wordpress security for seo & more
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Tips for WordPress security, important in part to insure a site doesn't disappear from Google search results. From Search Marketing Expo SMX West 2011.TRANSCRIPT
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Sexy Securityfor WordPress
Sean Carlos10 March 2011
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Il problema
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure– Benjamin Franklin
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Use a recent, if not the latest, WordPress version
New!
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Conosci i tuoi plugin (estensioni)
Know your plugins & themes
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adminadmin
Change the default administrator account name from “admin”
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Protect your WordPress administration area with a server level password
http://wordpress.org/
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Rename your WordPress database tables
WP Prefix Changer
http://blogsecurity.net/http://tdotblog.com/
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3.1
Remove version information from WordPress and plugins
http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/
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La segnalazione di errori php
Hide php errorshttp://php.net/manual/
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A Few Other Considerations
● Password policy– change often
● Connections– Public Wifi is not secure– Use secure FTP
● Shared hosting– If hackers get into server, everything you've
done may be in vane.
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Scansione sicurezza WordPress
Let a plugin do the work for you!
WP Security Scan
http://wordpress.org/
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Site disappears from Google or Bing? Search Traffic drops off?
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More details...
http://www.antezeta.com/blog/topwordpresssecuritytips
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Thank you!
Sean Carlos
Web Marketing Training
& Consulting
+1 617 765 0250 (US)+39 02 69 000 333 (ITA)
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@seancarlos@sean_it (ITA)
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