And if you didn’t you should. Updating your WordPress installation, themes and plugins is the key to keeping your website or blog secure. The latest update (3.5.1) was rolled out on Friday addressing 37 bugs and a few security issues.
If you think you are too small and unimportant for someone to want to hack your site, you are wrong. Typically sites are hacked by malicious bots that scan sites for possible security holes. So no one is browsing the web looking for sites to hack. Hackers are much savvier than you and me and it would be only logical if they automated everything. And they did!
So if you didn’t do this yet, rush to your WordPress dashboard, backup your database and files and update your installation. One of the best things about WordPress is that its community is so large that any bugs or dangers will be addressed immediately. With WordPress you are in good hands!
what plugin are you using for backup?
I am using BackWPup
I have a plugin which sends me database backups every week by email but this is not enough.
I might install a backup plugin like Duplicator as it takes a full backup of the site. The WP-Secure plugin prevents hackers from gaining access to your site.
I know someone who has never been hacked since he started using WP-Secure – not free but not very expensive at $12
Hi Carole, nice to see you here
Yes, I admit I need to research more on backup myself as I am not completely happy with BackWPup. It is a good plugin but this site is very large for it because of forum and I often get errors.
I will check the plugins you suggested
The database plugin is called WP-DBManager – it’s very important as it looks after the WordPress database where all the information needed to create our website is stored.
I need to actually try to restore the database at least once before it hits me. I was never hacked yet, so I kind of lack experience with this. But I read some advice and they tell you you should try to restore the backup to ensure everything works properly and it backs up everything you need. Did you ever try to restore?
Not yet – but I guess I should
Hi Elena
Thanks for your nice post on my blog about Darren from Problogger. He is an awesome guy and I’ll be vlogging for him again soon I believe I’ll keep you posted. Let me know what you were looking for maybe I can help. I was just hacked a while back and if you got today’s newsletter you can learn where it was and what I did 
Thanks for visiting have a great day.
Thanks for stopping by Lisa, it funny how we “met”
I did find what I was looking for, but only after I read your post and Darren’s reputation was rescued…lol I don’t have your newsletter yet, but I guess I should go and subscribe. I’ll be waiting to see you on Problogger. Thanks for your comment!