The document provides tips for securing a WordPress website. It recommends using the latest version of WordPress, knowing which plugins and themes are installed, changing default usernames like "admin", protecting the administration area with passwords, renaming database tables, removing version information, hiding PHP errors, regularly changing passwords, using secure connections, and scanning for security issues with plugins. The document also warns that shared hosting presents security risks if the server is compromised.

1. Sexy Security
for WordPress
Sean Carlos
10 March 2011
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2. .edu ???
.edu ???
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3. Il problema
An ounce of
prevention is worth a
pound of cure
– Benjamin Franklin
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4. N
ew
!
Use a recent, if not the
latest, WordPress version
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5. Conosci i tuoi plugin (estensioni)
Know your plugins & themes
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6. admin
Change the default administrator
account name from “admin”
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7. Protect your WordPress administration
area with a server level password
http://wordpress.org/
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8. WP Prefix Changer
Rename your WordPress
database tables
http://blogsecurity.net/
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http://tdot­blog.com/
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9. 3.1
Remove version information from
WordPress and plugins
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http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/

10. La segnalazione di errori php
Hide php errors
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11. A Few Other Considerations
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Password policy
– change often
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Connections
– Public Wi­fi is not secure
– Use secure FTP
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Shared hosting
– If hackers get into server, everything you've
done may be in vane.
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12. WP Security Scan
Scansione sicurezza WordPress
Let a plugin do the work for you!
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http://wordpress.org/

13. Site disappears from Google or
Bing? Search Traffic drops off?
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14. More details...
http://www.antezeta.com/blog/top­wordpress­security­tips
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http://www.amazon.com/

16. Thank you!
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+39 02 69 000 333 (ITA)
Sean Carlos sean­carlos
Web Marketing Training @seancarlos
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& Consulting
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