How to Enhance the Security of WordPress Website

WordPress is one of the power-packed CMS platforms to develop rich featured websites with lots of plug-in and themes. Regardless to the fact that, It is also one of the most hacked CMS platforms across the web. 

Security of any website is a big concern for webmasters but the risk of cyber-attack is much higher with WordPress website. 

Google has blacklists around 20,000 websites for malware and security issues and WordPress infections have increased from 74% in 2016 Q3 to 83% in 2017. But still, WordPress is getting popular amongst the competitor CMS platforms. 

Now you might be wondering that after such huge possibilities of cyber hack how WordPress is getting more popular day by day? The answer is pretty simple that, there are no more issues in the original WordPress platform but the problem is with the webmasters who are not updating their websites and not maintaining the security levels of their website.

I have seen many webmasters are neglecting the security of WordPress. This is open source; hacking & malware attacks. This is partially true because there are lots of golden rules of securities to keep website more secure to overcome hacking and malware but you cannot blame WordPress.

Why WordPress Security is Important?

As an online business owner, it’s your responsibility to keep safe your website from malware and hackers attack. Because of such threats it creates serious problems in generating revenue and establishing good reputation in market. Your data may be lost or hackers can steal your user information. 

You and your WordPress developer have done everything on your website by keeping in mind about the users and target market with lots of hard work. Finally, your website is ready to go live. But still, there are some security factors you need to check right from the beginning as soon as you make that available on the web. Here I will share the security points of WordPress website to make more secure to escape from online hackers and gain the trust of users.

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