Keep Your Blog Secure: Part 2

Keep Your Blog Secure: Part 1 explained the importance of keeping your blog updated. If you haven’t read it yet, find it here.

Think of a Strong Password

This is the simplest way to effectively secure anything online and yet a secure password is the most neglected. When thinking our your password, try to come up with something that is strong and unique. Avoid using common words and phrases. WordPress will tell you the strength of your password as you are typing it. Use upper and lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation. It’s also a great idea to change your password at least ever 6 months.

Read Keep Your Blog Secure: Part 3 >>

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Tags: blog security, passord security, wordpress password

About Clifton Hatfield

I am a family man. My wife and I are both web developers and parents to our beautiful boys. I have been working with social networks since 2004 and blogging even longer. After building niche networks of over 400,000 members, I have genuinely gained knowledge of how they have grown over the years and have influenced the way people interact on the internet. My hobbies include writing Facebook Applications and Wordpress Plugins. In my free time, I love a glass of wine with my wife or playing in the yard our boys. Nothing means more to me than my family.

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Posted by Eleni Liapakis on May 04, 2010 at 1:05 am

Clifton,
Thanks you for the VALUABLE info man. It’s so true a unique password is super important. Also, the updates you were talking about in Part 1 SO IMPORTANT. I almost lost my entire blog because i didn’t update. No more of that business! :)

Keep rockin the content my friend.
Eleni
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