Comments on: Protecting Your WordPress Blog

By: murad @ onlineearns.com

murad @ onlineearns.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:17:58 +0000

Yeah i heard too .htaccess file helps to increase security . I like wordpress.

By: Marcus Hochstadt

Marcus Hochstadt — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:27:28 +0000

Thanks, Turnip. And yes, the .htaccess thing is certainly the safer option for those blogging from known IP addresses.

Let’s secure our installations!

By: Deimos Tel`Arin

Deimos Tel`Arin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:39:04 +0000

After pissing off a wannabe EntreCard hacker, I think I ought to take up the advice offered by Turnip and Marcus to make my Wordpress powered blog more secure. O_O

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:50:43 +0000

I have no been a blogger for very long 6 months in fact and I must confess to liking the Wordpress blog format. I currently use Blogger but an considering a change to Wordpress as it seems to have much more functionality compared to the Blogger platform.

By: turnip

turnip — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:28:24 +0000

Login lockdown looks interesting, it stops a particular ip address from temporarily accessing the admin login page. It would be more useful if it showed you the passwords being used to guess. Also, it looks like it hasn’t been updated to WordPress 2.5 yet.

Instead I modify the wp-admin folder to only allow access from my IP address. If I change IP addresses, I have to change the .htaccess file. That’s a pain, but I’d rather have the additional security.