{"id":1153,"date":"2019-04-15T03:13:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T03:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostkarle.in\/blog\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2020-02-20T16:48:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T16:48:52","slug":"how-to-secure-wordpress-from-brute-force-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostkarle.in\/blog\/how-to-secure-wordpress-from-brute-force-attacks","title":{"rendered":"How to Secure WordPress from Brute Force Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brute Force Attacks are one of the common methods to gain access to your website by matching the username and password.<\/p>\n

It is the easiest sort of method to attain access to a site: it tries usernames and passwords, over and over again, until it gets in. Often believed it can be very successful when people use passwords like ‘123456’ and usernames like ‘admin.’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Due to the nature of these attacks, your website may suffer from frequent downtime or downgrade in performance because a lot of HTTP request is made by the server.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s not only with WordPress, but this attack can also possible with other CMS or custom script.<\/p>\n

So to prevent these attacks, we use some tactics which help in stopping these types of dictionary attacks on our WordPress website.<\/p>\n

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Prevent Website from Brute Force Attack<\/p><\/div>\n

How to Protect Yourself from These Attacks in WordPress<\/h2>\n

In brute force attacks, the attack is done on the wp-login.php file to gain unauthorized access to your website. You can do some things to protect yourself.<\/p>\n

#1: Don’t Use the “admin” Username.<\/h4>\n

If you use the “admin” username on your website, then the hacker can easily get the username and now he just needs a password to gain access to your website.<\/p>\n

The “admin<\/strong>” username is a lot easier to crack. If you leave your WordPress website on weak password and “admin” username, then it is much easier to crack the password within minutes by the attackers.<\/p>\n

If you are still using this username, create a new account on your website and transfer all the posts to that account, and then delete the “admin” account from your website.<\/p>\n

#2: Use Strong Password<\/h4>\n

If you’re using a weak password like “Name@123<\/strong>” or anything similar on your website, then the risk are even higher. These types of the passwords can easily get cracked within minutes by using brute force attacks.<\/p>\n

So in this case, you should have to use a strong password with special symbols (*&%$#@!). You can also check the strength of your password here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can use the\u00a0Force Strong Password<\/a>\u00a0plugin to force users to set strong passwords.<\/p>\n

Things to avoid when choosing a password:<\/p>\n