Keeping WordPress themes up to date
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 4:57 am
Another essential thing to keep up to date in our WordPress environment is the themes. Unless you use a free one or one created by you, I recommend that before buying a theme you find out what coverage its creator offers and how long it guarantees maintenance coverage, because then there are surprises (and when it comes to our website, we don't want surprises).
Use blacklists to block usernames and IP addresses . You may not realize it until you install a security plugin, but our websites receive attack attempts much more often than we can imagine. These plugins ceo email list alert us to which usernames are being used to access our website and from which IP the attack is being executed. A good practice is to block those usernames that are being used, along with the IPs from which the attack is being carried out. Note: It is true that nowadays with the existence of VPNs, blocking IPs may seem nonsensical, but sometimes there are IP addresses that are repeated and it is convenient to have them blocked.
Modify, if necessary, the path to the WordPress login page . By default, the path that is usually followed to access a WordPress site is the main URL of our site followed by and hackers know this. Something that they will try to take advantage of, but, if this were the case, we can use security plugins to modify this path. It will always be more difficult for them to access if the access path is now. I will leave it up to you to decide whether they should be nice and elegant names.
Use WordPress cybersecurity plugins like Wordfence Security or All In One WP Security . As we mentioned earlier, there are numerous plugins dedicated to managing and implementing security measures for our WordPress. Among them, we highlight Wordfence Security and All In One WP Security. Both plugins are very powerful in their free version, providing more than enough coverage to keep your website safe from malware. However, they have a PRO version that allows you to raise the plugin to a more powerful and effective level of protection. Tip: For most websites, you will get very good results by properly configuring the features of the free version of either plugin.
Use blacklists to block usernames and IP addresses . You may not realize it until you install a security plugin, but our websites receive attack attempts much more often than we can imagine. These plugins ceo email list alert us to which usernames are being used to access our website and from which IP the attack is being executed. A good practice is to block those usernames that are being used, along with the IPs from which the attack is being carried out. Note: It is true that nowadays with the existence of VPNs, blocking IPs may seem nonsensical, but sometimes there are IP addresses that are repeated and it is convenient to have them blocked.
Modify, if necessary, the path to the WordPress login page . By default, the path that is usually followed to access a WordPress site is the main URL of our site followed by and hackers know this. Something that they will try to take advantage of, but, if this were the case, we can use security plugins to modify this path. It will always be more difficult for them to access if the access path is now. I will leave it up to you to decide whether they should be nice and elegant names.
Use WordPress cybersecurity plugins like Wordfence Security or All In One WP Security . As we mentioned earlier, there are numerous plugins dedicated to managing and implementing security measures for our WordPress. Among them, we highlight Wordfence Security and All In One WP Security. Both plugins are very powerful in their free version, providing more than enough coverage to keep your website safe from malware. However, they have a PRO version that allows you to raise the plugin to a more powerful and effective level of protection. Tip: For most websites, you will get very good results by properly configuring the features of the free version of either plugin.