Ridiculously simple and quick wordpress security tips for website and blog owners.

1. Don’t Get
Hacked.
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2. Using WordPress to grow your business?
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3. WordPress is Big.
It powers 1/4 of world’s websites.
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4. Forum
Email
Marketing
Analytic
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But, Nearly 29,000
WordPress Plugins are growing
everyday.

6. And WordPress security is still a burning issue…
According to securityintelligence
1. 86% of WordPress websites are currently vulnerable.
2. In 2014, a data breach revealed nearly 800,000 banking records were compromised
with hacked WordPress sites.
3. In July, the same year, MailPoet Newsletters plugin flaw led to at least 50,000 websites
hack. While an updated version fixed the disaster, many WordPress users didn’t even
know about it their till sites were irrecoverably damaged.
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7. Don’t Freak Out.
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8. Ask yourself 3
questions to safely
install plugins
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9. AT YOUR OWN RISK
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Most ‘recommended’, ‘popular’, ‘best’
plugins for WordPress are just sweet
welcome notes to some malware
authors. A third-party plugin from an
untrusted site isn’t really most
‘recommended’ to say the least.
Check the rating and downloads in
WordPress Official Plugins Directory,
to play your cards safe.

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12. Right?
I have to pay for premium plugins,
so they’re perfect .
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13. Bummer!
RevSlider is a first-rate premium plugin, top
choice among its software peers. But, a tiny-
weeny flaw in this plugin allowed hackers to
compromise thousands of WordPress websites.
Cause? A premium plugin is not easily
upgradable, which makes it a potential threat
to website owners.
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14. 3. Am I Good at Coding?
Nobody has to be a tech geek to handle WordPress
Plugins. But, for an online marketer, who needs
serious sales and conversion, it’s not a good idea to
exercise “Beginner’s Guide toWordPress Plugins” on
your business web page.
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15. So, how to avoid getting hacked using WordPress?
Read When Not to Use a Plugin
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