Here are a few methods to protect your site against WordPress hacks.
The first recommendation is to keep regular backups and enable website monitoring from now on. When you have a bunch of other things to do, it is impossible for you to monitor all the conditions running on the website yourself, so let a professional plugin do this.
Some things you can do to prevent hackers from infiltrating WordPress website:
Use strong passwords
Many WordPress websites are hacked because hackers find a way to discover website passwords, which is known by the name ‘brute force attacks’. The risk of getting brute force attacks drastically gets reduced when you use strong passwords. Request site users to use strong passwords. Use a password management tool to manage all passwords to prevent hackers from trying to enter your website.
Two-step authentication
If the site password is cracked and in case you had opted for two-step authentication, the hacker needs to obtain the verification code received on your phone.
Limit Login Attempts
This plugin allows the site to temporarily lock users who have failed and have reached the set number of login failures.
Disable theme and plugin for site editors
This prevents problems with user rights escalation. Even if the user permissions have been upgraded, they cannot modify the theme or plugin through the administrator background.
Use password to protect wp-admin directory
Site owners can use a password to protect their entire directory or restrict login by certain IPs.
Disable PHP file execution for specific WordPress directories
This can disable PHP file execution in the upload directory and other directories of your choice. This way, even if someone can upload the file to a folder, they can’t get the file to run.
Keep up to date. Run the latest version of WordPress and update the plugin.
Following these above mentioned basic methods while working on your WordPress website can help you prevent WordPress hacks from occurring.
Finally, don’t save money on security issues. The best security measure is backup. Please be sure to keep a daily backup of the website. Most hosting providers will not do this. Use a reliable backup plugin, such as BackupBuddy or VaultPress. In this case, even if your website is hacked, it can always be restored from a backup.
