It’s wise to col­lect good Word­Press secu­rity tips so you know how to pre­vent hack­ers from wreak­ing havoc with your blog.

The more pop­u­lar and suc­cess­ful you are online, the higher the chances that a trou­ble­maker or out-​​and-​​out crim­i­nal will try to take your blog down.

Two of the eas­i­est things you can do to keep hack­ers out are:

A) Change your Word­Press pass­word often

AND

B) Change your Word­Press admin user­name often

How often is often? Chang­ing them once every 2–4 weeks is a good minimum.

It’s also impor­tant to change your pass­word and admin user­name if some­one helps you with your blog and needs your pass­word and admin user­name to login to do the work. After all of the work is com­plete, IMMEDIATELY change your pass­word and admin user­name. Even if the per­son is trust­wor­thy, some­one in their com­pany might not be. Bet­ter to be safe than sorry!

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR WORDPRESS PASSWORD

1. Log into your Word­Press blog and select the ‘Users’ icon in the menu on the left-​​hand side of your screen. Hov­er­ing over each icon will tell you which one is which. The ‘Users’ icon looks like a pawn in a chess game.

2. Hover over the ‘Users’ icon and you’ll see a drop-​​down list of options. Click on ‘Your Profile’.

3. At the bot­tom of the ‘Your Pro­file’ screen, you’ll see the entry boxes where you change your password.

4. Choose a pass­word that is com­plex and thus hard to crack. The strength indi­ca­tor on the screen will help you choose some­thing suitable.

5. Make a note of your new pass­word for the next time you sign in! I rec­om­mend the free or paid ver­sion of the secure soft­ware *Robo­form* to remem­ber your passwords.

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR WORDPRESS ADMIN USERNAME

Most Word­Press blog­gers do not change their admin user­name. They keep it at the default ‘admin’ or leave it at what­ever they chose when they first installed WordPress.

Not good!

Chang­ing the admin user­name is usu­ally a tricky thing. For­tu­nately there is a great FREE Word­Press plu­gin that makes it very simple.

1. Find and down­load the free plu­gin by search­ing for:

W-​​Shadow + Change Admin User­name Plugin

2. Install the plu­gin in your blog(s).

After you install the plu­gin, a new option will appear in the drop-​​down list in ‘Users’ (the same icon you vis­ited to change your pass­word, as described above) called ‘Change Username’

3. Click on ‘Change User­name’ and enter your new admin user­name into the sim­ple screen that appears.

4. Write your user­name down so you don’t for­get it!

Change your Word­Press pass­word and admin user­name, or at least your pass­word, fre­quently and col­lect and use other good Word­Press secu­rity tips to keep hack­ers out!

Related posts:

1. Keep Hack­ers From Your Word­Press Admin
2. Word­Press Secu­rity Sys­tem Blog Lock Down.
3. Word­Press Secu­rity: Close Every Loophole
4. Word­Press Secu­rity Plu­g­ins: Half The Battle
5. Word­Press 2.9.2 Upgrade Secu­rity Fix