Posts tagged "wordpress security"

WordPress Security Tips

We will discuss some tips for blog security recommended by many experts to keep our blog secure 24X7 up and running.  Safety of blog from hackers or any exploit is very important because it may ruin our blog. Following are must follow blog security tips for WordPress blogger. Upgrade As good as it is, WordPress still has security issues. Upgrading to the latest version is a must if you want to lower the risk of getting your site hacked. Upgrading today is really easy, thanks to excellent plugins like Instant upgrade or automatic upgrade. You have no excuse not to upgrade. [...]

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Posted by Ashish - November 27, 2009 at 6:57 am

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WordPress directory listing and File access vulnerability

What they are/How to use them .htaccess files (or “distributed configuration files”) provide a way to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis. A file, containing one or more configuration directives, is placed in a particular document directory, and the directives apply to that directory, and all subdirectories thereof. When (not) to use .htaccess files In general, you should never use .htaccess files unless you don’t have access to the main server configuration file. There is, for example, a prevailing misconception that user authentication should always be done in .htaccess files. This is simply not the case. You can put [...]

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Posted by Ashish - May 22, 2009 at 7:09 pm

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