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HOW-TO GUIDESRestrict WordPress AdminAccess by IP AddressHOSTNEYhostney.comOctober 9, 2023How-to guides

Restrict WordPress Admin Access by IP Address

Your WordPress login page is public by default. Anyone on the internet can navigate to /wp-login.php or /wp-admin/ and start guessing passwords. Bots do this constantly. Automated scripts cycle through common username and password combinations thousands of times per day, probing every WordPress site they can find. IP-based access control stops this dead. If your […]
Oct 9, 202310 min read
HOW-TO GUIDESHow to Set Up WordPress SMTPfor Reliable Email DeliveryHOSTNEYhostney.comOctober 7, 2023How-to guides

How to Set Up WordPress SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery

WordPress sends emails for everything: contact form submissions, password resets, new user registrations, WooCommerce order confirmations, comment notifications. But out of the box, it uses PHP’s mail() function to send them, and that function is terrible at actually getting emails delivered. The problem is that mail() sends email directly from your web server without any […]
Oct 7, 202310 min read
HOW-TO GUIDESHow to Protect WordPress: APractical Security GuideHOSTNEYhostney.comOctober 5, 2023How-to guides

How to Protect WordPress: A Practical Security Guide

WordPress powers roughly 43% of all websites on the internet. That popularity makes it a target. Automated bots scan for WordPress installations around the clock, probing for outdated plugins, weak passwords, and misconfigured servers. Most attacks aren’t personal. They’re opportunistic scripts looking for the path of least resistance. The good news is that securing WordPress […]
Oct 5, 202310 min read
HOW-TO GUIDESHow to Back Up WordPressManually via SSHHOSTNEYhostney.comOctober 3, 2023How-to guides

How to Back Up WordPress Manually via SSH

Backup plugins are convenient, but they have limits. Some fail silently. Some produce corrupted archives you only discover when you actually need to restore. Some can’t handle large databases or run into PHP timeout limits on shared hosting. And if WordPress itself is broken, a plugin that runs inside WordPress can’t help you. Knowing how […]
Oct 3, 20238 min read
HOW-TO GUIDESHow to Use PuTTY to Connect toYour Server via SSHHOSTNEYhostney.comOctober 1, 2023How-to guides

How to Use PuTTY to Connect to Your Server via SSH

PuTTY is a free SSH client for Windows. You type in a server address, it opens an encrypted connection, and you get a command-line terminal on that server. It’s been around since 1999 and it’s still the most widely used SSH client on Windows, mainly because it works, it’s simple, and it handles everything from […]
Oct 1, 20239 min read

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