WordPress offers a lot of flexibility in web design. It is an extremely versatile platform and one of the most popular web design programs available. Your website is an important part of your business. Hacks may want to take it over or try to get to your customer’s information on it. It is important that you take care to protect your website.

Perform Regular Updates

One of the ways to keep your website safe from attack is to regularly update WordPress. The updates help to protect you against vulnerabilities. If you continue to run older versions of WordPress, you put yourself at risk of being hacked. You should also update any plugins that you have on your site to the latest version.

Back Up Your Site on a Regular Basis

It is important to regularly back up your site. This will allow you to quickly restore your website if it is attacked or if the server that it is hosted on is attacked. Try to back up at least quarterly. If you work with a web designer, he or she may offer a backup service that is part of a security and maintenance plan, if not you will need to back up the site yourself.

Strengthen in the Log In

It is important to take steps to the strengthen the log in options for your website. You can install two-factor authentication. You should use named accounts instead of the default admin account. You may also want to limit the number of failed login attempts and disable any newly registered accounts to your website.

Remove Default Settings and Unused Themes

There are default settings and unused themes that may exist in the plugins that the creators make and leave as a backdoor and away into your website. Deleting these and changing the default settings can help you add a layer of protection to your website.

Set Up Notifications

If you set up notifications of attempted logins and changes made to your website. This will allow you to know right away if your website is under attack and let you take action immediately. This is can also alert you to attempts that try to breach a firewall or if you are under a DDoS attack.

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5 Steps to Starting a Blog on WordPress

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There are many benefits to starting a blog. You may be doing this to build a readership and customer base, or you may want to work on your marketing tools for your business. It may be a great way to keep your website content fresh and trending. If you are thinking about starting a blog on your WordPress site or if you just want to start a blog in general, here are five steps you can take.

Set Up the Blog

If you already have a WordPress site, then you will just need to turn on the blogging feature. The blog posts are created under the posts in the menu. They are easy to access. You may want to add the blog option to your menu and header. If you are starting the blog and do not have an existing website, you will need to choose a name, and either decide to host on WordPress, or to register a URL, and then find a site to host the blog. Once you have completed these steps, you are ready to start building your blog.

Determine What You Will Blog About

It is important to have a general idea of what you want to post about before you start. If you want to write a lifestyle blog, then you will have posts related to that. If you are blogging for your retail business or for a service industry, then your blog posts will focus on those businesses. This clear direction will help you over all.