WordPress articles
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Toolkit: Password vault
Writing down passwords is a bad idea I’ve seen it all…… post-it notes with login details neatly framing a desktop computer. {hellllllo bank account information!}… notebooks full of username + password combinations. {organized access to your entire online life.}… ziplock bags with current + outdated login info. {unorganized access to your entire online life.}… slips of paper taped to the underside of a computer or keyboard. {seems stealthy, but it’s not tough to figure out.}… files saved to the desktop with typed out passwords. {one click to all user account…
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WordPress Site Security – Step #3
Hot damn, it’s the last part in the WordPress security series – for this blog, at least. In a couple weeks, I’ll be emailing a bonus tip to my subscribers only, so be sure to sign up! I’ve gone over usernames + passwords in previous posts because those two elements are critical to your site’s security. Most hackers gain access to your website through the login screen, since it is the easiest place to try. Once you’ve got your login screen as strong as a steel door, it’s time to tackle your updates. Outdated…
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WordPress site security – step #1
The first step to securing your WordPress website is using a secure username When you log in to your site, WordPress asks for 2 things – a username + password. Which means someone trying to break into your site or gain access to your shared server through an insecure WordPress site only needs to figure out 2 variables. As a business owner, you don’t have many chances to make it tough to hack into your site. On the flipside, you only have to worry about securing 2 items. Security is…
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Time to Upgrade
Take a look at your surroundings right now. Are there any things in your control that are more than lackluster? If you are holding your iPhone, is the case more representative of your fear of dropping it or does it get constant compliments AND keep your device safe? For my lovelies on their laptops, is your screen spotlessly clean + void of all fingerprints + drool spots from that Ryan Gosling Pinterest binge you went on last week? Sitting at your desk? Does it look like bills + paperwork are…
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Server Crash
Do you ever start watching something that is 2 hours long with the intention of only watching half now and the rest later, but realize you won’t be able to turn the TV off until you know what happens at the end? That was me last week on Tuesday. I got hooked and being able to fast-forward through the commercials became my excuse for not heading to bed when I should have. While skipping the last set of commercials, I got a text message. Obviously it must be important for…