WordPress: Building a Secure Site

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Free Online Course: WordPress: Building a Secure Site provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for Less than 1 hour of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. WordPress: Building a Secure Site is taught by Allie Nimmons.

Overview
  • Learn how to launch a WordPress website that is safe and secure. Find out how to address vulnerabilities, create and manage safe user accounts, edit files for security, and more.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Building a secure WordPress website
    1. WordPress Structure and Vulnerabilities
    • How to choose a secure WordPress hosting provider
    • Overview of the WordPress structure
    • How WordPress sites become vulnerable
    2. WordPress User Accounts
    • How to create a secure WordPress user account
    • Best practices for keeping WordPress user accounts secure
    • Tools for securing your WordPress login screen
    3. SSL Certificates
    • How an SSL certificate keeps WordPress sites secure
    • How to troubleshoot an SSL installation
    • Tools for setting up an SSL certificate
    4. WordPress Plugins and Themes
    • How to choose secure WordPress plugins
    • Best practices for keeping WordPress plugins secure
    • How to choose secure WordPress themes
    • Best practices for keeping WordPress themes secure
    5. Comment Spam
    • Why spam comments are dangerous for WordPress sites
    • How to prevent WordPress spam comments
    • How to remove WordPress spam comments
    6. Website File and Database Backups
    • How to make secure WordPress website backups
    • Best practices for taking WordPress website backups
    7. Firewalls
    • How firewalls make your site more secure
    • Tools for setting up a WordPress firewall
    8. Ecommerce Site Security
    • How to make your ecommerce site more secure
    • Best practices for securing an ecommerce site
    9. Editing WordPress Files
    • Secure your WordPress site by tweaking the wp-config file
    • Secure your WordPress site by disabling XML-RPC
    • Secure your WordPress site by disabling PHP executions
    • Secure your WordPress site by disabling directory indexing and browsing
    • Secure your WordPress site by tightening file/folder permissions
    Conclusion
    • Next steps