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title: "Security Hardening for WordPress"
date: 2019-09-07
author: "Shiv"
featured_image: "https://malcure.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wordpress-security-hardening-malcure.jpg"
---

# Security Hardening for WordPress

## Securing and protecting your WordPress website from vulnerabilities

Website security is about risk reduction. We follow security best practices to harden and protect your WordPress website from threats. Our security-driven process has security at it’s core — securing credentials, securing data, continuous monitoring and strategizing a well-hardened setup.

**…for website owners, digital agencies, web development agencies and freelancers…**

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    63,700+

### websites secured



16+ yrs.

### in cyber-security



75+

### plugin contributions



35,000+

### blacklist removal



4,200+

### malware definitions





## Professional WordPress Hardening Services

for protecting and securing your website from the bad guys

- **Infrastructure security**  
    Reviewing Apache, PHP and MySql configuration and identifying the loopholes.
- **WordPress Backups**  
    Configuring automated backups on your server or external location.
- **WordPress Updates**  
    Includes core updates, plugin updates & removal of unused themes / plugins.
- **Switching to HTTPs**  
    Installing SSL certificate if your site is not already using one.
- **WP Security Application Configurations**  
    Setting up salts & keys, disabling file editing, configuring wp-config and htaccess, etc.

- **Complete Website Scan**  
    Run a website scan to identify potential infection and security threats.
- **Securing Website Files**  
    Checking file permissions, reviewing critical files and activity log via FTP / SSH.
- **Access Control**  
    Prevent brute-forcing, implementing two factor authentication, control comments, etc.
- **Locking down**  
    Review user roles, update admin credentials, limit login attempts, etc.
- **Security Plugins**  
    Setting-up security plugins for securing your website set-up.

## Need help with securing your WordPress Website?

If you are a DIYer, follow the step by step guide on [securing your WordPress site](https://malcure.com/blog/security/11-steps-to-secure-your-wordpress-website/) here.

**OR**

Purchase our WordPress security hardening service → Submit website details → We’ll take it from there. That’s it!

… and rest assured, your website is in good hands.

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