A Summary of WordPress Security Posts

A recent mass-hacking at Medi­aTem­ple has high­lighted the fact that Word­Press instal­la­tions can be vul­ner­a­ble, and as Word­Press gets ever-more pop­u­lar, it becomes a big­ger deal to keep your site secure. Here’s a sum­mary of some good posts and things to do.

Now, exactly how much of this you really have to do, I don’t know. And, secu­rity is a mys­te­ri­ous busi­ness, where there are really no absolutes. But … these are cer­tainly interesting.

WP Secu­rity Scan plugin

The WP Secu­rity Scan plu­gin does a bunch of things to improve your site’s secu­rity, including:

• Ana­lyz­ing the site file per­mis­sions for vulnerabilities
• Renam­ing the default data­base table
• Check for cur­rent ver­sion of WordPress
• Etc., etc.

This thing is a lit­tle bit new, but not a bad thing to have. They plan all sorts of cool stuff in future releases, too.

Word­Press File Monitor

Mon­i­tors all kinds of stuff about your file sys­tem, to see if any­thing has changed in a bad way, and reports back if there’s some­thing wrong.

How to Secure Your Word­Press Instal­la­tion. This is an excel­lent arti­cle, that goes into great detail about this subject.

13 Vital Tips and Hacks to Pro­tect Your Word­Press Admin Area

Pro­tect Your Admin folder in Word­Press by Lim­it­ing Access in .htac­cess If you really want to get fancy, here’s some­thing else to look at.