WordPress Blogging Security Tips
Always use secure passwords when creating admin accounts, passwords should contain 1 Alphanumeric (a-z), 1 special @,#,$,%,^,*..etc), 1 number [0-9] and even 1 upper case [A-Z].
Ideal passwords are like:
D!noSa0r
B@ngK0k
W*trw0rl3
You should also NEVER be using FTP to transfer files to and from your web server. (Every file and every password you type is clear text across the Internet)
You should use SSH or SCP or SFTP (Secure Shell, Secure Copy and Secure FTP) to transfer files and access your servers.
Using a free SCP client like WINSCP which has a Norton Commander like interface (source files on left and destination files on right), or PuTTY which connects via SSH are best and completely free.
If you use a Unix Web Server as your host (Debian, RedHat, Ubuntu…etc) SSH/SCP/SFTP should be on by default.
If you are using a Windows based hosting provider, you may have to contact your hosting provider and specifically request it or request access via Secure communication protocols.
I use Dreamhost, and you get to choose a Unix box, I have completely secure connections to my hosted web server.
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OMG.... I had NO IDEA about FTP!! I've been using Word Press for many years, and I always use a killer password (Roboform rocks!) and I've even figured out those new security keys you have to put in your wpconfig file, but wow...how basic is it that I did not know that FTP (the regular way) is not secure....
I do have WINSCP, so I guess I'll be using SSH from now on.
A big THANK YOU!!!!
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