Super quick note here. Last week, my friend Elizabeth invited me to talk about WP security on her podcast. The podcast is published. I urge you to go listen to it.

This came about since WP sites and blogs have been a target of some malicious hacks. Just visit the WP forums and seach for hacking or security you’ll see a bunch of threads.

Is it because WP is in the dumps? Personally I don’t think so. It’s because too many WP installations are set up ‘on the fly’ and not locked down. Kinda like leaving your house door open day and night. An open invitation for people to enter and ransack it.

Anyhow, I talked more about what can happen on an insecure installation with some suggestions what you can do. Here’s a link to a previous post I made (in case you missed it). It has resources detailing the things you can do to lock your WP down.