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Security advice for WordPress

Discussion in 'Software Apps' started by jason5, Jul 2, 2011.

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  1. jason5 Newcomer, in training

    hi guys,
    i'm jason5. I recently had to download & delete my old wordpress website because of constant hacking and spam pluggins. I'm ready start work on another wordpress site but i'm worried the samething will happen again. can anyone advise me on the best way to secure a wordpress site.
    thanks jason5
    jason5, Jul 2, 2011
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  2. jobeard TS Ambassador Posts: 12,236   +123

    your problem is not wordpress per se, but the security of the webhosting site.
    The web server needs to be secured and then YOU need to be sure that the
    directory permissions are not wide open ( rwxrwxrwx is really dumb) when you upload pages.

    The other major issue is any forms that invoke SQL database actions - -
    you need to know how to prevent "Sql Injection" attacks.
    jobeard, Jul 2, 2011
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