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Is WordPress secure? We get asked this question over and over again. The answer: WordPress websites are just as secure or insecure as any other website. Because most of the time, mistakes in the absolute basics are the reason for a website being hacked. In this podcast episode, Steffen and Dominik discuss what the weak points of a WordPress website are and how you can protect yourself against a hack.
Highlights
00:00 Intro
00:20 Is WordPress secure?
02:52 Risk: Plugins and themes
08:14 Growing interest in WP security
09:54 Risk: Passwords
12:03 Plugin whitelist
12:43 Other measures to prevent hacking
14:22 Security plugins vs. infrastructure security
16:31 Important basics
17:19 Why external hosting service?
18:54 DoS attack of client website
21:00 „Random“ WordPress hacks
22:06 Prevent saving private data in WP
25:31 Security Plugins for WP
29:11 Monitoring with Visual Regression Tests
Links
WP Scan: https://wpscan.com/wordpress-security-scanner
Patchstack: https://patchstack.com/
VRTs: https://bleech.de/en/products/visual-regression-tests/
More Security Tips: https://bleech.de/en/blog/protect-website-from-hackers/
More from Bleech
Blog Posts (WordPress Development)
Flynt (WordPress Starter Theme)
VRTs (Visual Tests for WordPress)
Siegfried, deploy! (YouTube Channel)
47 episodes
Is WordPress secure? We get asked this question over and over again. The answer: WordPress websites are just as secure or insecure as any other website. Because most of the time, mistakes in the absolute basics are the reason for a website being hacked. In this podcast episode, Steffen and Dominik discuss what the weak points of a WordPress website are and how you can protect yourself against a hack.
Highlights
00:00 Intro
00:20 Is WordPress secure?
02:52 Risk: Plugins and themes
08:14 Growing interest in WP security
09:54 Risk: Passwords
12:03 Plugin whitelist
12:43 Other measures to prevent hacking
14:22 Security plugins vs. infrastructure security
16:31 Important basics
17:19 Why external hosting service?
18:54 DoS attack of client website
21:00 „Random“ WordPress hacks
22:06 Prevent saving private data in WP
25:31 Security Plugins for WP
29:11 Monitoring with Visual Regression Tests
Links
WP Scan: https://wpscan.com/wordpress-security-scanner
Patchstack: https://patchstack.com/
VRTs: https://bleech.de/en/products/visual-regression-tests/
More Security Tips: https://bleech.de/en/blog/protect-website-from-hackers/
More from Bleech
Blog Posts (WordPress Development)
Flynt (WordPress Starter Theme)
VRTs (Visual Tests for WordPress)
Siegfried, deploy! (YouTube Channel)
47 episodes
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