Enhance Wordpress security with Plug-in

Wordpress is the most popular blogging platform in the world today and is also used by Vietnamese bloggers to customize their personal blogs instead of using available blog services. Some of the following plug-ins will help strengthen Wordpress security.

Login LockDown

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Warning when logging in wrongly many times

Login LockDown will record the IP addresses as well as the duration of each failed login to Wordpress. If the number of login attempts fails from an IP address within a short period of time beyond the allowable level, the system will block the logging function of this IP.

This method is useful for preventing brute-foce password attacks (searching for passwords in a way that tries to log in with predefined or random characters).

WP Security Scan

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Scan and give appropriate security suggestions for Wordpress

WP Security will scan the installation section of Wordpress for security errors and make suggestions for you to fix. Plug-in also checks the security of passwords, file access permissions, database security, and the option to hide Wordpress version information on the homepage. This is a good function that bloggers used to have to manually perform.

Update Notifier

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Notice when there is a new version

Wordpress is available for notification when there is a new version in the admin section. However, when not logging in to the admin (admin) section, Update Notifier will warn by sending an email with a new version of Wordpress, theme or plugin for you to proceed with the upgrade.

WP-MalWatch

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Scan the installation to find fake phishing files

When hackers infiltrate your blog, most will plant hidden files on the server with the covers of * .PHP files as well as malicious .htaccess files into different directories to make doors. post for next intrusions.

WP-Malwatch will check the security mode of your entire WordPress installation to find these dangerous files. When you find it, you'll be alerted by WP-Malwatch where you need to take care of it.

Admin SSL

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Login with SSL security mode

Admin SSL has a simple function of switching the connection mode to SSL more securely for all pages: login, administration, sending messages .

WordPress Firewall

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Set up for the firewall

A type of blog firewall, WordPress Firewall will analyze requests sent to the blog to identify and prevent common attacks. This firewall has a whitelist (list of acceptable terms) and a blacklist (blocked phrase list) to filter the loaded data into the page before it is sent to the system.

WP Sentry

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Give members powers with WP Sentry

This is a simple plugin to grant access to the newsletter. WP Sentry creates an area where bloggers can discuss sensitive information with each other without worrying about the Google search spiders.

User groups can be members of multiple groups, each group or member can be granted permission to view posts.

myEASY Backup

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This myEASY Backup plugin is quite necessary for your blog's file and mySQL database, used to backup, restore or combine Wordpress installation.

Admin Log

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Save admin activity

Admin Log displays the list of pages that the admin account operates on. The saved information includes the admin page that is accessed, the account and the access time.

AskApache Password Protect

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Set up for AskApache Password

AskApache Password Protect allows you to set a password to protect your blog using either HTTP Basic Authentication authentication mode or HTTP Digest Authentication.

This plug-in creates a wall between your users and your blog, asking them to enter their password before accessing the content in the blog, helping to prevent attacks.

How to install plug-in for Wordpress

Plug-ins are the WordPress platform extensions. Each plug-in has a separate function, adding or improving features available for Wordpress. However, users should be aware of installing plug-ins recommended by the community, avoid installing strange plug-ins because of the risk of hackers inserting malicious code to attack the blog.

To install the plug-in into Wordpress, you log into the administrator account. In Administration Panels section, select Plugin tab.

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Admin plugin section in Wordpress

Once you have downloaded the plugin you want to install into the Plugin folder on the server (wp-content / plugins), you can activate (Active) them from Plugins Management page and wait for the plug-in to start on the completed system. can use.

Some plug-ins require manual installation, so be sure to back up your entire system before performing so that it can be restored when a problem occurs.

If you are knowledgeable about programming, you can use Plugin Editor to edit the content of the plugin you want to use.