How to Secure Your WordPress Blog
Although, in the past, I have read of how someone’s WordPress blog being compromised and made to deliver malware, include hidden links or redirect to some malicious website, in these last few months, I have actually personally encountered a number of WordPress-based sites that have been hacked to deliver malware.
Nobody can guarantee that your WordPress installation is 100% secure. However, there are ways to improve the security of your blog so that it is slightly less vulnerable than it otherwise might be. This article discusses some measures an ordinary blogger can take to protect his/her WordPress blog.
Why a Blog Is Vulnerable to Hacking and Other Exploits
All websites on the Internet are vulnerable to hacking and other exploits. There are no exceptions. The reason is simple: unlike your own personal computer, which only connects to the Internet sporadically (such as when you turn it on your computer to surf), websites are hosted on computers that are permanently connected (or so one would hope) to the Internet, exposed to anyone who wants to connect to it be they customers or hackers.
