{"id":232,"date":"2015-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryfisherdesign.com\/how-to-update-your-wordpress-web-site-hackers-away\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T11:55:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:55:16","slug":"how-to-update-your-wordpress-web-site-hackers-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fisherdesignandadvertising.com\/how-to-update-your-wordpress-web-site-hackers-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Update Your WordPress Website And Keep Hackers Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is one of the easiest,\u00a0affordable and\u00a0most commonly\u00a0used CMS on the market. Therefore,\u00a0it&#8217;s also\u00a0the main target by\u00a0hackers and spammers.\u00a0Regular\u00a0Wordpress software and Plug-in\u00a0updates will help prevent your site from being compromised. <strong>Here&#8217;s a quick tutorial on how to do it yourself. Let us know if you need our help.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Update WordPress<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Make A Backup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Having a database and file backup is an important step because if something goes wrong\u00a0we\/you can restore the site\u00a0to the previous working\u00a0version.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on which backup plugin is installed you can check if you have a recenty backup going under Settings or Tools. (I usually install\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/updraftplus\/\">UpdraftPlus Backup\/Restore<\/a> or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/backupwordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BackUpWordPress<\/a>).<br \/>\nIf there is not a recent backup, create a new one\u00a0one click the appropriate button usually label with <em>&#8220;Backup Now&#8221;. <\/em>This operation can take several minutes to half an\u00a0hour is the site is very complex.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fisherdesignandadvertising.com\/images\/uploads\/Screen_Shot_2015-12-15_at_1.00.46_PM.png\" alt=\"Make WordPress Backup\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Updating WordPress Core<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there is a new version of WordPress, a notice will appear on the top of every page. If you don&#8217;t see it, skip this step.<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">Always update wordpress before updating\u00a0the plug-ins by clicking <\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">&#8220;Please update now&#8221;<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">\u00a0notice of the top.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fisherdesignandadvertising.com\/images\/uploads\/Screen_Shot_2015-12-15_at_12.49.43_PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It will send you to this page where you can click update WordPress.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fisherdesignandadvertising.com\/images\/uploads\/Screen_Shot_2015-12-15_at_12.50.32_PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a couple of minutes you\u00a0will be redirected to\u00a0confirmation saying everything went good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updating Plug-ins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After you updated WordPress, you can go on the Plugins page. The red items are the outdated plugins.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fisherdesignandadvertising.com\/images\/uploads\/Screen_Shot_2015-12-15_at_12.55.56_PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To update them just click the &#8220;update now&#8221; link. This operation should take up to couple minutes. When the page display all blue items you have done! Now,\u00a0Go back on the front-end of the site and make sure everything works.<\/p>\n<h2>2) Keep your website secure<\/h2>\n<p>After your site is updated, here are some simple steps to keep your site secure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Logins and passwords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t create new users or change your password\u00a0using weak passwords. Use this website to create a secure password.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plugins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plugins can be installed very easily on wordpress, but it&#8217;s advisable to keep as few plugins as possible and only install well-known plug-ins. Read the reviews!<\/p>\n<h2>3) Expert security measurements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove all meta tags that will tell hacker your site is done in Wordress. For example\n<pre>&lt;meta name=\"generator\" content=\"wordpress 4.0\" \/&gt;<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Set the following, set these wordpress folder permission\n<pre>755 = .\/\n755 = wp-admin\n755 = wp-content\n555 = wp-includes\n<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Use robot.txt file to tell search engine to stay out your wodpress admin folder. Using this code:\n<pre>Disallow: \/wp-*<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Using htaccess file deny all IP (except yours)\u00a0to access the wp-admin folder. This is an example of the code:\n<pre>AuthUserFile \/dev\/null\nAuthGroupFile \/dev\/null\nAuthName \u201cAccess Control\u201d\nAuthType Basic\norder deny,allow\ndeny from all\n# whitelist home IP address\nallow from 52.123.255.31\n# whitelist work IP address\nallow from 52.123.255.31\nallow from 52.123.255.31<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Secure your wp-config.php that contains all wordpress configuration to the database.\n<pre># protect wp-config.php\nfiles wp-config.php\nOrder deny,allow\nDeny from all\nfiles\n<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Limit Access to the wp-content folder. This folder contains all of your plugins, themes and uploads and it&#8217;s the favorite hacker spot to ulpload malicous scripts. You can use this code in the htaccess file:\n<pre>Order deny,allow\nDeny from all\nFiles ~ \u201c.(xml|css|jpe?g|png|gif|js)$\u201d \nAllow from all\nFiles\n<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Problems?<\/h2>\n<p>Are you confused on how to do all the steps or did something go\u00a0wrong? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisherdesignandadvertising.com\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> and we will happy to update or fix\u00a0the site for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is one of the easiest,\u00a0affordable and\u00a0most commonly\u00a0used CMS on the market. Therefore,\u00a0it&#8217;s also\u00a0the main target by\u00a0hackers and spammers.\u00a0Regular\u00a0Wordpress software and Plug-in\u00a0updates will help prevent your site from being compromised. Here&#8217;s a quick tutorial on how to do it yourself. Let us know if you need our help. 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