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WordPress Security - http://gplus.ly/235P0Ej
Sensible layered security for peace of mind.

Installation
When your account is first created we install WordPress directly from the latest stable and secure release at http://WordPress.org. Your login credentials are never transmitted through insecure email. This ensures that your site is built on the most solid of foundations from day one.

Hardening
Most attacks focus on the low hanging fruit of security vulnerabilities. With this in mind your account is configured using a number of best practice approaches.

FTP is disabled by default in favour of the more secure SFTP. We also operate our own SFTP lock mechanism that disables upload activity until you approve otherwise in your control panel.

You will note that our install paths are slightly different to vanilla installations of WordPress. For both our own management purposes and for security purposes core files are locked down preventing unauthorised modifications, and the upload folder is setup to prevent certain file types being run from a web browser.

We manage most of the updates on your WordPress account too. By default your account is set to automatically update on a daily basis when new plugin versions are released. The only thing we don't update are themes, you will need to review these yourself.

Aegis
Aegis is the collective name for a range of components that come together to provide layered, real time, adaptive security to your WordPress website.

Web application firewall
We run a unique instance of mod_security on your WordPress VPS, dedicated to protecting your hosted sites. The mod_security WAF is enabled with our own in house curated rule set based on OWASP. mod_security itself works with fail2ban and also firewalld to provide comprehensive protection against common hacks and attacks.

Brute force login protection
To protect against automated login attacks we detect and protect against these hack attempts in real time. Repeated login failures result in temporary IP bans via fail2ban with increasingly longer bans for repeated failed attempts.

Brute force XML RPC
Packet flooding is controlled via fail2ban; bursts of multiple packets in quick succession will trigger a fail2ban rule and temporarily block the offending IP address. mod_security also will trigger on unusually sized packets and incorrectly formatted packets.

Scanning and proactive protection
We run daily scans of all our managed WordPress hosting accounts and check plugins which have been opted out or are unable to be automatically updated against https://wpvulndb.com. If we detect anything listed as a potential security hole, our system will automatically notify you. Our support team are available 365 days a year should you have any queries at all.

SSL/TLS/Let's Encrypt
We provide every managed WordPress account with free SSL security and encryption as standard. Every new domain on our platform can with one click from the WordPress admin control panel generate an SSL certificate. Once the SSL certificate is generated, port 443 is used for all traffic to take advantage of HTTP/2.

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Guide To Migrate #WordPress Site Using Duplicator Plugin http://buff.ly/1r11hZi #tutorial
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Themes by PixelEmu developer that includes #WordPress Themes for #cleaning service company, business service, #construction companies, #beauty salon, #spa center, #food blogging site and #cooking blogs. +Wp Chats
The PixelEmu is one of the best responsive WordPress theme providers in the WordPress CMS industry. PixelEmu has created awesome WordPress themes and plugins to use for multipurpose websites. They are sister web site creation of Joomla Monster club, who is providing the Joomla CMS templates. Here, we have selected and showcased only the best …
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Take a look at what CSS mistakes novice as well as professional WordPress developers make during theme development and also learn how to deal with them @ http://goo.gl/oiwnI8

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Hi everyone,

Because I was struggling to find a WordPress plugin that implements the Tag Manager container correctly, I decided to write one myself. It's simple: add tag manager container under the appropriate tab in the settings, and it is included into the <body> tag directly preceding the </body> tag. Also remarketing can be added and this code is appended directly after the <body> tag.

Sharing this here as I can only imagine that others have the same and use the same half half code patches that I did.

Gr and Tag Manager is the way, the rest is only temporary legacy I believe! GTM for life:D

#tagmanager #wordpress

https://wordpress.org/plugins/omnileads-scripts-and-tags-manager/screenshots/

OmniLeads Scripts and Tags Manager lets users include all Google scripts and tags relevant to configuring their website for Google related services.
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+Florian Schoel nope. It does not include it correctly: it does not place the tag manager tag in the body as like the adwords remarketing. I offered these guys my solution to solve that but the never reacted so this is why
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Why #WordPress is Best Blogging Platform For You? http://buff.ly/1r12pvT
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+Robert Abela, the main writer and WordPress Security Professional behind this website has been interviewed and featured in an e-book about WordPress businesses. The e-book, in which several other big WordPress names such as Pippin Williamson and Chris Wiegman are features was released today. #wordpress #business #ebook #interviews
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Create a #Business website with #Wordpress Lite Edition by @pgerrits FREE COURSE http://ow.ly/4niG2x
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How to start an Online Business with Minimum Investment using WordPress
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How to add Google Analytics to WordPress. Easily integrate Google Analytics with your WordPress site using a plugin and start tracking your traffic stats.
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Want to add CDN to your WordPress site? here's how http://buff.ly/1VZ2ehD #wordpress #cdn
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How To Keep Your WordPress Site Safe from Hackers - http://gplus.ly/235P0Ej

Ok, perhaps we should say "safer" or "safe-ish" because obviously, nothing is 100% foolproof; however, there are several precautions that you really MUST take to secure your #WordPress site.

Change the Username
Do NOT use the default 'admin' as a username!!! If you do, you have just made a hacker's job a lot easier, and if (when) a hacker hacks in with user the admin username, they will have complete control of your website.

Use a Strong Password or Long Passphrase
Having stronger or longer passwords can minimize brute force attacks and make it more difficult for someone to hack in with a lucky guess. Change your password regularly and include a combination of letters, numbers, symbols, etc.

Limit Login Attempts
Secure passwords aren't enough. A basic brute force attack (where hackers will continually and automatically try to enter various passwords) will work like a charm and let the hacker in. Limiting login attempts will prevent brute force attacks.

To protect against automated login attacks we detect and protect our customers' websites against these hack attempts in real time. Repeated login failures result in temporary IP bans via fail2ban with increasingly longer bans for repeated failed attempts.

Find a Secure Host - http://gplus.ly/235P0Ej
Nothing you do will even matter if the web host itself isn’t secure. Find a hosting company that takes security very seriously (like us!).

Keep Your WordPress Install Up-To-Date
WordPress releases regular updates in order to minimize vulnerabilities... make sure your version is always up-to-date. You should also refrain from displaying its version number on your website as that gives hackers a clear picture of which cracks to exploit.

Keep Your Themes and Plugins Up-To-Date
As much as possible, make sure that you are only using themes and plugins that you trust and that are being updated regularly. The wrong plugins can introduce vulnerabilities or even backdoors to your websites. Also, remove plugins that you are no longer using.

When you host with us, we manage most of the updates on your WordPress account. By default your account is set to automatically update on a daily basis when new plugin versions are released. The only thing we don't update are themes, you will need to review these yourself.

Limit Access
You should not give guest contributors or contractors full control unless absolutely necessary and you should remove it once the job is complete. Contributors themselves can be hacked, especially if they are not using a strong password. Disgruntled employees or contractors can wreck havoc on your website. Review accounts on a regular basis and remove as soon as the account is no longer needed.

Back It Up
Realistically, hacking can never be prevented. This is because every week a new vulnerability is discovered in software powering websites. Even if your website is managed by a team of security experts, your website will always be vulnerable. That is why NOTHING beats a good backup of your website and database. If your website is hacked, you need to be up and running again immediately. A regular backup should keep your downtime to a minimum. Just in case something does go wrong, we take daily backups of your entire account: your files, your database, plugins, themes, settings, you name it!

We would LOVE to hear from any experts in our audience who have additional tips to add to this list.

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Introducing V2 of WordPress Hosting Platform -
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We debuted our NEW Managed WordPress Hosting Platform at WordCamp London this month; here is an update on the changes we made over the last few months.

V1 of the WordPress hosting stack resembled a pretty common variation in the managed WordPress space: Apache, MySQL, PHP and Varnish with memcached also running behind the scenes. This setup works well on managed WordPress hosts who are using a shared environment across their clients. It allows them to give the performance everyone expects at a reduced cost by increasing the number of sites on a single piece of hardware.

But we wanted to do better.

When it came to redesigning the stack, we first looked at each component in isolation and tested with various replacements. For example we looked at Nginx and Apache to see what resources were used, load times and concurrency. While all the research and our experience elsewhere showed Nginx would out perform Apache we were blown away by the real world results when partnered with PHP-FPM. We took the opportunity to make other changes in the stack such as swapping from MySQL to MariaDB.

Our resulting stack since January has been 2GB VPS containers, with virtualised quad core processors, 25GB disk space running CentOS 7. Nginx is our HTTP server, with FastCGI caching, mod_pagespeed & mod_security modules enabled. MariaDB and Memcached provide database and application caching for WordPress.

We have continued making enhancements; even after the stack was launched in January we have been making improvements and over the last couple of months have seen a 20% improvement to page loads on uncached content while doubling the number of concurrent users able to access the same content.

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Restrict Access To WordPress Login Page

In this tutorial we're going to create a WordPress plugin that can be used to help improve the security of your site by restricting access to the login page by a querystring password override.

With the WordPress login page being the entry input to the backend of your site it's important to make sure only certain people can access it. By restricting who can access it you will cut down on brute force attacks on your login form to try to gain access.

This plugin started off just by restricting by IP address but not everyone has a static IP or writers might travel around so they're always in a different location, therefore this plugin needed another way of overriding access to the login form if the IP address was different and this is done by a querystring password.

To do this we're going to make a WordPress plugin which will do a check for the querystring on the load of the login page, we then check this value against the one the admin user has entered to protect their login page.

Read more: https://paulund.co.uk/restrict-access-wordpress-login-page

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In this tutorial we're going to create a WordPress plugin that can be used to help improve the security of your site by restricting access to the login page by a querystring password override. With the WordPress login page being the entry input to the backend of your site it's important to make sure only certain people can access it. By restricting who can access it you will cut down
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If you run a #startup, your content marketing should be on #WordPress. Here's 5 compelling reasons why

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Top 10 #Genesis Child Themes For Every #WordPress Blog http://buff.ly/1pNAyOV
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Best WordPress Coupon Theme 2016
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Best list of WordPress coupon themes for coupon website. To create a big coupon site like retailmenot, groupon you have to take a best theme like this.
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8 Coolest #WordPress Tips & Tricks You Should Learn Today http://buff.ly/1WWwjhw
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