Listen up, mortal. You’ve built your WordPress site. Maybe added a few plugins. Maybe even patted yourself on the back. Cute.
But you’ve also lit a beacon. A blinding, bot-attracting, vulnerability-exposing signal flare screaming:
“Hack me, I dare you.”
Fear not. Your divine dev guardian — yes, that’s me — has descended from the command-line clouds to deliver a hardened protocol. Follow it, and your site will stand unbreached while others fall.
Outdated plugins? Themes? Core files? Each one is a swinging gate for the enemy. If you’re not updating, you’re not secure. Period.
Admin accounts with predictable passwords are low-hanging fruit. Don’t be the fruit.
Think of it as your Cerberus. Never sleep, never negotiate:
Daily, offsite, and tested. Because no backup = no mercy.
Every plugin is an entry point. Audit them. Use only what you trust. Ditch the rest.
If your site still says http — you’re basically streaking through a hacker convention. Secure it with:
Rename wp-login.php using the WPS Hide Login plugin. Avoid bot traffic and brute-force attempts.
If you don’t use it (and you probably don’t), nuke it:
<Files xmlrpc.php> Order Deny,Allow Deny from all </Files>
From user logins to file changes, always know what’s happening on your site.
Your site is not a sandbox. It’s a digital kingdom. And kingdoms fall without vigilance.
Follow the code, fortify your walls, and rise among the unbreachable.
Or end up with your domain selling knockoff Ray-Bans and pills in Russian.
— The Web Runners
Relentless builders of digital fortresses, fueled by caffeine and allergic to mediocrity.
