How to prevent a WordPress site from getting hacked?

[Kumar Palani]

My sister's website (business website) is hacked more than 8 times in the past 1 year and I hardly see any reasons for this. It's a very small business company and so has no reasons to be famous enough to be specifically targeted. How can one improve the security of a WordPress website? Give some detailed tips and strategies to prevent future hacking.

Note: It does rank on well on Google for several keywords.

 

[hostingros]

Deploy this plugin !! It is widely accepted
https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/

Hope it helps you as well

 

[jasonhalle]

You can use plugin like Login lockdown which can secure your website from hacking. You can set maximum number of login trials.

 

[tangis]

1. Rename login URL with WP hide login.
2. Change the strong password periodically for login page.
3. Install iptables to block the suspicious IP addresses and Ports.
4. Install SSL ceritficate to encrypt data.
5. Install the security plugins like Wordfence security.
6. Monitor the change of your website files.
7. Set strong password for the database.
8. Update WordPress to the latest version in time.

 

[jully45]

Learn 11 Top Reasons Why WordPress Sites Get Hacked and How to Prevent it here : https://bit.ly/2zQYc5N

 

[Neo_5678]

It does not matter if it is ranking on Google or not, any website is prone to being hacked

 

[davidweb09]

You have to update your plugins, themes regularly As well as Strong Password. https://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/signs-that-your-roof-may-need-repair

 

[imriakapoor]

No matter how much precautions we take, at times, hackers can still do their job