WordPress Security is a critical topic among website owners. With the increasing number of vulnerabilities and attacks that are happening every minute, anyone can be a victim of these breaches—both companies big and small as well as individuals. 

Below are some shocking statistics on why WordPress security is such a big issue

Each week, Google blacklists around 20,000 websites for malware, and around 50,000 for phishing.

 Hackers attack WordPress sites both big and small, with over 90,978 attacks happening per minute

18 million WordPress users were compromised during the worst breach of WordPress security.

 73% of the 40,000 most popular websites that use the WordPress software are vulnerable to attack

52% of reported WordPress security vulnerabilities relate to WordPress plugins

The objective of this course is teach you both basic and advanced techniques that you can apply to properly secure and harden your WordPress website against hackers and cyber criminals. 

We'll cover steps you can take to better protect your website including:

Two-step verification

Using security keys

Changing WordPress defaults

Hiding, password protecting & denying access to core WordPress files and directories

How to use HTTPS and SSL certificates

Selecting the right host

Selecting the right themes and plugins

Banning an IP address

and many other security measures

Not sure what these are? Not only will you learn about these security measures here, I'll show you exactly how to implement each one.

On top of that you will also learn

How to use 9 of the best WordPress security plugins

And the exact steps to take if your website is hacked

The course is perfect for both beginners and advanced users of WordPress and it also comes with a 30 day back money guarantee so you have got nothing to lose.

Homepage: https://www.skillshare.com/classes/WordPress-Security-2019-Destroy-Malware-Defeat-Hackers/908649883