5 Smart Ways to Safeguard Your WordPress Site

5 Smart Ways to Safeguard Your WordPress Site 

Safeguarding your Wordpress site is critical. The following are five actions you can take to secure your site and avoid some future calamity.

1. Use a Good Host 

You can think of your web host as your website's “street” on the Internet. Like a good school district matters to your child's future, your website's home base matters greatly. 

A good host can improve your site's performance, reliability, size, and even search engine ranking. The top hosts offer lots of features, great support, and a platform-specific service. Your web host can also affect your site's security. Choosing a reliable hosting service offers various security advantages: 

A good host will keep its service, software, and tools updated to combat new attacks and address security flaws. 

SSL/TLS certificates and DDoS protection are common security features offered by web servers. Get a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to monitor and stop significant threats to your site. 

Assuming your web provider offers backup services, you may easily roll back to a previous version if your site is compromised. 

In short, DreamPress is WordPress-optimized hosting that's secure. DreamPress comes with a pre-installed SSL/TLS certificate and a dedicated WAF to safeguard WordPress sites and prevent hacker attempts. You'll also get free automated backups, 24/7 WordPress professional support, and Jetpack Premium – a plugin that can add extra security protections to your site. 

2. Make Your Site HTTPS 

Let's discuss SSL/TLS certificates. This allows you to switch your site to HTTPS, a more secure version of HTTP. These are crucial security ideas that are easy to grasp even if you haven't heard of them. 

HTTP is the protocol used to send data between your website and a browser. When a visitor clicks on your home page, this protocol sends all of your content, media, and website code to their location. 

Initially, HTTPS was only used for sites that handled sensitive data like credit card numbers. However, large names like WordPress and Google have been pushing for its widespread adoption. 

To enable HTTPS on your site, you'll need an SSL/TLS certificate. This tells browsers that your site is legitimate and that your data is encrypted. Some sites, like Let's Encrypt, offer them for free. 

Once your site has an SSL/TLS certificate, all you need to do is implement HTTPS. Your host may do this for you, but it's very simple to do yourself. If you choose DreamPress as your hosting provider, your site will be built utilizing HTTPS from the start. Let go! 

3. Develop Safe Login Passwords

You can create a login username and password when you build your site. The username is admin by default, but you can change it (and probably should). Because there are other ways to discover your WordPress username, you can utilize the default option. 

But your password is vital, so pick a strong one. A new change in password recommendations favors a basic four-word phrase over the traditional combination of random letters, numbers, and symbols. It's an approach that's been around for a while. 

Instead, use WordPress' internal password generator, which generates a (nearly) impenetrable password directly within the WordPress backend. Just remember to save your credentials somewhere safe, like an encrypted password manager. 

4. Activate a Web App Firewall 

You've probably heard of a firewall – a tool that helps block unwanted attacks. Most likely, your machine has a firewall. A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a type of website-specific firewall. Protection for servers, websites, or groups of websites. 

A WAF on your WordPress site acts as a firewall between your site and the internet. A firewall monitors incoming traffic, identifies assaults, viruses, and other threats, and prevents them. #winning 

With our DreamPress package, you won't need an extra firewall. An integrated WAF monitors your site for risks and blocks dangerous people and applications from accessing it. No action needed from you. 

5. Use Two-Step Authentication 

Two-factor authentication (which also goes by two-step authentication and a variety of other, similar names). The word refers to the two-step login method. This takes a little more time but helps keep hackers out. 

Two-factor authentication requires a smartphone or other device. First, go to your WordPress site and log in as usual. Your phone will then receive a unique code that you must enter to complete the login process. This allows you to authenticate your identification by showing you have access to a personal device like a phone or tablet. 

Adding two-factor authentication to WordPress is as simple as installing a plugin. Two Factor Authentication is a solid alternative, produced by trustworthy developers and compatible with Google Authenticator.