Finally, installing the secure your wordpress website Scan plugin alert you to anything that you might have missed, and will check most of this for you. Additionally, it will inform you that a user named"admin" exists. Needless to say, that is the administrative user name. You can follow a link and find instructions if you desire. Personally, I think that a strong password is good protection, and because I followed those steps, there have been no attacks on the blogs that I run.
Do not depend on your internet host - Many men and women rely on their web host to"do all that technical stuff for me", not realizing that sometimesthey do not! Far directory better to have the responsibility lie instead of out.
This is very handy plugin, protecting you against brute-force password-crack attacks. It keeps track of the IP address of every login attempt. You can configure the plugin to disable login attempts when a certain number of failed attempts is reached.
As I (our untrue Joe the Hacker) know, people have far too many usernames and passwords to remember. You've got Twitter, Facebook, your online banking, LinkedIn, two site logins, FTP, web hosting, etc. accounts that all come with logins and passwords you need to remember.
Implementing all the above will take less than an hour to finish, while making your WordPress website much more immune to intrusions. Websites were cracked last year, largely due to easily preventable safety gaps. Have yourself prepared and you're likely to be on the safe side.