On a daily basis when paying online or logging into a site, customers and users are completing 2 factor authentication processes without even realizing it. In this article we'll explain what a two factor authentication system is, when one should be implemented and what the benefits are of having one … [Read more...] about How Can a 2 Factor Authentication System be Used to Create a Secure Login System
How to Email Lock a Download on Your WordPress Site
Email locking the downloads you offer on your website means that users will need to present a valid email prior to downloading your digital content. In this article, we will take a look at how our Simple Download Monitor and Manager Plugin and the Squeeze Form Addon can handle email locking of … [Read more...] about How to Email Lock a Download on Your WordPress Site
7 Tips for Securing Your Membership Site
Securing your membership website not only protects your sensitive information but also that of your members. A secure site is more likely to earn the trust of potential members and in turn can increase your revenue. Even if you do not believe your membership site is worthy of hacker attempts, … [Read more...] about 7 Tips for Securing Your Membership Site
How to Login to Your WordPress Site
This is a tutorial for the video answers to top WordPress questions series that we have been publishing on this site to help users get started with WordPress. In this tutorial, you will learn: The typical way to gain access to your WordPress Dashboard, and how to change your password if … [Read more...] about How to Login to Your WordPress Site
How to Protect Your WordPress Website with All In One WP Security
Protecting your website is something that many WordPress users fail to do. It usually takes a hack attempt on their website to help them realize that they need to be proactive about securing their website. For many, the task of securing a WordPress website seems daunting; however it needn't be as … [Read more...] about How to Protect Your WordPress Website with All In One WP Security
Monitoring 404 Events on Your WordPress Site
Many common HTTP errors have numbers associated with them. The most common of all HTTP errors is the 404. And techy or not you have probably heard of it, or at least stumbled across one in your web travels. Essentially the 404 triggers when a visitor attempts to visit a page on a web site that … [Read more...] about Monitoring 404 Events on Your WordPress Site
Adding Firewalls to Your WordPress Site
Many of us have heard of "firewalls" in terms of hardware or software, and how they protect an asset like a network or a computer from external attack. Well, a web application isn't exempt from the list of "assets" that one may need to protect when working (or playing) on the … [Read more...] about Adding Firewalls to Your WordPress Site
HeartBleed Vulnerability and WordPress Site Owners (What You Need to Know)
There has been a lot of press on the HeartBleed bug recently and it is scaring a lot of WordPress site owners/admins. Since we have a popular security plugin, we are getting a lot of questions about this. So, in this article I will explain what HeartBleed bug is and what you need to do on your … [Read more...] about HeartBleed Vulnerability and WordPress Site Owners (What You Need to Know)
How to Create a Password Protected Download in WordPress
If you would like to offer downloadable files on your WordPress site but keep them protected from the general public by way of password protection, this article will bring you through the quick steps. We're going to be using the Simple Download Monitor plugin for this. There is a password protection … [Read more...] about How to Create a Password Protected Download in WordPress
Implementing CAPTCHA on Your WordPress Login Page
WordPress is vulnerable to Brute Force attacks. This is when the attacker will keep on trying to guess the password for a WordPress account, all the while assuming that he/she/it knows the username. This can be done manually or with a script. A would-be hacker, in most cases, simply needs to know … [Read more...] about Implementing CAPTCHA on Your WordPress Login Page