Owning a website is one of the best things one gets to do with this current trend change. But are the websites safe as your store’s physical realm?

There are many questions and things making one uncertain about various things especially when it is about a website. Accept it or not, there are few things that one needs to take care of when it comes to online business.

But with changing scenario, not everyone is feasible with the kind of technological change that has drifted recently in. Thus, to make sure, you are getting things done the right way, always prefer to get in touch with some right sort of professional.

A right professional would be able to guide you in every right sense. Your confusion will be no longer a sense of doubt.

Look for some professional advice below:

1. Avoid Weak Passwords:

This is such an easy trick and is known by many or must say, ALL! Always use a strong and difficult to be guessed kind of password. This will bring some sort of difficulty in your site to be cracked, that easily!

Now all you need is to put up a strong password? So, here is the list below:

· WordPress admin account

· Web Hosting Control Panel

· FTP accounts

· MYSQL server database used for your WordPress

· Emails used for WordPress hosting or WordPress admin

2. Insecure Web Hosting:

WordPress is hosted on a web server makes it a necessity to be hosted on a secured web server. It would be a bigger issue if the companies do not secure their hosting platform securely. Thus, make sure, your Web Hosting platform is secured properly.

3. WordPress Admin Access is Unprotected

WordPress admin area, being one of the key areas to provide you with various controls in your hand, makes it easy for people to control the various happenings in the WordPress site. 

This area is prone to make it difficult for people to conserve their site and very easy for hackers to get into your system. Add layers of authentication to your WordPress site to make it safe for you and a big task for the hackers!

4. Incorrect File Permissions

Your web server uses a set of rules, known as the File Permissions. These permissions are the one way through which Web server can access the controls on your website Make sure, your website files, get proper access and thus the process can go smooth. 

Any sort of wrong file permission can lead to some sort of hacking activity in WordPress. 644 is the file permission for your WordPress site while all folders on your WordPress site should be 755. 

5. WordPress Not Updated

Hey, if you want your site’s data to be safe and that is the reason; you are not updating your whole WordPress then know for sure, that you are making a mistake.

The various bugs floating in the system are actually taken care of when one deals rightly and timely with the processes of updating WordPress’s core system.

6. Themes or Plugins Not Updated

If you are working with software, it is very necessary for you to keep the updated ones in use. Updates do not only bring the right kind of safety measure in your work, but it also helps in making sure the present bugs in themes or plugins are solved. 

One most important thing, people think they need to just update the core WordPress software, but this is not the case. If you know, you need to update the core WordPress theme, and then know that you need to update the Plugins and themes too. Many times these two are the ones through which the bugs can make an entry and thus, updating them is one of the best ways, to be safe from any sort of hacking activity.

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