Many people have yet to grasp just how important it is that you create backups of your site. This can and often will help WordPress site owners avoid the mind-numbing pain of getting your site disappear, with no viable backup or backup. Let's look at some ways to prevent this doomsday scenario!
Finally, installing the fix wordpress malware attack Scan plugin alert you that you may have missed, and will check most of this for you. Additionally, it will inform you that a user named"admin" exists. That is your administrative user name. If you wish you can follow a link and find directions for changing that name. Personally, I think that there is a strong password good enough protection, and because I followed these steps, there have been no attacks on the several blogs that I run.
The one I recommend, and the more powerful approach, is to use one of the password creation and storage plugins available for your browser. Lots of people like RoboForm, but I think after a trial period, you need to pay for it. I use the free version of Lastpass, and I recommend it for those who use Firefox or Internet Explorer. That will generate secure passwords for you; you then use one master my latest blog post password to log in.
Exploit Scanner goes through the files on your website comment database and post tables seeking anything suspicious. You are also notified by it for plugin names that are unusual. It does not remove anything, it get more simply warns you for threats.
Now we are getting into things. You must rename it to config.php and alter the file config-sample.php, when you install WordPress. You will need to deploy the database facts there.
The plugin should be updated to stay current with the latest WordPress release, play nice and have WordPress and restore capabilities. The ability to clone your website (along with regular backups) can be helpful if you ever need to do an offline website redesign, among other things.