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Multi-site discounts Seamless integration Emergency response SLAs Custom server configuration Multi-site discounts Dedicated support teamWordPress is certainly reliable and safe to use. The CMS provides regular patches and updates to fix known security problems. But the core platform itself represents only a tiny fraction of security vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, WordPress’ extensibility and massive plugin and theme library is the culprit for the majority of security issues facing WordPress sites.
But the question of whether WordPress is secure or not depends entirely on you, the website owner. How many plugins, themes, and other extensible components you choose to install and how often you patch and maintain your site’s software will dictate how secure it really is.
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Protecting your WordPress site against phishing, malware, and DDoS is vital to protecting your visitors – and keeping it online in the first place.
If you don’t pay attention to the security of your WordPress site, you may find that attackers are able to infect your website, exploit system resources, steal sensitive information, or even take your site offline. You may even end up distributing ransomware or other nasty malware to unsuspecting site visitors. Ultimately, a hacked website can affect your website’s reputation, incur financial losses, and affect your search rankings.
Just like how a physical store needs to be protected from thieves, your online website also needs to be shielded from bad actors. Site visitors and customers expect to be safeguarded from attacks. And if you run an ecommerce website, security becomes even more important to ensure that you maintain PCI DSS Compliance. Ecommerce websites who aren’t compliant with these standards could risk hefty fines or even lose the ability to accept credit card payments.
Search engines like Google like secure websites. And your website’s search visibility is directly affected by its security. In fact, search engines like Google even use HTTPS encryption as one of their many ranking factors. Furthermore, if your site is detected to be distributing malware, phishing, or spam, they’ll downgrade your search rankings pretty quickly in an effort to protect search traffic. So, if you want a high-ranking website, you will want to pay close attention to your sites’ security and take steps to protect it from attack.
The WordPress security team works diligently to provide important security updates and vulnerability patches. However, the use of third-party plugins and themes and other website software exposes users to additional security threats.
By regularly installing the latest versions of core WordPress files and extensions, you can ensure that your website possesses all of the prevailing security patches and your WordPress site is more secure.
According to PatchStack’s State of WordPress Security study, there was a 150% increase in the number of vulnerabilities facing WordPress websites in 2021, with a whopping total of 29% which were never patched at all.
Plugins and themes can become deprecated, obsolete, or include bugs that pose serious security risks to your WordPress website.
To secure your WordPress installation and improve security, we recommend that you audit your plugins and themes on a regular basis.
Check the number of installs before adding a new plugin to your WordPress site. Check WordPress plugin reviews and ratings before adding a new plugin. If a plugin has not been updated in a long time it can have vulnerabilities used by malicious users to compromise WordPress websites.
You should always apply updates as soon as possible to keep your WordPress site safe & secure. Logging into your site on a frequent basis will ensure that you’re aware of updates as they are released. If you cannot update your site for any reason, consider using a website firewall to virtually patch the problem and minimize the risk.
Verify compatibility between the plugin and your current WordPress version. Download the latest version of the plugin from an official source and save it on your local machine. Check for special update instructions from the plugin developer or vendor. If none exist, proceed with steps 4-9. Log into your server via SFTP or SSH. Navigate to /wp-content/plugins/ and download this folder to your computer to serve as a backup. Locate the directory of the plugin you want to update and delete it from FTP. Upload the latest version to the same location. Log into WordPress as an admin and click Dashboard > Plugins. Locate the plugin you just updated from the list and click Activate.
