WordPress: Security Measures
If you haven’t realized it yet, I am a bit of a WordPress fan. I am also a huge fan of open source and the amazing community that comes with it. One of the problems that comes with the open source nature of software though is that it doesn’t take long for someone to figure out how to push the right buttons to possibly exploit that software or at least drain your bandwidth trying. You do however, have the power to enhance your open source installation and harden it appropriately to ensure it is much more difficult for the maliciously minded people to disturb your site. Since there are many schools of thought on best practices and most effective methods, etc… I am simply going to offer up some suggestions that are in my opinion a good place to start. » Read the Rest