Aug 15

Three WordPress Security Tips

I came across this post on quickonlinetips who got these tips from Matt Cutts. While some of them I have been following there a few tips that are new to me or can be done in a better way I am listing them all here.

1. Drop the WordPress Meta Tag

By default a large number of WordPress themes have the WordPress Meta Tag which show the version of WordPress that is currently running on the blog. I have even removed the Powered by WordPress links from the footer this has reduced spam by a certain degree.


to block access to the wp-admin directory using htaccess. But this will work only if you browse the net with a Static IP address. Also this is not necessary if you are using the latest version of WordPress.
4. Bonus Point Keep your WordPress Blog upto date using The Wordpress Automatic Upgrade Plugin


			
			
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								Awesome tips! Thanks for sharing.
				Haris Posted on Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
			
		
	
		
        
        
    			
		
			
							
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								Simple but effective tips for security are always the best.
Jamie
				Terinea Weblog Posted on Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
			
		
	
		
        
        
    			
		
			
							
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								Hmm, its Quick Online Tips, not Quick Tips Online  ! And yes, those tips were really security helpful! 
				Rishi Posted on Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
			
		
	
		
        
        
    			
		
			
							
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								I never know about the problem with Meta tag. Nice article. I think the last link in your post is not correct.
				Nirmal Posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
			
		
	
		
        
        
    			
		
			
							
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								I never gave a thought to that, these are a must have, i will surely be giving a thought to that.
				Vaibhav Posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
			
		
	
		
        
        
    							
		
			
							
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								I’m new to wordpress. Had no idea about the /wp-admin/ Thanks!
Is there any way that I can get rid of the meta tags and retain certain content which previously was meta tagged?
				web hosting review Posted on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 at 10:28 am
			
		
	
		
        
        
    			
		
			
							
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								I would add one more tip that I have seen happen to blogs that I host. Don’t use the default table prefix wp_, come up with a difficult to guess one.

If you already have wp_ , it is easy to change through phpmyadmin.
				Sherif Elsisi Posted on Thursday, January 17th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
			
		
	
		
        
        
        
    
        



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