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Migrate from the Stream Plugin to the WP Security Audit Log Plugin
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Migrate from the Stream Plugin to the WP Security Audit Log Plugin

Stream is a plugin from XWP which works, but compared to newer security audit plugins such as WP Activity Log, it is quite limited. Stream can also bloat the site database, depending on how long logs are being stored by. To  reset the database of entries that Stream has created, you can do so from wp-admin; Stream > Settings > Reset Stream Database When you deactivate and delete the Stream plugin, the two custom database tables that the plugin creates will not be removed, unless you click on the uninstall next to the plugin in the plugin list. An easy

Sebastian Moran August 22, 2019 No Comments
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

Removing the Cerber Security Plugin Data from your Child Site

Security plugins on your child site can help find security issues and help block specific users, but one thing to be aware of is security plugins which end up causing serious performance issues. One such security plugin is Cerber Security, which has been known to cause performance issues on sites. Ceber Security plugin will end up making a number of request to plugin files, as well as causing high CPU usage, due to the amount of PHP resources that it ends up using. When deactivated and uninstalled, the plugin will still leave behind a number of options and database tables.

Sebastian Moran July 4, 2019 No Comments
Handy iThemes Security Constants
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

Handy iThemes Security Constants

iThemes Security plugin is an easy to use security plugin for your child sites. One of the lesser known things about iThemes Security is that the plugin includes a number of constants, which can be added to your child site’s wp-config.php file to set certain things on or off. MainWP has an amazing code snippets extension, which allows you to set constants from the MainWP Dashboard site. This means that any of these constants for iThemes Security plugin can easily be saved to any connected child sites. If you had issues with emails being sent from iThemes Security plugin, or

Sebastian Moran June 20, 2019 1 Comment
How to use Action Log for MainWP
Extension Tutorials
Sebastian Moran

Using the Activity Log for MainWP Extension

MainWP now has a very useful way to track changes made on both the MainWP Dashboard site, as well as tracking changes to connected child sites using Activity Log for MainWP extension. First, you will need to install the WP Activity Log plugin on all of the connected child sites, which is very easy to bulk install plugins on your MainWP Dashboard site. Next, you will need to install the Activity Log for MainWP extension on your MainWP Dashboard site. Once the Activity Log for MainWP extension has been installed, follow the setup wizard for which child sites where WP

Sebastian Moran January 24, 2019 1 Comment
MAINWP SECURITY EXTENSIONS
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

Taking advantage of MainWP security extensions to help secure your sites from the menacing zombies on the internet

What is your favorite scary movie? How did it make you feel to watch the movie? I remember when the movie The Blair Witch Project came out. It was creepy. There were no zombies in the movie, but an urban legend about a witch. Word is, the filming concluded on Halloween. I remember as I watched to movie thinking to myself, anyone who has ever camped out hears noises, yet they were freaking out. There are lots of noises in the silence. via GIPHY Sometimes, the more we panic, the worse we get scared. It is important to be alert,

Todd Jones November 2, 2018 No Comments
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

How to manage WordPress security like a boss using the MainWP Dashboard

Security is pretty important. In fact, security is damn important. Hackings of your website can cost you valuable downtime, embarrassing visuals, get you in trouble with Google and cost you the chance to make money. Yet it happens every day. This is why it is necessary for someone running a business on their website to have security measure in place. Security measures come down to two basic things: Preventative, and the ability to restore. To restore, this means you have a backup system in place. Thankfully, with MainWP as your WordPress maintenance tool, you have easy access to options to

Todd Jones March 28, 2018 3 Comments

How to Change Default WordPress Admin Username

Having an unique Administrator username is essential for your site’s security! After installing WordPress, unless you specify another name, default administrator username will be ”admin”. If you continue using “admin” as an administrator username, a hacker can easily break into your website. With performing a brute force attack on your account using the default WordPress admin username in order to retrieve your password a hacker will gain access over your website. By logging into your WordPress admin account a hacker will have full permissions to access the WordPress directories and dashboard, meaning that he would be able to control your entire website. In order

Dennis Dornon December 2, 2013 3 Comments

Securing your WordPress Sites with MainWP

WordPress powers approximately 17% of all the websites online around the world. This means that it is a very attractive platform for hackers to try and compromise as it gives them the ability to take down or control many websites with just a single exploit. How do WordPress sites get hacked? A recent study has shown that WordPress Blogs get hacked for the following reason. 41% of WordPress sites are hacked due to insecure hosting (research your potential host before signing up). 29% of WordPress sites are hacked due to an exploited or outdated Theme. 22% of WordPress sites are hacked

Dennis Dornon October 28, 2013 2 Comments

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