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WordPress Security: Secure Your Site Against Hackers

Fact: over 30,000 websites are hacked everyday. Fact: cybercrime costs the global economy over $450 billion. Fact: over 1.5 million WordPress sites were hacked in a single day this year due to a singl...

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Course Description

Fact: over 30,000 websites are hacked everyday. Fact: cybercrime costs the global economy over $450 billion. Fact: over 1.5 million WordPress sites were hacked in a single day this year due to a single vulnerability. Don’t think website security isn’t important. Cyber-criminals are out there using sophisticated software to scan the internet for any type of vulnerable website.

Fact: over 30,000 websites are hacked everyday. Fact: cybercrime costs the global economy over $450 billion. Fact: over 1.5 million WordPress sites were hacked in a single day this year due to a single vulnerability. Don’t think website security isn’t important. Cyber-criminals are out there using sophisticated software to scan the internet for any type of vulnerable website.

What you’ll learn
  • protect a site with a cloud-based firewall
  • scan your site everyday for known vulnerabilities and changes in the WordPress code
  • block malicious IPs and requests and much more

Covering Topics

1
Section 1 : Introduction
2
Section 2 : Username and Password Security
3
Section 3 : Keeping Software Up-to-Date and Understanding Basic "Webroot Hygiene"
4
Section 4 : Wordfence security plugin
5
Section 5 : Backing Up
6
Section 6 : Extra WordPress Security Tasks – Really Lock Down Your Site
7
Section 7 : Conclusion

Curriculum

      Section 1 : Introduction
1
Introduction
      Section 2 : Username and Password Security
2
Introduction to the Username and Passwords Section
3
Make your Usernames Hard to Guess Preview
4
Password Security: Sobering and Scary News – You MUST Watch This Video!
5
Improving the Security of the WordPress Admin User
6
An easy way to change your username with Username Changer plugin Preview
7
How to Enable 2 Step Authentication to your WordPress Login
      Section 3 : Keeping Software Up-to-Date and Understanding Basic "Webroot Hygiene"
8
Introduction to the Updating Software Section
9
Deleting Unnecessary Plug-ins through the WordPress backend Preview
10
Deleting Unnecessary Themes through the WordPress backend
11
Checking the File and Folder Permissions on the Server
12
Disable Directory Listing
      Section 4 : Wordfence security plugin
13
Introduction to the Wordfence Security Plugin
14
Why the Wordfence Security Plugin is so awesome
15
Activating Wordfence Security Plugin for WordPress Initial Essential Steps
16
Checking up on Wordfence 24 hour later
17
Making sure the firewall is enabled in Wordfence and more about the plugin
18
Further Tweaks to the Wordfence Security Plugin
19
What to do if you get locked out of WordPress by Wordfence Security Plugin
      Section 5 : Backing Up
20
Introduction to the Section on Backing-Up
21
An Introduction to Backing-up and Restoring WordPress Websites
22
Recommended WordPress Plug-ins for Backing-up and Restoring WordPress Sites
23
Scheduling Database and File Backups to the Cloud Using a Free Plugin
24
How to Restore a WordPress Website from a Backup
      Section 6 : Extra WordPress Security Tasks – Really Lock Down Your Site
25
Introduction to the Extra Security Tasks Section
26
Install WordPress Securely By Installing Manually
27
How To Get the Green Secure Padlock on an HTTPS SSL Website
28
Disable Error Reporting
29
Disable File Editing in the WordPress Dashboard
30
Protecting the wp-includes folder and the wp-config.php file
31
Prevent PHP Execution in the Uploads Directory and Reminder to Update Software
      Section 7 : Conclusion
32
Conclusion
33
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