WordPress is the most popular CMS on the web, which also makes it a common target for hackers. The good news is that most attacks are preventable with the right setup and best practices.
In this category, you’ll find guides on hardening your WordPress site, adding security headers, and securing the REST API. You’ll also learn how to set up SSL, change your login URL, and prevent contact form spam. If the worst happens, there’s a step-by-step guide to recovering a hacked WordPress site.
Contact forms are magnets for spam bots. The usual fix is Google reCAPTCHA, but it adds friction for real visitors and hands their data to an ad network. Cloudflare Turnstile is a free, privacy-friendly alternative. It confirms a visitor is [...]
Your SaaS company just finished a penetration test. The report landed in your inbox, and your WordPress marketing site has findings. Maybe it’s a SOC 2 requirement, maybe an enterprise customer’s security questionnaire pushed you into it. Either way, you [...]
Every WordPress installation ships with a file called xmlrpc.php in its root directory, enabled by default. I see it abused in server logs constantly. It is a legacy remote procedure call endpoint, introduced before the REST API existed. Back then, [...]
Passwords alone are no longer enough to protect your WordPress site. Brute-force attacks, credential stuffing, and phished passwords are among the most common ways WordPress sites get compromised. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) adds a second verification step after your password, making [...]
A hacked WordPress site can disrupt your business, expose sensitive data, and hurt your reputation. Fast, organized action will help you fully recover and secure your website so you can get back online quickly. This guide gives you a clear, [...]
The WordPress REST API is a powerful feature that enables developers to interact with a site’s data programmatically. While useful for headless setups, custom apps, and AJAX calls, it can also expose sensitive information if left unsecured. By default, the [...]
WordPress is the most popular content management system on the web. It powers over 60% of all sites using a CMS, which means roughly 43% of all websites run on this platform. Since WordPress holds such a large market share, [...]
reCAPTCHA protects your site’s forms from spam and automated bot submissions. The Contact Form 7 plugin integrates with reCAPTCHA, and setting it up takes just a few minutes. reCAPTCHA v3 works entirely in the background – users don’t have to [...]
One of the most popular ways to breach WordPress sites is a Brute Force Attack. In this type of attack, hackers try many combinations of usernames and passwords in order to enter the WordPress admin interface. Especially when everyone knows [...]
With a market share of over 40%, WordPress is the most popular CMS behind many business websites. Of course, this popularity makes it even more interesting and attractive for hackers and malicious attacks, which can easily damage your audience’s trust, [...]
In this guide, we'll show you how to reset, or in other words, how to change the WordPress password via phpMyAdmin and via functions.php
In versions 7.4.3 and above of the Contact Form 7 plugin, it is possible to easily add Google’s reCaptcha to forms. Google reCaptcha is a standard solution and perhaps the ideal solution for preventing spam in CF7 forms and forms [...]