Recently I've been noticing a drastic increase in hacking attempts on one of my sites. They say any attention is good attention, but this is the kind I can live without. Fortunately I've been using the "Limit Login Attempts" plugin. I would definitely recommend it to everyone. I'll say right now that the developer of this plugin has not updated it lately. But in the end, it simply works. Nothing fancy, easy to setup to your needs. It can even email you to let you know when attempts have been ma

During my time in WA several people have suggested that I remove all traces of the "Admin" account from my website, or at the very least to strip that account of any real powers (i.e. give it only subscriber powers). This is to make it harder for people to hack into your account. Since they already know that "Admin" is the username, all they need now is to come up with the password for that account. I tend to agree with this line of thinking and have created a new account name for my website,