It was Monday morning and I was on a call with a dozen others who are my peers. Each of us helps the small business owner with their businesses in one way or the other. It was at the end of the call and we were each sharing our websites and going over how to make little improvements here and there. Time was running out and there was just enough time for one more website review, I volunteered. As my site was coming up for all to see suddenly the screen turned a maroon red with an outline of a security officer with his hand stretched out and the words of"do not precede malware threat." There was more but I was horrified to remember exactly what it said. I was worried on being ruined plus humiliated the people on the call had seen me vulnerable that I had spent hours.
Since scare tactics appear to be at the very least start considering the issue, or what drives some people to take secure your wordpress site a little more seriously, allow me to shoot a scare tactics your way.
An easy way to maintain WordPress safe would be to use a few built-in tools. To begin with, do not allow people run a web host security scan to list the documents in your folders and automatically backup your web hosting account.
I don't think there's a person out there that after learning how much of a problem WordPress hacking is that it's a fantastic This Site idea. But something I've noticed over the years is that when it comes to securing their sites, bloggers seem to be stuck in this reactive state.
You can extend the plugin features with premium plugins such as: Amazon S3 plugin, Members only plugin, DropShop etc.. I think you can use it and this plugin is a good option.
There are always going to be risks being online (or even just being alive!) And it's easy to get caught up in the panic. We put the breaks on when we get caught up in the panic. This isn't a response. Simply take some common sense precautions forge ahead. If something bad does happen, it is going to have to be addressed company website then and no amount of quaking in your will have helped. If nothing does, all is good and you haven't made yourself sick with worry.