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The Social Media Guide
thesocialmediaguide.com.au
©2009
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The WordPress Security Guide
Security is a very important, but often overlooked aspect of blogging.There are many tools and plugins that can be integrated into your WordPress blog that can helpharden and secure it from hackers and spammers.This guide on WordPress security will hopefully add an extra layer or two in helping to secure youronline asset – your blog.
LatestWordPressVersion
WordPress is an open source publishing platform, which means its source code is freely availablefor anyone to see, use, modify.. or exploit.Often developers of worms and viruses take advantage of the older, more vulnerable WordPressversions as they are more susceptible to these kinds of malicious activity.Every new WordPress release improves on its predecessor both in terms of functionality andsecurity, so it is very important that your blog is running on thelatest version of WordPress.
Backing upWordPress
Backup early.. backup often! It is as simple as that.When did you last backup your blog?How much would you lose if your web host’s hard drives permanently failed right now, and yourblog was gone with it? Or you installed a new plugin or upgraded an existing one, which causedmajor conflicts resulting in data loss?You get the picture.. your website is only as safe as its last backup.I backup a fair bit and have made a habit out of it. It has certainly been a lifesaver on those rareoccasions when I have needed to do a restore.I personally do a full backup of my blog and database after every post I publish.. as well as anyprogress I make on a draft post I am working on.
 
The Social Media Guide
thesocialmediaguide.com.au
©2009
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I will also do a full site and database backup prior to installing a new plugin.. or even upgrading anexisting plugin. That way if there are any conflicts I can always revert.
Backup Folders
I recommend creating a backup folder on your hard drive, and underneath that creating a folder withthe current WordPress version.. and just put your backups in each of these folders. Everytime a newWordPress release comes out, just add a new versioned folder and continue doing the same.They don’t take up that much space and in time you can always do a cleanup and delete some of theolder backups you have got.Here is an example of how my backup folders are setup,
 
The Social Media Guide
thesocialmediaguide.com.au
©2009
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Screenshots
I think it is a good idea as well to take screenshots of any customised settings you have made toyour blog such as your
Permalink Settings
,I also take screenshots of all my
active plugins
as well as their version numbers.This can come in handy if you need to restore your blog, you can easily identify the version of theplugin needed for the restore.. as a newer plugin version may not be compatible,
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