- Choose a secure hosting provider: Select a hosting provider that offers secure hosting, with strong anti-malware and firewall protection.
- Update your WordPress core, themes and plugins: Updating WordPress to the latest version as well as keeping themes and plugins up-to-date as soon as new versions are released helps prevent potential vulnerabilities.
- Use strong passwords and store them securely: Ensure you use strong passwords for all your WordPress accounts and use a secure password manager to store them.
- Enforce user security: Enable two-factor authentication and limit the number of failed login attempts to three or four.
- Secure WordPress configuration files: Ensure all WordPress configuration files (such as wp.config.php) are set to be readable only by the WordPress user, since they contain sensitive information.