digital marketing this week - august 23rd 2014
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The Internet is not really the safest place on earth. With several hacking incidents and threats mushrooming out of the blue, website owners are always wary about the security of their website. In this episode of Digital Marketing This Week, we outline five things that you can do to safeguard your WordPress site from security threats and the one thing that everyone does that open a wide open door for hackers to access your site.TRANSCRIPT
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August 23rd, 2014
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Chris Mercer• Content Developer• Optimization Expert• Host of DMTW• Call me “Mercer”
Who Am I?
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This Week’s Focus Topic…
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5 Simple Things To Keep Your WordPress Site Safe
(And The One Thing That Almost Everyone Does That Opens The Doors To Hackers)
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Thing #1:“Properly Update”
• Always Install Security Updates (Ex. 3.9.x)
• Enable Automatic Security Updates
• Themes, Plugins & The WP Core
• When Should You Not Update?
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Thing #2:“Audit Logins”
• Dump the “admin”
• Strengthen passwords
• Use a password manager
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Thing #3:“Hide The Obvious”
• Adjust WP Login Message
• Use lower level users for posts
• Hide standard folders
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Thing #4:“Start At Home”
• Security starts at the access point
• Webroot, McAfee, Norton
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Thing #5:“Use A Plugin”
• Bulletproof Security
• All In One WP Security
• iThemes Security
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Avoid:“Deactivated Plugins/Themes”
• Deactivated doesn’t mean deleted!
• Every deactivated plugin or theme is an open door for hackers
• Delete unused WP Installs too
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Let’s Go Live!
• Watch as we secure a WP site
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How To Ask A Question...http://ssm.tips/question
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