Week Nine: Developing Secure Sites Intro & 1-2

1. Install BackWPUp on your site and set up a daily or weekly backup job. Keep in mind, the version the instructor is using is an older version, so it may look a little different. If you are really confused, you can follow this tutorial instead:

Done.

2. Why is it important to keep your site current and up-to-date?

Keeping WordPress up to date makes sure you have the latest security patches, features and bug fixes. These updates will limit known vulnerabilities to themes, plugins, etc. as the Author created these updates to address these vulnerabilities and repair them.

3. How can you retrieve your password if you lose it?

Since you likely won’t have your computer constantly logged in to your WordPress admin dashboard, you can’t use the change password feature in the admin panel. So the 2 options you have are: to click on the ‘forgot passord’ button on the login page and have a new password sent to your linked email account, or you can change it in the database. In the database, you would click on wp_users and click on the browse tab. Then you can edit the user information. This will show an encripted original password and you simple type in your new password there and it gets encripted as well. These methods do not actually allow you to retrieve your old password, but instead makes you choose a new password. These methods are useful whether you simply forgot your password or your site has been hacked and the hacker changed your password, locking you out of your site.