3 Ways to Secure Your Blogs
Posted in Blog Tips, Security | By AhTim @ March 7th, 2008
Do you know how secure is your blog hosting server? A blog’s security is one of the most concern topic by most probloggers. Especially full time bloggers, we know what will happen if their blog has been hacked by someone. Daily earnings and years of hard works might lost within minutes.
Blog hosting server is out of our control if we do not have dedicated server. But we still can do something to put our blog to more secure stage. There are some must do to secure your blog from hacker. Do it now to give you peace in mind.
3 Ways to Secure Your Blog
1. Use strong password.
Don’t ever use simple weak password like 123asd, password, or 123456. Use the Password Checker to check your password strength. The higher strength you have, more secure you are. If possible, change the admin to your own username.
2. Restrict Unnessacery Folders Access
As wordpress user, only share default files and folders as permission 644 (allow others to read only). If it is a script that need execute permission, only allow 755 (allow others to read and execute). Don’t ever set to 777 if you not sure what the folder for (allow others to read, write and execute). You can use FTP client such as Filezilla to check files ad folders permission with few clicks without hassle.
3. Daily Backup Your Blog
Backup your wordpress database is one of the important step to secure your blog. In case hacked by someone, we still have complete data to restore. Use WordPress Database backup plugin to schedule your daily backup. I have set the database backup send to my email daily. Make sure your mailbox has enough space for it.
My two cents
I have done above steps to protect my blog even I am not full time blogger. Have you secure your blog? Do you have anymore method to secure blog?
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March 7th, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Good article, especially benefit the blogger who are not aware of the security of the blog.
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March 7th, 2008 at 6:16 PM
@warren4321: Security is very important for all bloggers. Have you secure your blog?
March 7th, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Thanks for bringing these security issues to my notice.. Hope its a warning bell for me to protect my blog. I’ll surely think of it and take a proper steps.