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It’s essential to remember that WordPress is the leading content management system used by approximately 43.5% of the world’s websites. This widespread adoption makes it a prime target for malicious activity. Hackers often exploit vulnerabilities in the WordPress core, themes, and plugins, seeking to compromise websites and gain unauthorized access to sensitive content. As a result, website owners need to remain vigilant in ensuring their WordPress installations are regularly updated and secure to safeguard against potential attacks and protect their content from spammers.
Stay updated on the latest issues by regularly checking the WordFence WordPress Vulnerability Database. Adhering to best practices for updates and security is crucial to safeguard your website.
WordPress Core
The recent WordPress core update has emphasized the importance of implementing security measures to protect your WordPress site against attacks. Even if you have integrated new software that is verified to be secure and implemented a good security policy, your website is still vulnerable to threats. This is because the online environment constantly evolves as attackers research and overcome the latest software vulnerabilities. While your website may be secure initially, it becomes vulnerable if you don’t regularly maintain it.
It is an ongoing cycle in the online world. When vulnerabilities are uncovered, attackers exploit them, and your WordPress website could be hacked. Even if you regularly upgrade your site, new vulnerabilities are constantly found in themes or plugins worldwide, and the cycle repeats.
WordPress Security
A WordPress security plugin may provide valuable functions for a personal website or blog site. Still, if you are using WordPress as your primary business site, you should consider increasing the level of security to protect the business you’ve spent valuable time and money building.
You may wonder why anyone would want to attack your website, especially if you are a small—to medium-sized local business with low traffic. Contrary to what you may think, most hackers are not looking to steal your data. Instead, they want to use your server to send out spam emails. If your server IP address gets delisted, this could cause a whole host of problems for your business, as it will prevent you from reaching out to your customers.
Regarding website security, it pays to be proactive rather than reactive, which is why an ongoing maintenance service is worth investing in.
Here at WP Tech Support, we prioritize the security of your website. We provide a bespoke firewall with constantly updated rules. When we learn about new security holes in any software you use, we release a new firewall rule to protect your site.
We provide 24/7 monitoring for malware to identify and resolve potential risks before they become apparent to you or your customers – keeping your website from being compromised.
Ongoing WordPress Support
Our monthly plans ensure that your WordPress website stays up to date, secure from hackers, and fully optimized and backed up daily. Our expertise in the industry ensures that we provide our customers with the most up-to-date security advice and take appropriate actions quickly and efficiently.
We provide ongoing WordPress support and maintenance, with security at the forefront of our agenda with our great-value WordPress support plans. Signing up for single or multiple sites is simple, with no long-term contracts. We will refund your monthly plan payment if you’re not 100% happy with our service.
If you haven’t already done so, please immediately update your WordPress Core to the latest version to ensure you’re not leaving yourself and your business vulnerable.