Hi everyone, I am a new blogger I wanted to know how to secure my wordpress based blog from spam or hackers, I am using hosting service from blue host. is there any plugin or any other software available to secure my blog. Thanks
The Wordpress code is opensource so hackers will find a way to get in. The best thing is to update as soon as an update becomes available.
Recommended plugins: -Invisible Defender -Safer Cookies -Chap Secure Login -WordPress File Monitor -WP Security Scan
Straight from the horses mouth; This has everything you need to know. http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress
I also looking for this, my blog also full of spamers.. turning off auto publishing comment is lose visitors,. thank you guys..
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There's a few things that you can do.. * always upgrade to the latest release. * do not use any plugin, or use as minimum as you can and always upgrade them as soon as they release. * Do not use any theme created by unknown developer. If you use them, make sure to check the whole template for malicious codes.
In every new blog I setup, I always change the default administrator username to something other then admin. If you use fantastico to setup wordpress then this is done for you right in the setup. Otherwise, you will have to use php admin to go into the users table of wordpress and edit the admin row so that the login name is whatever you want it to be.
Having "admin" username to login is not a good idea, because most hackers know this. And i think having other database prefix instead of wp_ is a good idea too
User plugins like stealthlogin and login-attempts along with changes in your .htaccess of your wp-admin area
There is a plugin named Security Scan, which helps you very much by listing all security threads of WordPress blog and notice you to fix them. You should try this.