Category: Login Protection
Password Security
If the login credentials of accounts on your WordPress sites are compromised, this could result in your site getting hacked. The Password Security features in Really Simple SSL aim to strengthen the protection of WordPress accounts on your website. We will explain each of these features below, and how they can help you improve the security of user accounts. Securing User Accounts and Passwords Activating the “Enforce strong passwords” setting enhances WordPress’ default password strength check (for all new user registrations);
About Email verification
Some features in Really Simple SSL rely on the ability to send emails to a website administrator or to your users. To make sure these e-mail messages reach the intended recipient an e-mail verification function is included under “Settings -> General”. During activation of the plugin a verification email is sent to the supplied email address (the main WordPress administrator user by default). If you want to change the email address Really Simple SSL uses for notifications or resend the
How to protect your WordPress account
According to Forbes, at least 30.000 websites are hacked daily, with a WordPress market share of 40%, which means at least 12.000 WordPress sites get compromised daily. The two leading causes of these hacks are vulnerable software and compromised accounts. Source Ensuring you are always running the latest version of WordPress and plugins and themes will prevent many of these hacks. Still, statistics suggest only about 50% of hacked WordPress sites were running outdated software. Taking into account that there