Everyone using a blog needs to make sure that it is secure and can not be accessed by unauthorized personnel.
Therefore securing a blog is must. Since most bloggers use WordPress these days, I will talk about some steps to make it more secure. These steps come in the form of plugins that need to be installed.
I in person recommend 3 plugins that every WordPress bloggers should apply on his blog.
The first plugin is named Login Lockdown. This good plugin stops vicious users from guessing the password for a certain account. After a certain number of failed attempts to log in the hacker will mechanically be banned for a certain period of time.
Another essential plugin is HTTPS for WordPress. By using this plugin you have to log into your WordPress Dashboard using HTTPS. What is actually good about that?
When logging in just using HTTP your private credentials are sent in plain text through the networks. On the other hand if you use HTTPS, then your credentials are encrypted which of course is much more safe.
To further harden WordPress you should set up WP-Scanner from Blogsecurity. The plugin actually scans all directory to see if there are no potential leaks. It further suggests you about security concerns, for example it tells you whether you are still using the default WordPress table prefix and lets you automatically change it.
In the end I hope that this gave you an overview of what you can do to get your blog more secure. There are even more plugins accessible but most of them are not that different in how they make your blog safer.
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