 2008 by: ArshadThere are a lot of tips of course to protect your blog but 5 of them are really must.
1 – Dump your database with WP-database backup
WP-Database Backup offers to daily e-mail you a backup of your database . A must have for every blogger!
2 – Scan your Wordpress install to find security holes
WP Security Scan plugin is a great plugin that you can finf security holes while installing
3 – Protect your blog from brute force
The Ask Apache plugin allows you, among other things, to protect your wp-admin directory by an authentication server level ( htpasswd ).
Note also that the plugin allows you to disable hotlinking, or direct access to your wp-content and wp-includes directories.
4 – Beware of plugins
Some plugins can contain security vulnerabilities. For this reason, it is necessary to hide the contents of the / wp-content/plugins directory . You just have to create an empty file named index.html and upload it to the wp-content/plugins directory.
Since the time that this kind of disappointment is known, I must admit that I’m surprised that Wordpress does not always hide the contents of this directory by default.
5 – Hide the Wordpress version
If a security hole exists in a particular version of WP, a possible hacker will only have to display your blog source code in its browser and see if the version you used corresponds to the vulnerable one: By leaving the meta version , you’re indicating that you are potentially vulnerable. Simply delete the line in the header.php of your theme.
Similarly, there is also a plugin which allow you to lie about the Wordpress version you’re using.
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