{"id":21568,"date":"2023-10-12T11:57:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T09:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/?p=21568"},"modified":"2023-07-19T11:58:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T09:58:45","slug":"securing-your-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/en\/securing-your-wordpress-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Securing your WordPress website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Securing Your WordPress Website: Is It Really Necessary? Isn&#8217;t WordPress Secure Enough?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hackers are constantly searching for vulnerabilities in WordPress and its plugins. And unfortunately, they have been successful!<\/p>\n<p>These hackers are not just amateur programmers with too much time on their hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>You&#8217;re dealing with full teams, where each programmer uses their knowledge to create a hack.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8470 aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: -20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Secure WordPress\" width=\"852\" height=\"480\" \/>Plugins + Themes = A Vulnerable Site<\/h2>\n<p>Among the <strong>48,749<\/strong> plugins available for <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">free download<\/a> and the <strong>40,000+<\/strong> paid <a href=\"https:\/\/themeforest.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premium plugins and themes<\/a>, there are <strong><span id=\"counter\">6144+<\/span><\/strong><span id=\"counter\"> WordPress plugins and themes that have reported vulnerabilities known to hackers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Securing your WordPress website is no longer a luxury with all these vulnerabilities! It has become necessary to protect your WordPress website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A hacked WordPress website can cause the following issues:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeveiligen.nl\/mijn-wordpress-website-verstuurd-spam-wat-nu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spam<\/a> (unwanted advertisements) using your website address<\/li>\n<li>Capturing and redirecting customer information<\/li>\n<li>Displaying advertisements (links) within your own content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Securing Your WordPress Website Against Hackers<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Hackers are not personally involved in hacking your WordPress website.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeveiligen.nl\/wordpress-beveiligen-tegen-hackers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hackers<\/a> deploy scripts online that continuously search for WordPress websites via Google and test them for vulnerable plugins and outdated WordPress versions.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to keep WordPress up to date and prevent these (hack) scripts from gathering information about your website. The more a hacker and\/or script knows about your website&#8217;s data, the easier it is for them to find a vulnerability.<\/p>\n<h2>Securing Your WordPress Website Against Vulnerable Plugins<\/h2>\n<p>Plugins are developed by web agencies and programmers from all over the world. Many of these programmers are unaware of hackers&#8217; tricks. Even though they create brilliant plugins, those plugins are unfortunately susceptible to automated hacks.<\/p>\n<h2>Securing Your WordPress Website Against Injections<\/h2>\n<p>WordPress has various methods for updating news, such as through the app or APIs. It&#8217;s crucial to prevent these injections!<br \/>\nAn injection is a command given to your website through a specific URL, typically through the navigation bar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8483 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/voorbeeld-wordpress-beveiligen.jpg\" alt=\"Secure WordPress\" width=\"670\" height=\"82\" \/>Plugins like <a href=\".\/plugins\">iThemes Security PRO NL<\/a> block long commands, significantly reducing the possibility of injections.<\/p>\n<h2>Securing Your WordPress Website with WPbeveiligen<\/h2>\n<p>We actively secure WordPress websites seven days a week. We know hackers&#8217; tricks and have the knowledge to defend against them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeveiligen.nl\/herstellen-type-website\">Let us secure your WordPress website<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Securing Your WordPress Website: Is It Really Necessary? 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