WordPress powers one-third of the internet, and hackers understand economies of scale. As such, WordPress sites are always under attack by bots looking for signs of vulnerability. Even a small website is a juicy target. Fortunately, there are a number of easy ways to protect your site by making good security decisions.
We’ll go through some of the most common methods hackers use to get into WordPress sites through some entertaining (and sometimes scary) stories.
You’ll learn key security principles to help you make good decisions to prevent intrusions, detect them, and recover from a security event if you are ever compromised.