Post by account_disabled on Mar 4, 2024 4:45:32 GMT -5
Luis Modroño Categories Online communication , Marketing Basic tips to improve security in WordPress I'm going to be honest with you. A page created with any CMS (content management system) is susceptible to being attacked by hackers in the same way that we are all susceptible to being run over when walking through a city. However, if we look both ways before crossing and make sure it is green, we will reduce the possibilities in the same way as if we apply certain maintenance and security measures on our websites. Today, 43.1% of the websites on the internet are made with WordPress, making it the most used CMS with a 63.1% market share . For all these reasons, today I come to talk to you about those essential measures or tips that we can apply to improve security in WordPress .
Why do you need to improve your WordPress security? It is common to find yourself in the situation of having to explain that a website is not something you make, pay for, and neglect . To avoid scares, subsequent BTC Users Number Data and periodic maintenance of both content and security is necessary , although many times threats are not sensed until they actually happen (and believe me, if we are not careful, they happen, oh boy do they happen!). To try to be illustrative, I liked to use this analogy: “Imagine that you intend to build a wooden house. You will have to design and build it. Then you can go on to enjoy it but you will have to worry about maintaining it, since the wood needs certain treatments to withstand the passage of time or else it will rot and the house will end up falling down.
Well, the same thing happens with a website, no one is interested in it collapsing... But then WordPress is not secure? It is actually a secure content manager, but, like any CMS, it is susceptible to attacks if not properly protected . The problematic part is not the WordPress core, since its engineers work daily shielding it from vulnerabilities. The “problem” (and note the quotes) is that since it is open source software, its source code is available to everyone, and this is what makes it so great but, at the same time, so dependent on good security tasks. I explain. Thanks to having their code, developers can create compatible themes and plugins daily, both for our clients and to make them available to everyone. This has greatly contributed to the popularity of WordPress, as there is a wealth of material available, both free and paid, with which to configure and customize pages. On the other hand, this code is also available for anyone who wants to look for vulnerabilities, either to correct them or to take advantage of them.
Why do you need to improve your WordPress security? It is common to find yourself in the situation of having to explain that a website is not something you make, pay for, and neglect . To avoid scares, subsequent BTC Users Number Data and periodic maintenance of both content and security is necessary , although many times threats are not sensed until they actually happen (and believe me, if we are not careful, they happen, oh boy do they happen!). To try to be illustrative, I liked to use this analogy: “Imagine that you intend to build a wooden house. You will have to design and build it. Then you can go on to enjoy it but you will have to worry about maintaining it, since the wood needs certain treatments to withstand the passage of time or else it will rot and the house will end up falling down.
Well, the same thing happens with a website, no one is interested in it collapsing... But then WordPress is not secure? It is actually a secure content manager, but, like any CMS, it is susceptible to attacks if not properly protected . The problematic part is not the WordPress core, since its engineers work daily shielding it from vulnerabilities. The “problem” (and note the quotes) is that since it is open source software, its source code is available to everyone, and this is what makes it so great but, at the same time, so dependent on good security tasks. I explain. Thanks to having their code, developers can create compatible themes and plugins daily, both for our clients and to make them available to everyone. This has greatly contributed to the popularity of WordPress, as there is a wealth of material available, both free and paid, with which to configure and customize pages. On the other hand, this code is also available for anyone who wants to look for vulnerabilities, either to correct them or to take advantage of them.