The Importance of Security for Your WordPress Website
It can be very alarming to have an unauthorized individual access your WordPress account. Imagine receiving an email that says someone has logged in to your WordPress website – but wait, do you even have the WordPress login security notification set up on your website?
A security breach can be quite damaging to your website or brand’s reputation. The potential threats that a security break can cause can be catastrophic – from your customer’s information to sensitive data about your business, everything could be at stake. In 2012 alone, over 170,000 WordPress websites (reported cases) were hacked! More than likely this number is higher now. This highlights the importance of securing your WordPress website.
Here are some of the main reasons why you should secure your WordPress website:
Protect your business from losses: An unsecured website means that anyone can gain access to your WordPress account and hence, block you out from your own website! By the time that you recover back your website from the hacking attempt, you will have already lost potential income – this is a very serious concern for websites that sell something online or display ads for revenue.- Safeguard the sensitive data of your customers: There is no turning back from the point when your customers’ sensitive information is compromised. If you let the personal details of your clients fall into undesirable hands – it will directly affect your business’ relationship with its clients.
- Strengthen your business reputation: Strengthening your website’s security keeps you on top of the customer’s trust and loyalty charts. It has a positive impact on the reputation of your brand and builds a long-lasting relationship of trust among all of your customers.
- Prevent other sites from being affected: If you have a website that is hosted on a shared server then there is a high likelihood that the malware will spread to other websites as well – this means that a security breach on your website will not only be affecting your business but others as well.
Now that you know the importance of securing your WordPress website, the next step is to actually take a step towards an improved security system for your site. There are numerous things that you can do – these include creating regular backups, keeping your WordPress updated, optimizing folder permissions, and securing your login screens.
What are you ideas or thoughts?
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