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Your security and your weakest chain
in SOLIDWPThey say your security is only as good as your weakest chain. Your weakest chain are the users. No, for real. Users are responsible for 30-40% of all hacks, just by using weak passwords, re-using passwords, and even use breached passwords! That’s wht the tab SUer Security is so important, and not only for the […]
The most overlooked feature? File permissions check
in SOLIDWPAlso to be found at the tools tab! The file permission check. The file check that SolidWP performs seems very basic, though it does exactly what’s needed: it tells you how your writing permissions are at server level. Hackers and bots would love to add code and changes to some files, and when set at […]
The MU-Plugin option
in SOLIDWPNot many people know the advantage of the MU plugin option. What it does, it places the SolidWP action BEFORE all other functions/plugins are loaded. In that way, it’s loaded before potential hacks. Which is important don’t you think? Lets give SolidWP an head-start! Where can this be done: Security > Tools > Create MU […]
SolidWP’s secret gem!
in SOLIDWPYou want do have control over the updates right? You want to manually update and check your website if it still works. We understand! Though, sometimes there are vulnerbility’s that simply can’t wait! They need to be updated and patched as soon as possible. And that’s why SolidWP has this brilliant feature: Auto update if […]
Notification avalange!
in SOLIDWPSolidWP is a wonderfull plugin. It is able to stop so many threads! And if you install SolidWP and not turn off some of the notifications, it will tell you all about what happened daily or even more times a day! Our advice, check what you really need to know. Make sure the security is […]
How to hide your admin page
in SOLIDWPIf hackers can’t find your admin page, how are they going to hack it?! Trough the XML-RPC and other methods. Okay thats not what I wanted to talk about 😉 Let’s assume they are beginners, lazy, they will just popup the /admin page or the /wp-login.php page. That’s way to easy! Let’s make it more […]
Did you know? Database tip
in SOLIDWPIt is a few years back, my client had a website which was very well visited. We speak of thousands of visitors each day. And probably many bots. Combine that with a pretty bad coded theme and a lot of links to removed pages that did not got redirected.. and you have yourselve a 404 […]
