{"id":2093,"date":"2018-08-28T14:02:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T14:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imensosoftware.com\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2025-01-16T13:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:04:20","slug":"7-ways-to-improve-wordpress-website-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imensosoftware.com\/blog\/7-ways-to-improve-wordpress-website-security\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Ways to improve your WordPress Website Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

WordPress is the most popular and widely used CMS platform powers nearly one-third of all websites in the world. Some of the key WordPress strengths like flexibility, scalability, customisation and performance have only become better over time. WordPress with frequent updates and with the value additions of a lot of security plugins and robust community help is also a very secure CMS platform<\/a>. But, when it comes to web security, there are still several scopes to improve it. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Considering the various issues faced by the vast majority of WordPress websites, here we are going to explain 7 key ways to improve WordPress security. <\/span><\/p>\n

1. Keep updating your WordPress<\/b><\/h3>\n


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The WordPress is one of the most frequently updated CMS platform with the WordPress development<\/a> team always working hard to find and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities. Such fixes are offered to the users through several core version upgrades. <\/span><\/p>\n

Small upgrades always keep coming apart from the major overhaul updates. Now awaited WordPress 5.0 is going to be a big upgrade. The user needs to manually opt for such big updates. If you are ignoring such updates thinking that they can undermine the site performance temporarily, you are actually creating security vulnerabilities for your website. <\/span><\/p>\n

Apart from the regular WordPress upgrades you should also stay always updated with all your plugins. Many security experts say that non-updated plugins actually cause bigger security risk than non-updated WordPress versions. <\/span><\/p>\n

It has been found that around 63% of security issues complained by WordPress websites stems from non-updated plugins in contrast 37% issues caused by missing files of the core WordPress version. Always use well-known plugins and themes from reputed developers that are updated frequently or at least after every WordPress upgrade.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Opt for a Reputed Host<\/b><\/h3>\n

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A hosting service actually makes your website alive and kicking. A quality hosting with a reputed provider cannot only ensure glitch-free performance but can also protect you from all sorts of security vulnerabilities. There are some time-tested considerations for choosing a quality host that we are going to mention below. <\/span><\/p>\n