Do you have a WordPress site? How secure is it?

Many people think that having a WordPress hosted with a reputable hosting company implies that the likelihood that it'll be hacked is pretty low.

Unfortunately, over 70% of WordPress sites are vulnerable to attacks.

If you're worried about the chance of your website being hacked and loaded with malware, I’m visiting to answer some common questions that you just may need.

Why do hackers target your site?

There are many reasons why hackers are ready to target a WordPress site but why do they are doing it?

In most cases, it's to put in malware on your site or to redirect your website to a different spammy webpage. Sometimes the aim of the hack is to steal the email addresses of your customers or clients to even financial information like MasterCard details.

It can even be wont to launch DDoS attacks on larger websites.

What are the consequences?

Aside from your website being unusable, a hacked site has many negative consequences for you and your business.

Your customers’ data could be in danger of being stolen which is able to cause major problems especially since the introduction of GDPR last year. It isn’t just the fabric issues like loss of knowledge and having to recover your site which may often mean hard cash for experts to urge into your site again but it'll have a negative impact on your reputation.

Some customers can be delay using your website again if it's been hacked within the past.

What is a search engine blacklist?

If your website has malware thereon then the search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc…) will put it onto what's referred to as a blacklist. In fact, over 9000 websites find themselves on this blacklist each day.

You know once you click on a link from Google and it displays a message stating “This site may harm your computer”? That’s a website on the blacklist. Organic search traffic reduces by around 95% for blacklisted sites.

To get off the blacklist and have the safety warning off from your site you'll try this via the Google Search Console.

How does one protect your site?

The best thanks to avoiding being hacked are to make sure that your WordPress site is as protected because it may be. This includes:

-Choosing a robust password for your WP dashboard
-Don’t use ‘admin’ as your dashboard username
-Keep your version of WordPress up thus far
-Keep plugins updated
-Install a WordPress Firewall

These are all fairly straightforward things to implement but can make a true difference to the safety of your site.
Should you be worried about hacking?

While you shouldn’t stress all day every day about your site being hacked, you ought to be wary.

If your site is hacked it can cause an intermission to your business, loss of customer faith, and land you in trouble if clients’ data is stolen or compromised.

Take the proper security measures to stay your WordPress site safe and also the chances of being hacked are greatly diminished.

At Darren Langley Web Design we provide enhanced security and back-ups as a core part of our monthly Aftercare Plans, so get involved and be at liberty to ask us any questions you will have about WordPress website security.