Event Details

TIME: 6pm - 9pm MT
COST: $69 for BDA members, $89 for non-members

Due to its popularity, hackers have been targeting WordPress websites, but you can secure your WordPress site to prevent and recover from these attacks! Both WordPress users and developers will leave with solid security practices.

This workshop will take you through 12 steps to making your WordPress website or blog more secure. We will cover basic precautions that any level user can employ as well as more detailed technical tips.

This workshop will cover:

Creating and implementing strong usernames and passwords
The vulnerabilities of WordPress plugins and how hackers exploit them
Why using public wi-fi can allow your site to be hijacked
Locking down your login and protecting your login username
Limiting what search engine spiders can index
Installing must-have security plugins
Creating full backups of your content and database
Recovering from a hack (restoring the database and files)
Protecting important and vulnerable WordPress files and database

Please note:
WordPress.org is different from WordPress.com. WordPress.com is only for blogs and non-commercial sites. BDA's workshops cover WordPress.org.
Please note that WordPress.org is different from WordPress.com. WordPress.com is only for blogs and non-commercial sites. BDA's workshops cover WordPress.org.

For complete details, PLEASE REGISTER at the BDA website. Boulder Digital Arts offers affordable training in digital media from professionals working in the field.