{"id":21638,"date":"2020-02-13T20:48:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T20:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wordpress-security-audit-checklist-template\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T06:31:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T06:31:13","slug":"wordpress-security-audit-checklist-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/templates\/wordpress-security-audit-checklist-template\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Security Audit Checklist Template"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Introduction:<\/h2>\n
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WordPress security maintenance is an essential measure to take in order to keep your company's sensitive information private. If WordPress accounts aren't managed properly and regularly, it can leave your site vulnerable to break-ins and compromise the state of your company. <\/p>\n

Running a WordPress security<\/a> audit allows you to prepare for and avoid any possible threats to your website. Though it's impossible to protect your website from every potential problem out there, it's certainly possible to prepare for some of the most common breach attempts by regularly auditing your site's security.<\/p>\n

This is why we, at Process Street<\/a>, created this WordPress security audit checklist template, to offer a quick and easy process that can be repeated<\/a> as often as necessary without the risk of overlooking any crucial steps and leave your website free of any vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Remove\/alter \u201cadmin\u201d user<\/h2>\n
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Are you or another administrative user on your site still using \"admin\" as their username?  If so, the first thing you should do is remove or change them.  <\/p>\n

If someone is trying to gain access into your account, testing common usernames, like \"admin\", will be one of their first attempts.<\/p>\n

So, just create a new user under a different name for the admin user, transfer all of their content over to their new account, and delete the old one.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Change default passwords to strong passwords (admin users)<\/h2>\n
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Make sure your passwords<\/a> are all difficult to guess.<\/p>\n

They should: <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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