Introduction
In today's digital landscape, website security is more critical than ever. For WordPress users, ensuring your site is secure can protect your business from data breaches, loss of customer trust, and costly downtime. At Impakt Results, we take website security seriously, offering a comprehensive WordPress hosting package designed to keep your site safe and secure. This guide will walk you through essential WordPress security practices and highlight the services we provide to safeguard your website.
Understanding WordPress Security
WordPress is a powerful and flexible platform, but its popularity makes it a target for hackers. Common security threats include malware, brute force attacks, and vulnerabilities in plugins and themes. Protecting your WordPress site requires a multi-layered approach, combining regular updates, strong security measures, and proactive monitoring.
1. Regular Updates and Maintenance
Why It Matters: Outdated plugins, themes, and WordPress core files are common entry points for hackers. Regular updates patch security vulnerabilities and improve overall site performance.
Our Approach:
Manual Updates: Our web team manually updates all plugins, themes, and the WordPress core to ensure compatibility with the latest PHP releases and security patches.
Custom Code: When necessary, we write custom code to maintain compatibility and functionality with PHP releases, providing a seamless and secure experience for your visitors.
2. Backup Solutions
Why It Matters: Regular backups are your first line of defense against data loss. In case of a security breach or other issues, having a recent backup can restore your site quickly.
Our Approach:
All-in-One WP Migration: We use this reliable plugin to create and store regular backups of your website. This ensures that you can recover your site quickly if something goes wrong. We store these backups in Google Drive, and can restore your website in minutes should an issue occur.
3. Hack Protection and Malware Removal
Why It Matters: Hackers can exploit vulnerabilities to inject malware into your site, potentially causing significant damage and data breaches. Impakt is hired a few times a year to purge malware from websites that are not hosted with us. We have demonstrated the ability to purge and fix websites that other agencies have failed to fix.
Our Approach:
Unlimited Hack Protection: We offer unlimited hours of hack protection as part of our hosting package. If your site is hacked, we take full responsibility for resolving the issue.
- Malware Removal Process:
Local WAMP Server Installation: We install the infected site on a local WAMP server to safely analyze and remove the malware.
Core File Replacement: We replace all non-WP-content core WordPress files to eliminate any malicious code.
Database Clean-up: We use find-and-replace techniques to purge malware from the SQL database.
Manual File Checks: Our team manually inspects files for malicious includes and backdoors.
4. Plugin and Theme Security
Why It Matters: Not all plugins and themes are created equal. Some may introduce security vulnerabilities or even contain malware, especially if they are sold to untrustworthy developers.
Our Approach:
Careful Plugin Selection: We vet and choose only reputable plugins and themes with a track record of security and reliability.
Monitoring and Updates: We continuously monitor the plugins and themes for updates and vulnerabilities, ensuring they remain secure.
5. Additional Security Measures
Why It Matters: Implementing additional security measures can further protect your site from attacks.
Our Approach:
Strong Passwords and Two-Factor Authentication: We enforce strong passwords and recommend enabling two-factor authentication (2FA) for all user accounts.
Firewall and Security Plugins: We configure and maintain firewalls and security plugins to block malicious traffic and protect against common threats.
DDOS protection: we utilize Cloudflare to make sure bad actors can’t disrupt your business with denial of service attacks.
SSL Certificates: We install SSL certificates to encrypt data transmitted between your website and its visitors, enhancing security and trust.
Conclusion
Securing your WordPress website is essential to protecting your business and maintaining customer trust. At Impakt Results, we offer a comprehensive hosting package that includes regular updates, backups, hack protection, and more. By taking these proactive steps, you can ensure your site remains safe and secure.
Ready to secure your WordPress website? Contact us today to learn more about our hosting packages and how we can help you protect your online presence. We would love to work with you!