Inside WordPress | Security Tips Thread

[Maqane]

Hardening WordPress

http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress

 

Threats That You Should Look Out For

http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/security/wordpress-security-threats-that-you-should-look-out-for/

[Maqane]

Basic Guide

http://wpsecure.net/basics/

[Maqane]

Blog security 101

http://wpsecure.net/secure-wordpress/

[Maqane]

Secure WordPress Advanced

 

http://wpsecure.net/secure-wordpress-advanced/

[Maqane]

What to do if your WordPress site is/was hacked :mad:

 

http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

[Maqane]

Brute force attacks on WordPress continue as CloudFlare fends off 60m requests in 1 hour

 

http://goo.gl/T2uia

[rudy-Diiriye]

Yo i need an old version of this program that worked with xp.........u got any idea where i can find? thnx

[Maqane]

rudy-Diiriye;939495 wrote:

Yo i need an old version of this program that worked with xp.........u got any idea where i can find? thnx

Yo

 

Are you trying to install Wordpress on windows XP using IIS Server? so yes

 

Which SP ( Service Pack) is running on your xp machine?

[rudy-Diiriye]

sp3......can u hook me up! ... thx

[Maqane]

Rudy, try this guide (Configuring WordPress with Microsoft Web PI) on Wordpress codex

http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Easy_5_Minute_WordPress_Installation_on_Windows

 

 

PS: i'm Developing WordPress Locally with Xampp.

Hadii eey kugu adgaato setting up WP with MS Web PI xp, let me know so that i can help .

[Conspiracy]

wordpress is for amateurs so easy to exploit, having said that its great for blogging so you gotta jump in your time machine to when people read blogs

[Maqane]

^ As far as security is concerned, not any software, website, or anything else on the internet is 100% secure. There's a lot of security measures you need to take if you really want to secure your WordPress powered website to avoid attacks such as SQL Injection, brute forcing e.tc. I should agree that WordPress being open source and popular means that there are higher chances of malicious attacks cuz the source code can be easily obtained and studied for vulnerabilities.

 

WP is not only for amateurs anymore, it’s waaaay more powerful than that. In fact, there are a bunch of websites that are powered by WordPress and not only News site but also government websites are using WordPress as their CMS. WordPress doesn’t limit the possibilities when it comes to code and design e.t.c and it's possible for the experienced users to make it look like a Traditional/Static website.

[nuune]

^^ Abbaas, have you developed a site with Wordpress outside XAMP/locally.

[Maqane]

nuune;944195 wrote:

^^ Abbaas, have you developed a site with Wordpress outside XAMP/locally.

Nuune, yes i've done that before but i couldn't afford to pay for the hosting sxb because i was too late (took forever) to finish my project, so i've purcahased this server selectively intalled PHP, MySQL and Apache and use it as a pws/development/test server when i'm not at home.

 

 

PS: When i got ready I'm gonna move it over to a live server insha'Allah.

[nuune]

Great, good thing about XAMP is that it has bundled software(PHP, MySQL & APACHE as well EMAIL, FTP etc), so you can make your own computer act as a server.

 

 

I found Wordpress to be useful, even though you need to be hardcore PHP editor to suit things to your own standard.