If hackers gain access to your website, they may embed harmful code that directs users to phishing or malware websites. Alternatively, they could entice users to these harmful redirects through spam emails. Such messages can be as straightforward as: Subject: Hello! Body: News: http://[your domain name]/jyl/wnews.php If you encounter alerts regarding your website, it’s important to check your site content for any…
A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate is a digital credential that verifies a website’s identity and secures information transmitted to the server through SSL technology. Encryption involves converting data into an unreadable format that can only be reverted to a comprehensible form with the correct decryption key. A certificate functions as a digital “passport” that validates an online entity’s credentials…
Enhancing the security of your WordPress site is one of the most effective methods to protect it from typical malicious threats. There are various approaches to securing your site, and some solutions might not be compatible with specific plugins, themes, or hosting services. Below are several strategies to boost the security of your WordPress website. Security improvement performed through the…
Once you have installed an SSL certificate on your Linux Hosting account, you will need to update the .htaccess file to ensure that visitors are automatically redirected to the HTTPS version of your WordPress site. Note: These guidelines are not relevant for Managed WordPress accounts that have an SSL certificate, as the certificate itself automatically handles the HTTPS redirection once it…