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In brief<\/p>\n

WordPress website security is made up of several building blocks: secure hosting, SSL encryption, regular backups, up-to-date versions of WordPress, plugins and themes, strong logins with two-factor authentication, a firewall and ongoing monitoring. Most hacks do not succeed through WordPress itself, but through outdated extensions and weak passwords.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

WordPress website security is a topic that many site owners only take seriously when it is too late. WordPress is very beginner-friendly and easy to learn \u2013 and that is exactly why security is often forgotten. In this article we show how secure WordPress really is, where the typical weak points lie and how you can protect your website effectively with a 9-step checklist.<\/p>\n

Creating your own WordPress website is exciting and challenging at the same time: choosing a theme, creating pages, writing content. Security easily gets lost in the process. Attackers take advantage of this. They search automatically for vulnerable websites in order to get hold of sensitive data, spread spam or deliver malware to unsuspecting visitors.<\/p>\n

How secure is WordPress?<\/h2>\n

WordPress is the most widely used content management system in the world. This popularity makes it an attractive target: anyone who finds a vulnerability in a popular plugin can use it to attack many websites at once. Does that mean WordPress is insecure? No.<\/p>\n

With the right knowledge, WordPress is at least as secure as a custom-coded website \u2013 often even more secure. There is no such thing as a completely unassailable website. But if you develop a website from scratch yourself, you are on your own when it comes to security. WordPress site owners, on the other hand, benefit from a large community that finds, reports and closes security holes.<\/p>\n

Is an open-source product really secure?<\/h3>\n

WordPress is open source: the code is publicly visible \u2013 including to attackers looking for weak points. At the same time, however, the official WordPress security team, volunteer developers, security researchers and so-called white-hat hackers also review the code. If a bug slips through, it is usually discovered quickly and fixed with an update.<\/p>\n

A custom solution, by contrast, would have to be maintained permanently by you or a security engineer \u2013 which is time-consuming and expensive.<\/p>\n

Why WordPress websites get hacked<\/h2>\n

Most security incidents are not caused by a vulnerability in an up-to-date WordPress installation. Typical causes are:<\/p>\n