As I’ve mentioned in a couple of previous posts on security (Basic and Advanced DIY), most folks don’t need anything fancy to provide effective security for their sites (unless you are Verizon, or ExxonMobil, or a celebrity blogger). However, if you are getting just a bit more popular (say, 50 followers or more and more […]
That “https” thing: Life in the SSL-for-Everyone Age
“Why does my Chrome browser say ‘Not Secure’ for most websites now, including mine?” That’s the question I started hearing last year (2017) from all sorts of site owners and web surfers. This is Google’s fault. They decided in 2014 that to increase security (higher level of encryption of signals across the Web) for the […]
Security for Your WordPress Site: Advanced DIY
Chances are, the basic actions you took based on my last security post will initially serve you well in keeping your site secure, but once you get into the tens to hundreds of commenters and/or start using guest posters on your blog, you’ll be big enough to capture a hacker’s attention, if only to try to […]
Security for Your WordPress Site: Basics
I’ve been hearing a lot lately about website security, with paid plugins and features rising to the surface, along with some common sense measures we can take for free. I’m going to share my research with you here, starting with some basic things you can do, and then get to more robust measures in my […]