SEO and SECURITY with Rambabu Thapa - Protect your website from hackers - Episode 9

In this podcast, we'll discuss why security is important for your website SEO and how you can keep your website secure. I will share a checklist at the end. WordPress Security Configuration Checklist 🔒 Basic Security Configuration ✅ Keep daily/weekly backup - automated  ✅ WordPress Update (twice a month) - 5min ✅ Plugins Update (twice a month) - 10/15 min ✅ Themes Update (make sure you have child theme) - 5min ✅ Update Password - every 3 months ✅ Delete any plugins or themes the we’re not using  (twice a month) - 10min ✅ Never use (“admin”, “login”, “administrator”, “user”, “test”) as your username 🛡 Advance Security Configuration ✅ Change Login Path (/wp-admin, /wp-login.php, /admin) (Hide my login) ✅ Hiding username from the author archive URL (functions.php snippet) ✅ Limit login attempts (3/5 - block) ✅ Change file permissions (Server Side) - read/write (hosting support) ✅ Disable file editing via the dashboard (snippet in wp-config.php) ✅ Create Custom Secret Keys for wp-config.php File (link in wp-config.php) ✅ Using Google Re-captcha in all Forms to prevent spams (CleanTalk - paid) ✅ Change the Database Prefix (default wp_) ✅ Hide Your WordPress Version ✅ Protect Critical Files wp-config.php, .htaccess, etc (no read/write permission) ✅ Install and Configure WordPress Security Plugin (WordFence(free), Sucuri….) - 20min ✅ Scheduled Backup of WordPress Website - automated ✅ Automatic Email notification for Security and Updates - 5min WordPress Security Configuration Checklist