Prevent WordPress Website Hacking

29% of the hacks are coming from an unsafe WordPress theme

What can you do yourself to keep your theme as safe as possible?

  1. Keep your theme updated to the latest version
  2. Be careful when you download a theme or purchase one outside the official WP site. And extremely careful with Torrent websites

*Torrent website: contains information files (music, movies, shows, games, etc.) that users on the Internet share via peer-to-peer technology.


2. Create a new user and delete the admin

*Synchonize in your manager and login with your new username.

attribute all content to your new username.





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jvranjes Premium
Why is Admin harmful?
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Loes Premium
Then they have half of your login already - all WP website have admin as default
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jvranjes Premium
You mean user name Admin is known? But they can see your user name Loes also, from comments?

I have admin everywhere, I thought good to have as extra entrance if something is wring with another user.
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Loes Premium
My screen/nick name can be quite different from my username Jovo
Display name publicly as ...
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jvranjes Premium
OK, I did not use this option about display name different from user name.
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SJB Premium
Very helpful! :)
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Loes Premium
Thank you Sonia:)
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ArtByHeart Premium
Unfortunately my website still got hacked even though it was hosted at WA due to WP vulnerability :-(
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Loes Premium
Where you late with your update, Mira?
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ArtByHeart Premium
no :-(
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Loes Premium
What a bummer:(
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PaulineT Premium
Definitely important information for all of us to know. Thanks Loes.
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Loes Premium
You're welcome Pauline:)
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MartyHubon Premium
Excellent information Loes, several great tips in there that I will now follow up with. Thank you.
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Loes Premium
Thanks Martin, much appreciate your comment
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