As you may or may not have heard, there have been several instances of distributed brute force login attacks on WordPress sites over the past few months. In late 2012, wordpress.com saw a distributed attack in this fashion, and just over the last few days a variety of hosting providers saw a similar attack waged…
One of the biggest holes in WordPress security is the configuration file, known as wp-config.php. This handy file is what controls all of your WordPress settings, and it's what connects the ever important database to your WordPress theme, plugin, and system files. The most frustrating thing about the wp-config file is that, while it is a nice…
Setting up Wordpress is a pretty easy process, thanks to all the wonderful scripts Automatic has included in WordPress's core. Essentially, all it takes to install WordPress is doing the 3 following things: Create a Database Upload WordPress Core Files Run Setup Script This is great for the average user, because it allows them to…
