 We've got five WordPress blog security measures for you here on the journey. And above average blog security setup for WordPress can be handled with a couple of plugins. It's good enough to stop most hacking attempts but it's not an ironclad approach. Someone who's really determined might still find their way in. Better blog security involves taking several steps using things like plugins, complex passwords and a few other best practices. In this video we're gonna go over a couple of different ways to improve the blog security of your WordPress site. Starting with delete your admin account. The most common name hackers will attempt to break into is admin. And if you don't have a login with that name, well, they'll never be able to get in. It would be like trying to pick the lock in your front door when there's no door. Also make sure that any other contributors or authors to your blog only have a contributor or author level account in case someone manages to break into their account instead. And this way the attacker will only have limited permissions to do anything on your website. This really should go without saying but to get a jump on blog security check at least once a week and update any old plugins immediately. Outdated plugins can sometimes be exploited by hackers especially if said plugins have security holes in them. So one reason plugin developers make updates is to plug these holes. But if you're still using the plugin that hasn't been updated in two years, you're at risks. And while we're on the subject, limit the number of plugins that you do have. More plugins not only slows down your blog but it also gives you more points of vulnerability. I know it's super enticing to go and start adding all sorts of functionality but only use what you actually need to make your site function and don't overwhelm the site with a ton of plugins. Now you guys have heard me say this before use complex passwords. We've talked about this numerous times because it's super important to do. And if you're using a simple password like carrot or even my awesome password number one, that's gonna get hacked sooner versus later. But if you can use a complex password with symbols and numbers maybe change up the lowercase and uppercase ladders maybe use three or four unrelated words like manpower dash light dash feather dash Pacific. Like how random is that? They're going to be a lot harder to break into. To generate and remember your passwords, I recommend using a password vault like one password last pass key pass that's spelled K E E pass. Those are also good alternatives. There's not much difference between them and it just comes down to a matter of personal preference but they work on your laptop, tablet, mobile phone and they have browser plugins. Another way is to use security security or other blog security plugins. So knowing someone is attacking your site is not the same thing as stopping them. And as far as other blog security plugins go other than security security, there are several other ones to choose from such as Jetpack, Word Friends, I theme security and all in one WP security and firewall. Security, Word Friends and all in one have free options as well as paid upgrades but I themes is a paid plugin only. The free versions do quite a lot but you can always make it stronger for a few dollars. It's up to you. In the end, they all do the same thing, provide security. Be sure to eliminate comments spam so while not necessarily a blog security issue there are still spammers who like to dump a couple of dozen links into a single spam comment. Nevermind that Google no longer pays attention to comments for SEO purposes. The spammers don't seem to have gotten the message. Accusement is a spam fighter that comes with WordPress. If it doesn't, you can actually just go download it with the add new plugin command and you can get a free account which is great. Although I do recommend sending them a few bucks a month. They catch hundreds and thousands of comments spam for me every month on a variety of blogs that I manage so hey, it's worth it. And you can also make a list of keywords to never allow in your comments. If you keep getting certain kinds of comments spam, yeah, just find the keywords they use consistently, make a list, that'll work perfectly and their comments won't even make it to your moderation queue. So basically you'll never have to deal with them again. And now what if you don't use WordPress? There are more than 80 different blog platforms available but WordPress is still number one in the world which makes it the most enticing for hackers. And as a result WordPress has created stronger blog security than any other platform. If you have blogger, tumblr or a medium blog you can make sure you use complex passwords but you won't be able to use plugins or any of these other blog security measures. So some takeaways, have a strong password to delete your admin account and keep your plugins up to date and limited. Finally make sure you have a solid security system like security and if you can do all this your blog security will be tough enough to make it nearly impossible for hackers to break in. Of course nothing is impossible to break into so just make sure that you have a good backup system in place just in case something goes wrong. But your journey is not over yet. 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