The Ultimate WordPress Security Guide To Prevent Hacking & Malware Attacks

WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world, with over 60 million websites.

But what if someone hacked your website and you lost everything?

In this video I'm going to show you how to make your WordPress site more secure so that hackers can't get in and steal all of your data or take down your website altogether.

Important Links
(Paid services but the video shows how to get much of the same for free)

Setup Cloudways (Comes with Patchstack and Malcare features)
Setup NameHero (Comes with Immunify360)

Table Of Contents
00:00:00 Video Overview
00:00:32 What Makes Your Website Insecure
00:03:14 What Hackers Do To Your Website
00:06:12 How To Prevent Your Website From Hacks
00:18:00 Why You Can Still Be Hacked
00:22:52 How To Get Security For Free
00:27:27 How To Fix a Hacked Website
00:30:05 Problem With Free Security Plugins

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[johnravi]

Hi Adam,

What a great video! I have been thinking about improving the security of my website. I recently helped my sister set up a WordPress website as well, and I think she will appreciate this video as well. I gained a lot of information that will be very helpful in the process. I really appreciate you sharing the top problems with security. I realized I have been making some mistakes with the security of my website. Thanks a lot for sharing this, it was a great help.

[rsquaremedia-innovationlab]

hi Adam been following you for years! thanks for everything you do! i just updated to wordpress 6.5 and i dont see this auto update option. was it discontinued by wp?

[jordanswain]

Very thorough video about the rigors of modern website security.

[kevinhawthorne]

Thank You for all of your videos that you did. I am enjoying all of them

[stefanpfadt]

Hey, great vid as always!
It made me think of my next planned website. Can you tell what exactly is needed, how many plugins to make a (smallish) e-commerce website secure? Like what is needed to make a website secure as possible: SSL, Sucuri and so on. It would help lot of viewers to ease their minds as website creation or making a website as secure as possible can be really overwhelming.

[jamessmith-qyfk]

That was a Great video, Adam.
I do have a couple of questions:
1. What do you think about "Solid Security"? (they were used to be called "iTheme Security")
2. What do you yourself use for Anti-Spam in your Comments area and can you please do a video tutorial on it?

[Fitafterdotcom]

Great video as always. Really appreciate your work.

[philipoamiola]

Thank you for putting in the time and effort to create these tutorials.

PS: I'm curious -- has anyone here ever used one of the referral links and got rewarded with a premium course as promised? If you have, kindly reply.

My experience suggests that the offers might not work exactly as promised. So I would like to know if it's just me or if that's a general experience.

[MrBenedict]

Great video! Any videos or guides on securing our own VPS such as from Vultr?

[andrewslabbert]

Hey Adam.
Thanks for the video. What's your take on Itheme Security? Worth it?

[reddotmultimediallc]

I'm the 900 Like! =) Thanks for the great content you provide.

[HAMMERS]

I want to live with you, guys can you just imagine having this guy in the next room as you.
OMG, I would have some serious websites, much better than the ones I have currently.
Adam knows everything such a mentor...
Anytime I get stuck.. Ohh you whoooo! Oh Adammmm my Bosom Buddy

[MatthewFurman]

Awesome video, Adam you are the best!

[fkc]

I really appreciated your video and big thanks...Hats off to you!

[Web]

Good tips. Also choosing the right hosting is crucial.

[bridgetschaas]

How good is iThemes Pro Security plugin?

[BigSkyDavid]

I've noticed on the WP plugin repository that most of the 1-star reviews for the iTheme Security plugin are all recent, (and the 5-star reviews are months old) with most saying the update has ruined a great plugin and asking them to roll back to a previous version. Have you evaluated your glowing review of the plugin for current WP versions? Do you still feel the same, or did they make a misstep and it's no longer a good choice?

[seoexpertsandyrowley]

Is CLoudways the same as Digital Ocean? DO is terrible...

[s.m.]

would you please share how to keep a device safe from hackers as well not just a website? and what about apps, please? thank you.

[cv]

Really ultime security but didn't cover basic infor such as Such as wp-amdin extension change, free plug in to block brute force attack, hardening of files ect. Can do all this with free reputable plug ins.