WordPress powers more than a quarter of all websites the world today. For a lot us involved with the WordPress community, this was a fantastic piece of news. Despite the efforts of the large WordPress community, security issues with WordPress websites still remain a major concern and cannot be deemed an issue that has been completely overcome.

WordPress is easy to setup and use. A step by step guide to setup WordPress manually or using an automated script will be completed without knowledge of how to code.

Starting a WordPress blog is now something anyone can do especially using the automated scripts which are available freely with nearly all web hosting packages.

WordPress has come under attacks severely and has a huge target from the growing number of cyber attackers. One security report stated that 78% of successful attacks were against WordPress websites. Another stated that 76% of WordPress users don’t use a backup plugin at all.

The large number of articles on the issue wjich are actually not an indept analysis on the issue is not helping and also worsens the situation as they do not deeply guide readers on what to do to stay safe.

The general rule and recommended best approach is to stay up to date. Sure, it’s great to keep everything up to date. It’s also great to use something other than admin for your username. But those are not the fundamental things to do which keeps you secure. They help, anyway, to keep the attackers at bay.

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