How To Prevent Malware On WordPress Website, Top Best Ways

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How To Prevent Malware On WordPress Website

It is highly recommended to keep WordPress, its theme, and plugins up to date to avoid possible security issues. We recommend you update it to the latest version to prevent similar issues from happening again. Also, perform the below security steps. Change your database password to a strong one. This is the first thing you need to do.

Create a secure password and don’t reuse passwords. Change your table prefix from “wp_” to a new one. Hackers usually try to inject the code by trying this table prefix. If your wp-admin login name is admin change to a new one. Since the username admin is the default, the hacker’s job is only to find the password of your wp-admin account. Don’t keep unused themes or plugins, since it’s unused and will be outdated, hackers can easily exploit that code and can access your site through it. Change all defaults: posts, comments, usernames, directory names, etc. It’s easier when you’re setting up.

If you already have WordPress up and running, go to Settings > Miscellaneous (in your Admin controls) to change directory names. This will be another step in your drive to prevent WordPress hacking and make hacking your site much more difficult. You can restrict the amount of liberty anyone is allowed to take with the admin login page using plugin limit login attempts It will limit the number of login attempts for each IP address, including your own (with auth cookies). Please refer to the link https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-attempts/ To disable file editing in the dashboard, add the following code to the end of your wp-config file.

Disable Editing in Dashboard define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’, true); Keep your WordPress database secure and isolated. It’s best to use individual databases (if you are using more WordPress installation) for each blog/site and manage them by separate users. We strongly suggest you to install and activate the plugin “disable-xml-rpc” in your WordPress account. The plugin “disable-xml-rpc” supports the working of Jetpack along with disabling access to xmlrpc.php. ie, this plugin will ensure the security of your account.

Assure that you install plugins, themes, etc from authorized vendors or those holding Good ratings only! Ensure that all your 3rd party applications & plugins are updated to their latest stable versions. Reset all passwords including email passwords. Confirm the email accounts in your control panel. You can also download your website files using any FTP client like FileZilla and scan those files using anti-virus software to check whether the website files are infected with any malicious codes or not.

After cleansing all files, upload them to the server. If you operate any 3rd party applications, ensure that it is not generating trouble to other domains or to the whole network. Let us know if you need any further assistance.

Causes Of Malware In WordPress Website

Due to using the low-quality plugin.
Using multiple websites on one server.
Lack of security plugins.
Taking server from the bad quality service provider.

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