Here's how to protect your WordPress site from hackers

Here's how to protect your WordPress site from hackers


WordPress is a site that is constantly targeted by hackers. WordPress files, plugins, and login pages are being targeted by hackers. Today we present to you Search Engine Journal's tips on how to protect your WordPress site from being hacked and how to help you recover from it as soon as possible.


To do this, you must first understand how hackers attack WordPress. Most sites on the web are always at risk of hackers. Whether it's a PHP BB forum or a WordPress site.




All sites are being monitored by hackers. It is not uncommon for hackers to scan thousands of pages and try to log in hundreds of times a day. On top of that, a hacker doesn't do that.


Many hackers are hacking into your site at once. Hackers infiltrate the web using automated software and search for vulnerabilities. The activity is named Butson. Software that tries to copy such content is called scraper boots, which is different from hacker bots.



Protect your WordPress site with a firewall

A firewall is a software program that blocks intrusions. The best WordPress firewall is a plugin called WordPress.



If the nature of the person visiting a website looks like a hacker. Boots started breaking the rules. If you want to visit multiple webpages in a short period of time, WordFence will automatically block them.


WordFence allows legitimate bots like Google and Bing to enter the site. It also has some advanced features that allow publishers to see which bots are attacking the site and where the bots are coming from.


If those bad boots are coming from Amazon Web Services or Bluehost, WordFence gives publishers the ability to block those boots from IP addresses. Whether it's a range of full IP addresses or a fake browser agent using a boot.


User Agent i.e. UA

A user agent is identifiable information sent by a browser to a website. It provides information about which browser it is and which operating system it is operating on.


For example, a Mac OS X computer has a user agent string for the Safari 11 browser. Boots use a variety of user agents to trick websites and sneak in.


For example, some bots even pretend to be Windows XP's browser. The actual number of Windows XP users is very small. Which is close to zero.


You can create rules to block all Windows XP user agents from WordFence. With that one rule, you can block thousands of bad boots. Whether it's from any country or IP address.


Bad bots sometimes respond by changing to another user agent. In that case, by adjusting these rules, publishers can block all kinds of bad hacker bots.


A free version of WordFence is also available for this. The paid version can block the whole country. If you do not have regular site visitors from some countries, you can block every visitor from those countries.


WordPress protection against attacks

The paid version of WordFence saves you from a lot of compromised themes and plugins before it gets fixed.


WordFence researchers update the premium version of the firewall before they detect such attacks. Compromised themes and plugin developers update their versions weeks in advance to fix such exploits.


Strengthen website security

Sakurai Security is another free plugin that provides another layer of protection to such sites. This strengthens the security of WordPress and prevents bad bots from taking advantage of the attack. It also has a malware scanning feature, which checks whether the files are altered or not.


Provides alerts to someone who has logged into your site, and helps identify hackers who log in. Sakurai alerts the publisher if the file changes.


The free version of Sukuri has such benefits

Security Activity Auditing

File Integrity Monitoring

Remote malware scanning

Blacklist monitoring

Effective security reinforcement

Post-Hack Security Action

Security notification

The paid version also has a website firewall.

Restrict login to your site

WordFence blocks usernames and password bots from constantly logging in to the WordPress login page.


If you want to limit such logins, there is a plugin called Limit Login Attempt Reload. Which blocks all hackers from entering fake failed usernames and passwords.


Guessing the password up to three times can be set as a block hacker.


Login Blocker Features

Limit the number of retry attempts to each IP when logging in. Which can be fully customized.

Inform users about the time remaining to retrieve and logout from the login page.

Optional logging and optional email notifications

IP and username can be whitelisted and blacklisted.

Compatible with Sukuri website firewall

XMLRPC Gateway Protection

Woo Commerce Login Page Protection

Multi-site compatibility with additional MU settings

According to GDPR. When this feature is turned on, all login IPs become obscure.

Custom IP Origin Support (Cloud Flair, Sakurai, etc.)

Limited Login Reloaded Plugin provides you a quick way to shut down hack bots trying to guess your password.


Backup WordPress Site

Create a daily backup of your website. If there is an accident that causes the site to go down, the site can be recovered from the backup. There are many backup solutions on the market, one of which is the Updraft Plus Word Press Backup Plugin.


It can be configured to email, which is backed up every day, or sent to a cloud storage location such as Dropbox.


Update all themes and plugins

It is very important to update all themes and plugins. WordPress allows all plugins to be automatically updated. This is very easy for business houses and publishers who do not log in and update.


Publishers auto-update software after enabling the auto-update feature. Out of date, plugins increase the risk of hacking.


Beware of abandoned plugins

Any plugin that the developer abandons will continue to run for years. Such older plugins have vulnerabilities. These plugins are never fixed as they have been released by the developer.


Sometimes hackers buy out old plugins and update them as malware and viruses.


Protect your WordPress sites from hackers


For many sites, the simple steps mentioned above will not protect the website. The free version of the plugin provides extra security, while the paid version provides even more security.


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