Illegal hacking is a serious crime. Search “prevent WordPress hacking” on Google and you will see more than 5 million results, which shows how concerned people are about keeping their websites and blogs free from hackers. Is your WordPress safe from hackers? Check out the following 10 ways to protect your WordPress site from hackers: Note: Wherever plugins are mentioned, they are applicable to paid WP sites. Free WP sites cannot install plugins. Update to the latest version WordPress notifies you whenever a relevant updated version of WP is available. Sometimes many of us tend to ignore it; however, these updates are important because they contain the latest security fixes. By not updating WP, you expose your blog to possible hacker attacks in the future. Change Password Often This is an often overlooked feature. You should change your WP password at least twice a month. Try to make the password difficult to crack by including uppercase and lowercase letters, symbols, capital letters, and numbers. If the password is confusing, it becomes difficult for the hacker to crack it. Also, if there is more than one WP user for the same blog, ask other admins to follow the same. Avoid using names, dates of birth, favorite movie names, and others as passwords. Backup Weekly You should have a backup of your entire WP database before and after making any changes to it. You can do this manually or you can use the Backup Buddy plugin which will email you the backup of the entire database. By entire database we mean everything like files, images, digital media and more. If you are using this plugin, don't forget to update it as updates appear. Use WP Security ScanIt is one of the best WP security plugins available...... middle of paper ......l. This should be avoided as hackers can use admin indexes to hack your website. How to avoid it? Create a robots.txt file in the root directory and insert the following code:#User-agent: *Disallow: /cgi-binDisallow: /wp-adminDisallow: /wp-includesDisallow: /wp-content/plugins/Disallow: /wp - content/cache/Disallow: /wp-content/themes/Disallow: */trackback/Disallow: */feed/Disallow: /*/feed/rss/$Disallow: /category/*After installing the code, the search for Engine spiders will not attempt to index the above pages. PS: To make the above code changes, you need to go to the cPanel directory. If you don't have this access, ask the webmaster to make the changes. Conclusion You need to protect your WP site from hackers. In most cases we are not aware of this or just assume that the site is safe, so follow the above methods and implement it as soon as possible.