Slides from a presentation made to WordChicks of the WordPress Melbourne user group August 1 2013.

1. WordPress Maintenance
Now that you’ve got your site up and running you
should give some thought as to how to look after it...
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2. Hardening WordPress - Best Practice
• Backing Up
• Keep your site Updated - Core, Plugins, Themes
• Being vigilant about the plugins you use - keeping
aware of updates OSVDB.org -
http://www.osvdb.org/vendor/228098-wordpress/1
• Smart Passwords
• Protecting your WordPress using .htaccess
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3. Backing Up: What are the Options?
Free or Paid? Database or Full Site? Or just site files?
• BackWPup - http://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/
• Backup to DropBox - http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/
• Backup Buddy - http://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy/
• VaultPress - http://vaultpress.com
Free
Paid
Cloud
• CodeGuard - https://www.codeguard.com/
• Cloudsafe365 - http://cloudsafe365.com
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4. Manual Installs.
Updating - Automation
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• Manage WP - managed, hosted https://
managewp.com/
•Infinite WP - self-hosted - http://infinitewp.com/
• Automatic Updater - plugin - http://wordpress.org/
plugins/automatic-updater/

5. Manual Installs.
Being smart about Plugins and Themes
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• Highly Rated and Good Reviews
• Recently Updated
• Multiple Downloads
• Response time and Unanswered Posts in Support Forums

6. Manual Installs.
Different for Every Site
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Safe Passwords
Easy to remember
or in a Password Keeper
https://lastpass.com/
https://agilebits.com/
onepassword
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7. Security Plugins
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/ http://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-htaccess-control/
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8. Other Security Measures
Site Monitoring
• Google Webmaster Tools
http://google.com/webmasters
Free
• Sucuri - Discount available in BackupBuddy http://sucuri.net
• VaultPress - Basic Plan (not Lite) http://vaultpress.com
Paid - Real Time Monitoring
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9. Double Opt In Logins
• Google Authenticator - plugin
http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-authenticator/
Free
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