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How to Remove Malware from a WordPress Website: Step by Step Guide

Last updated on December 4, 2023Param Chahal

WordPress is said to be the most well-maintained and robust platform. However, hackers keep finding vulnerabilities to get access to WordPress from time to time. Moreover, it is certainly the most popular platform, which makes it an easy target for a hacker. Therefore, you need to pay attention to your WordPress site’s security as it’s an absolute priority. There are several ways to detect malware in your WordPress website and to find out if your site has been hacked or infected with a malware. To effectively remove the malware, it is important to detect the root cause of the malware.

Joomla Backup: Tutorial for beginners

Last updated on January 6, 2021Varnoorjot Chahal

Taking regular backups of your Joomla website is greatly recommended. If at any moment things go wrong with your website, you can restore the recent backup easily. Taking Joomla backup can be slightly tough for newbies and less technical users. In this article, I will show you how to take a backup of your Joomla site.

Enhance Drupal Security with these handy Modules

Last updated on July 1, 2021Varnoorjot Chahal

How To Check MySQL Version : Detail Tutorial

Last updated on October 1, 2020Param Chahal

MySQL is the most popular open-source database around the world. It gives the incredible level of satisfaction in terms of performance, reliability, and ease of use. It is important to know which version of MySQL you’re using because when you know the version, you can quickly figure out what type of configuration changes and other settings you need to maintain.

A Complete Guide to WordPress .htaccess file: Security, SSL, Redirect, Rules, Tricks & More

Last updated on September 2, 2022Param Chahal

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The .htaccess or simply htaccess file is a great tool that allows you to have some worthy cool things on your website. It manipulates how Apache serve files from its root directory and all the subdirectories in WordPress. The WordPress Htaccess file is an important but also a temperamental system file. A small code error in htaccess file can result in server malfunctioning. So, a backup should always be maintained and extra caution should be taken while dealing with it. Here, we will cover all the basics of htaccess file, setting up security, SSL, redirects to permalinks etc. in WordPress htaccess file. So let’s dive in to learn how to optimize the htaccess file for your WordPress website.

9 Best WordPress Security Plugins Compared (2023)

Last updated on October 25, 2023Param Chahal

Check these Best WordPress Security Plugins and secure your business online. Websites owners need to invest for services and products such as plugins, themes, hosting, etc. Any website big or small is always prone to get attacked for known reasons. Therefore, you need to take required steps to secure your website against attacks. However, the security plugins discussed in this guide can help you tighten the security of your site. But choosing the one best solution from available pool of plugins can be challenging. So, to help pick the one perfect solution we have prepared a list of best WordPress security plugins for you. Go through it and decide which plugin can work best for your website.

Hardening WordPress Security: Tutorial for beginners

Last updated on July 16, 2021Param Chahal

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With the growing impact of Internet on all facets of life, websites are increasingly dealing with private and sensitive customer data. A security breach can lead to your website getting hacked. It can result in a major security lapse for well-established businesses. It could potentially lead to irreparable damage to your reputation. Website developers need to understand security issues and take steps towards hardening WordPress security. As a web developer, you need to be able to assess the risks you’re facing. WordPress security is a complicated topic. In this article, we help you gain an overall better understanding of WordPress security. We also explain techniques to minimise and manage the security risks to your WordPress website. Most of these techniques are general and also, can be used for other Content Management Systems like Joomla, Magento etc.

How to Set Up SSL Aabsolutely Free Using Let’s Encrypt

Last updated on September 2, 2022Param Chahal

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How to set up SSL using Let’s Encrypt? If you also been on the lookout for free and trusted SSL certificates and wondering how to install them? Then you are at the right place. Here in this guide, I will unveil how to set up free SSL using Let’s Encrypt. So, let’s dive in!

Email Address Harvesting: How do spammers gather private email addresses?

Last updated on November 16, 2023Param Chahal

Tired of sorting and deleting loads of Spam from your mail accounts. Do you wonder if you can put a stop to receiving Spam? Well yes, follow some simple rules and protect your email details from Email Address Harvesting.

How to control spam on your WordPress blog?

Last updated on October 25, 2021Staff

It is sure that you want to prevent spam posts from happening on your WordPress site. Spam registrations are emerging as a common nuisance for the site owners who are running membership sites or allow multiple users to have registration on their website. In this article, we will discuss on how to keep the nuisance of spam at bay from your WordPress websites.

Enabling Two-Factor Authentication in Joomla

Last updated on April 22, 2021Staff

Joomla is just one of many content management systems that allow Two-Factor Authentication, but what sets it apart from the other CMSs is that it was the first to implement the security practice. However, the Two-Factor Authentication methods for Joomla can differ from other platforms, such as WordPress where there are dozens of plugins that can perform the function. Nonetheless, the two-factor authentication methods that are usable in Joomla are, perhaps, the most secure.

How to Find WordPress Vulnerabilities?

Last updated on April 22, 2021Staff

WordPress is an open source platform that has become one of the most common targets for hackers. To protect your website, you need to implement security measures to thwart any attempts by malicious entities. Fortunately, there are tools available in the market for finding WordPress vulnerabilities.

6 handy techniques to secure your WordPress website

Last updated on April 22, 2020Staff

Wordpress is a popular CMS online. Million of business personnel, blog owner and web administrator use it on a daily basis. Wordpress Security is a very important step in protecting the sensitive data present on the web server. This informative article explains security mechanism in which you can protect your WordPress website from unauthorized access.

How to protect your WordPress website from unauthorized access?

Last updated on April 22, 2020Staff

How to protect your wordPress website from unauthorised access

In this digital revolution world, Information is transferred from one system to another in the form of 0’s and 1’s or you can say in Binary form. The wireless medium of transmission is so popular that more than 90% people in the world use it in on a daily basis. Therefore, It is necessary to secure the information from intruders and the crackers which are present in each and every corner of the internet.

How to Get Back to Your WordPress Admin After Being Hacked

Last updated on April 22, 2021Staff

How to get back your WordPress admin password

You may lose access to your website’s admin section because of a number of reasons. The website may fail to establish a network connection, can have its memory limit exhausted, and may suffer from PHP error as well. In these conditions, you would not be able to log into your admin account. In this guide, I will show the way to get back to your WordPress admin after being hacked. So, let’s get rolling!

10 Tweaks that Will Increase Your WordPress Website Security

Last updated on April 18, 2020Staff

10 Tweaks that Will Increase Your WordPress Website’s Security

WordPress website security is very important because one hack can destroy everything that you have built. A majority of security-enhancing tasks are designed to protect the admin panel because that is the gateway to the backend of your website. From there, there are some additional tasks that you can perform to protect the files that make your site what it is.

Why It’s Vital for Small Businesses to have a Website Back Up?

Last updated on April 20, 2021Staff

With data being such a valuable currency for modern business, most people now understand how important it is to have a comprehensive backup plan in place to protect their vital files. Unfortunately, when drawing up a backup plan many small businesses focus only on their internal data and neglect to ensure that their website is also fully protected.

Top 8 website vulnerabilities a hacker can exploit

Last updated on December 15, 2023Param Chahal

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When it comes to cybersecurity vulnerabilities are a major concern and something you simply cannot neglect. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by hackers to gain access to sensitive crucial information which can be misused for numerous reasons. So an effective approach to enhance the security of your website is the right way to go.

4 Best Joomla Extensions For Website Security

Last updated on January 6, 2021Staff

Joomla has one core feature about website security. That is two factor authentication. This feature helps preventing anonymous users to intrude into the administration area of the website. Only one measure for security might not work for the website. For the powerful security of the website, you should take extra measures. You can take help of security extensions for this. We have discussed 4 such extensions in this article. Take a look on them.

WordPress Settings and Plugins | Website Comment Spam Security

Last updated on April 16, 2021Staff

Comment spam can be stopped with WordPress spam prevention settings, yet simply making custom settings is not a full proof solution. Initial days of your website or blogs can be protected by WordPress settings when you don’t get a huge traffic, but when your website starts gaining more traffic everyday, you will need plugins to use besides WordPress settings. You may know through this post that which plugins are recommended ones and what do they do for the user.

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