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Wordpress Sucks

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by carrieathomer, Oct 31, 2014.

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    One of my wordpress site was hacked, but it took time to restore the saved version. Took long time to communicate with the hosting company and do everything correctly. than fixing it takes more to time to send email to the hosting companies and submitting tickets.

    Wordpress is a junk and it sucks, It is a winner though.
     
    carrieathomer, Oct 31, 2014 IP
  2. Nigel Lew

    Nigel Lew Notable Member

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    #2
    Or you can spend the 8 minutes required to lock it down.

    N.
     
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  3. Hefaistos

    Hefaistos Active Member

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    Not really. Perhaps this happened because you used an old version of WordPress, a theme or a poorly coded plugin. There are also few plugins that can improve WordPress security.
     
    Hefaistos, Nov 2, 2014 IP
  4. gkd_uk

    gkd_uk Well-Known Member

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    #4
    Install Limit Login plugin and change the default admin username
     
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    cronik Well-Known Member

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    #5
    Limit Login plugin with Wordfence and/or Bulletproof and you shouldn't have any issues. Keep plugins and WP updated, make sure your Wordfence scans come out good and back up your site on a regular basis, or after every update if you don't update often.
     
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  6. Nigel Lew

    Nigel Lew Notable Member

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    Yep. I typically suggest installing bulletproof, see what it asks you to do and then do it manually and largely uninstall it. Also, if you are on a simple shared plan wordfence is a bit resource intensive but is likely a tad better than bulletproof security.

    N.
     
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  7. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    1. make sure you have decent backups of your database, your plugins and your uploaded media
    2. why do you need to contact the hosting company - they have no responsibility if your site is hacked
    3. submit tickets? to do what?
    Lets say you had no idea how you were hacked... this is how you recover
    • delete everything but your uploads folder and your database
    • upload a clean version of wordpress
    • runs ok? one by one start uploading clean versions of your plugins after you've scanned the files to ensure basic security has been done right so that the plugin isn't the cause of the problem. If it is, then find another plugin that does the same thing, do without or write a clean version.
    • still ok? install your theme - if you didn't write the theme then check all the files to ensure basic security has been done right.
    • check the read write permissions of your folders. make sure you understand the consequences of anything left open
     
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  8. matt_62

    matt_62 Prominent Member

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    OP. Alot of great suggestions have been put forward in this thread. Even if it takes you an hour to learn about it, and implement it across all of your wordpress sites, it will save you time trying to patch it from backups after wards.
     
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  9. inkBlogger[Dot]Com

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    #9
    > Use security plugins like bulletproof... change the default username "admin" ....
    > Use a strong password..
    > Don't use same password for all of your accounts like for Wp , cpanel, social media etc. Deny access or write protect wp-config.php File...
    > Do not give 777 permission to directory unless necessary.
    > Make sure that wp-admin directory is protected. Use latest php version
    > Make sure that the system you are using is virus free
    > Buy hosting from a good company who provide regular backup and latest php version and all
     
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  10. iwebsocial

    iwebsocial Well-Known Member

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    Why WordPress even more sophisticated sites also get hacked. You should have to use security plugin for example wordfence where you can monitor your site activity.
     
    iwebsocial, Nov 7, 2014 IP
  11. King-Servers

    King-Servers Greenhorn

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    #11
    WordPress has improved a lot. I think you might have not updated your WordPress version. Also, many hosting companies provide find web hosting support and it should not take long time to restore your website backup.
     
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    A bad workman always blames his tools.
     
    WLEadmin, Nov 8, 2014 IP
  13. matt_62

    matt_62 Prominent Member

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    rofl... a good workman never blames his tools, because a good workmen has good tools!
    Truth is the real professionals dont use wordpress.
     
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    Mattingley Greenhorn

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    Couldn't agree more!

    If your WP website was setup properly and if your computer was secure (not saying its not) then again, you wouldn't of been hacked. You can't blame Wordpress for your lack of knowledge with using it, the fact you didn't have your own website backup and database backup suggests you don't really know what your doing, which is why you had to contact your host to reoslve the issue.

    A bad workman always blames his tools
     
    Mattingley, Nov 9, 2014 IP
  15. AITpro

    AITpro Greenhorn

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    Yeah, but a huge percentage of users worldwide do use WordPress. Just recently noticed that NASA uses WordPress for their blog sites. For ease of use, setup and maintenance WordPress has got everything else beat. I assume Drupal is what the "pros" use, but I think the average person probably would not do well with Drupal since it requires some general coding knowledge.
     
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    matt_62 Prominent Member

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    Try kentico. -> but no, this is not for just anyone, this is for professional web design companies.
     
    matt_62, Dec 10, 2014 IP
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    Nigel Lew Notable Member

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    #17
    Geez, not exactly a nuanced discussion you folks are having here lol...
    Nigel
     
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  18. AITpro

    AITpro Greenhorn

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    Never heard of Kentico before. Just checked them out. Looks like really good stuff, but yeah the price tag is obviously geared for the "big boys".
     
    AITpro, Dec 10, 2014 IP
  19. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Funny how people seem to forget that they can always pay to use something else.
    WordPress is amazing for the price tag
     
    sarahk, Dec 10, 2014 IP