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If you manage a #Wordpress site for a business, then in this thread we’ll chat about some housekeeping & ideas you can make to tidy up, secure, & enhance your website.
^Joel
^Joel
1. Take a good look at your hosting.
I would recommend you use WordPress specific hosting such as @wpengine, @HeyFlywheel, @Pagely etc
They are geared up to supporting & protect your Wordpress (WP) site. Even if you are not techy, they can help guide you on the migration.
I would recommend you use WordPress specific hosting such as @wpengine, @HeyFlywheel, @Pagely etc
They are geared up to supporting & protect your Wordpress (WP) site. Even if you are not techy, they can help guide you on the migration.
2. Run a website performance report
Eg @gtmetrix
WordPress can be a bit *heavy* but you really want to be seeing C & D at least in the report.
The faster you make your site, the better for users & SEO. Every (milli)second counts
Hosting move in 1 can help.
Eg @gtmetrix
WordPress can be a bit *heavy* but you really want to be seeing C & D at least in the report.
The faster you make your site, the better for users & SEO. Every (milli)second counts
Hosting move in 1 can help.
3. Keeping it up to date
Not updating plugins & core WordPress is making it easy for your website to be hacked.
You need to stay on top of those update - set a recurring event in your calendar to update them.
A hosting move will mitigate parts of this.
Not updating plugins & core WordPress is making it easy for your website to be hacked.
You need to stay on top of those update - set a recurring event in your calendar to update them.
A hosting move will mitigate parts of this.
4. Check your Administrator accounts - do you need them all? I saw a site with 23 the other day!
Audit them.
Actually, going back to point 3 - audit your plug-ins - if you don’t need it, remove it.
Audit them.
Actually, going back to point 3 - audit your plug-ins - if you don’t need it, remove it.
5. Use the @Cloudflare service.
And then pay for the $20 a month Pro account and use their Web Application Firewall (enable WordPress rules).
This will give you an Avengers like protective shield around your site; giving you an extra layer of security (+ performance benefits)
And then pay for the $20 a month Pro account and use their Web Application Firewall (enable WordPress rules).
This will give you an Avengers like protective shield around your site; giving you an extra layer of security (+ performance benefits)
6. You can also look at a security plugin like @ithemes Security Pro.
This will give you even extra facilities to secure your site eg “away hours” - when no-one can login to your WordPress admin section; ideally for helping keep hackers at bay whilst you sleep ;)
This will give you even extra facilities to secure your site eg “away hours” - when no-one can login to your WordPress admin section; ideally for helping keep hackers at bay whilst you sleep ;)
7. Ok, appreciate we’ve been a bit of time talking about security - should have probably keep this thread focussed on that topic only. Idea: I’ll do a topic per thread next time.
How to safely grant a third party admin access to your site >> https://www.glassmountains.co.uk/campfire/how-to-safely-grant-access-to-your-wordpress-site/
How to safely grant a third party admin access to your site >> https://www.glassmountains.co.uk/campfire/how-to-safely-grant-access-to-your-wordpress-site/
8. Carrying on with howto guides…
“How to reset a user’s password in WordPress” >> https://www.glassmountains.co.uk/campfire/how-to-reset-a-users-password-in-wordpress/
“How to reset a user’s password in WordPress” >> https://www.glassmountains.co.uk/campfire/how-to-reset-a-users-password-in-wordpress/
