{"id":879,"date":"2011-08-23T09:59:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T09:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/data-centers\/kb\/?p=879"},"modified":"2015-06-22T10:52:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T10:52:08","slug":"plugins-and-tips-to-increase-the-security-of-your-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/plugins-and-tips-to-increase-the-security-of-your-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Plugins And Tips To Increase The Security Of Your WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-882\" title=\"wordpress-security-plugins\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/wordpress-security-plugins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/wordpress-security-plugins.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/wordpress-security-plugins-300x92.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here you have a series of extensions and tips that can be used to increase the security of your website as long when you use WordPress as a content publishing platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Plugin CHAP Secure Login<\/strong>: encodes the password using the protocol CHAP . Without additional configuration. Installed and activated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Plugin Login Lockdown: <\/strong>Blocks the identification made from the same IP address as if the wrong password is used\u00a0 repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Plugin AskApache Password Protect:<\/strong> Add extra identification to the blog using HTTP Basic Authentication and HTTP Digest Authentication <strong>(you should check if the server hosting your website, accepts it)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Plugin Semisecure Login Reimagined: <\/strong>Add encryption RSA in the password.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Plugin WP-DB-Backup: <\/strong>Backs up the database with configurable frequency. Indispensable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Plugin WP-DBManager: <\/strong>Allows you to manage the database from the WordPress control panel. Convenient to avoid having to access the administrator PHPmyAdmin but somewhat dangerous if someone gets on the panel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Change the prefix of the tables in the database:<\/strong> Usually start with wp, you can change it with plugins like WP-Security-Scan .<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Protects wp-config.php: <\/strong>Add the file. htaccess line<\/p>\n<p><em>^wp-config.php$&gt; &lt;FilesMatch Deny from all &lt;\/ FilesMatch&gt;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>to prevent anyone from reading the data to get access to the database.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Plugin Admin SSL:<\/strong> Add HTTPS in the Pages of identification. Remember that, you will need to pay extra cost to your hosting service for this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. <\/strong>Blocks wordpress directory to the search engines by adding the line Disallow: \/ wp-* in your robots.txt file<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. Plugin WP Security Scan:<\/strong> A few tests to verify the security of your WordPress installation, giving advice on actions (many of them included in this list).<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. <\/strong>Keep WordPress updated with the latest version.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13.<\/strong> Beware of the origin of the active plugin. Sometimes extensions can make a lot of headaches from the point of view of safety and performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. SFTP: <\/strong>Replaces FTP connections to your setup for SFTP , which sends the data securely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here you have a series of extensions and tips that can be used to increase the security of your website as long when you use WordPress as a content publishing platform. 1. Plugin CHAP Secure Login: encodes the password using the protocol CHAP . Without additional configuration. Installed and activated. 2. 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