Have you been hacked? Worried about protecting your data and your website? Carel Bekker from ClickHOST walks through creating a secure WordPress environment, including an overview of security plugins, and backup solutions.
Carel also covers some introductory WordPress performance settings. This will not be a very technical or detailed overview, but will include tips and techniques that most WordPress users can follow to improve their site’s performance.
Tools mentioned:
- LastPass
- Crashplan
- JetPack (Protect / Photon) <- read our post on all the JetPack features
- iThemes Security
- WordFence
- Securi
- Akismet
- Cloudflare
- AWS WAF
- Akamai
- MaxCDN
- Amazon Cloudfront
- W3 Total Cache
- SuperCache
- WPRocket
Check out Carel’s slides while watching the video replay:
If you have any questions, please leave a comment below or feel free to post in any of our online WordPress groups.
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