12 Easy Steps to Improve WordPress Site Security – Simple and Clear

12 Easy Steps to Improve WordPress Site Security – Simple and Clear

12 Steps to follow in order to Mitigate, Restore and Monitor a WordPress Site Under Phishing or Hacking

Deceptive Site AheadWhat is phishing?

Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details, often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

What is Hacking?

Simply hacking is a general terms explaining the website that is accessed by a none legitimate person and take control of it either physically or by remote means. Phishing can be the type of hacking. A hacker can do anything when he/she have control of your website.

How is phishing implemented?

Phishing is implemented in numerous ways or methods one of them is website content injections. Foreign contents with decisive WebPages that trick web visitors to leave their valuable information in exchange of bonuses or other reasons like pay fee for expiring online services etc. When a victim visit the URL and fill the information, the attacker will use those details to do the actual crime like entering to PayPal account and draw money from the victim account etc

What to do in Order to Mitigate, Restore and Monitor a WordPress Site Under Phishing or Hacked?

Mitigating the Site

Step #1: Make sure you always use a clean and protected computer to login to the server (malicious cookies, keylodgers, spayware and viruses can snick to the server and feed vital information to the attacker )

Step #2: Backup the database

Step #3: Regular cleaning and optimizing wordpress database, use cpanel or install WP-Optimize By David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft

Step #4: Change the password to stronger passwords both for database, cpanel and CMS

Step #5: Update all plugins and theme and deleted unwanted ones or the scripts with no updated over six months

Step #6: Secure and prevent editing of php script, web directories and important files like htaccess and wp-config.php files

Step #7: Change login URLs, administrator usernames, database names and usernames to access database plus changing the table prefix to the harder ones

Restoring the site

Step #8: Deleted manually all foreign folders, files suspected for phishing, any useless scripts plus old site backups as those may create loophole to attack the website

Step #9: Remove wp-admin and wp-includes core folders and related wordpress core files in root folder except wp-config.php and htaccess

Step #10: Upload fresh and current copy of the deleted wordpress folder and files wp-admin and wp-includes core folders and wp-config.php and htaccess

Monitoring the Site

Step #11: Install security monitoring and notification systems for file change within your server – recommended plugin for this is Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan by wordfence, there are other very effective script for wordpress to use. Google Search console (formerly known as Webmaster Tools) is another wonderful tool for security and Google blacklist removal

Step #12: Make sure your website is visited and scanned regularly for malware (at least once per week) using https://sitecheck.sucuri.net and other effective systems like wordfence, sucuri

Conclusion and Recommendations

CMS are the most affected by cyber attack because of the backend and database where  attacker can deploy the security hole found in poorly coded scripts and those which are outdated but still in use by issuing malicious command to the server.

On the other hand, CMS offer robust and professional features, look and feel of the website that match the current market and user demands. The only way to benefit from these advantages is to secure and monitor closely your website.

The website owners are strongly advised to use the experience professional in terms of cyber security and the related phenomena in order to ensure that the issue is correctly mitigated and monitored. Leaving the website to the hands of the inexperienced and novice webmasters may lead to more problems and costs instead of alleviating them.

We at InfoCom Center Limited posses enough experience of more than 10 years dealing with cyber security on CMS websites specifically securing and optimizing WordPress sites.  The tips in the article above is the result of such experience and expertise.

We highly urge you to entrust us your website for maintenance and security day to day duties. When the website is on our hand, you will stay victoriously at peace channeling your valuable time and skills to other profitable strategies and activities instead worrying about website of and on everyday. Leave all the hassle work of maintaining and restoring hacked websites to us.

Visit SEO and Website Maintenance Page to learn more about our website maintenance packages

WordPress Expert in Tanzania

We are experts in WordPress system in Tanzania and we happily deal with these areas:

  1. WordPress installation, configuration and troubleshooting
  2. Theme design, installation and configuration
  3. Web content creation, design to achieve customer branding and easy user experience
  4. Web content optimization for high speed and good SEO
  5. SEO configuration using SEO by Yoast and All in one SEO plugins
  6. WordPress automated task like auto blogging, auto sharing, auto posting, etc
  7. WordPress site speed optimization using WP Total Cache and CloudFlare integration
  8. Security configuration and hardening to avoid website failure, phishing and any any other attack
  9. WordPress site audit (analysis) and consultation plus free advice
Search Engine Optimization Tanzania

Search Engine Optimization Tanzania

Webmaster Tanzania do search engine optimization with Google or internet marketing services for your website through all possible white hat means and make sure that it is ranked higher in Google for optimal website traffics. The services included:  Onsite Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Link Marketing, Pay Per Click Advertising, Directory Listing Marketing, Video Marketing with Youtube, Photo sharing and article marketing. We also do Press Release using most popular and visited release directories etc. and assuring you to get in touch with the targeted customers continuously.

Why Search Engines Optimization?

Search Engine Optimization is a must if the purpose of web establishment is to attracting more customers to buy your products or services. A website by itself can not promote your products/services, unless massive and strategic marketing campaigns are designed, well planned and implemented, is when your website will start bringing massive customers to buy your products/services. Webmaster Tanzania an InfoCom Center website can help you to promote the website on top of first page of Google. Please send us an email or call us for details

Project Timeframe:

A SEO project is a lifetime project which end when the business on question come to an end. The packages mentioned here are just offers with limited duration assuming that the client will continue in his/her own project when ours came to an end.

SEO Project Packages

The packages include One time full SEO project for 90 days while the Annual Contract SEO Project takes one year to be completed with renewal options.

  1. If the intention is to keep the website alive with regular quarterly website update, hardening and speed optimization for good SEO, please choose Quarterly Basic SEO Website Management and Maintenance Plan
  2. If you intend to have a serious live website and online presence with monthly website update, hardening and speed optimization for good SEO, please choose Monthly Premium SEO Website Management and Maintenance Plan
  3. If you are planning to have a constant weekly website update, hardening and speed optimization for good SEO, please choose our Weekly Business SEO Website Management and Maintenance Plan
  4. If you plan to have a serious daily website update, hardening and speed optimization for good SEO, Daily Enterprise SEO Website Management and Maintenance Plan is your choice
  5. If the intention is to optimize the website once and the owner continue with day to day marketing then Onetime Full SEO Website Management and Maintenance Plan or Onetime Basic SEO Website Management and Maintenance Plan

WordPress Theme Design

Wordpress Theme Design Sample

We do WordPress theme design for business, schools, nonprofit, government institutions and corporate websites/blogs branding. The fee below does not include setup or installation. The work is categorized under a certain plan after customer need analysis meeting.

Basic theme/template design which is associated with web design is not charged but will be charged if done separately.

We have 3 plans as described below

Plan I:  Basic WordPress Theme Design:

The basic websites/blogs template/theme design is implemented basing on the limited information gathered from the client. It is a bit monotonous to the designer.

A client must provide the following:

  1. Main color and associated colors (send a sample of graphic item that carries the colors of the website
  2. Logo and banners
  3. Motto, slogan, and any promotional texts

This plan is good for simple and general open ended websites/blogs with no complexity in designs

A customer has little or no influence on how the template would look like

Design fee/price: TZS. 95,000/=

Plan II: Premium WordPress Theme Design:

The premium Websites/Blogs template/theme design is implemented basing on the information gathered from the client which include specific brand information and text like

  1. Main color and associated colors and instruction where the colors should appear
  2. Graphics like background images, logo, banners, adverts etc and instructions where these backgrounds should appear
  3. Motto, slogan, and any promotional texts
  4. Textual content for the following pages, home page, about us, contact us, and at list two different products/services to be offered.
  5. Photos for home page slider, portfolio etc (size must be equal or greater than 1600px
  6. At least 3 preferential websites that carry the idea of what you want

This plan is good for moderate demanding web designs

A customer has moderate influence on how the template would look like

Design fee/price: TZS. 195,000/=

Plan III: Corporate WordPress Theme Design:

The corporate websites/blogs template/theme design is implemented focusing on corporate branding and market identification requirements which include colors, graphics, texts and their corresponding font etc.

  1. Main color and associated colors and instruction where the colors should appear
  2. Graphics like background images, logo, banners, adverts etc and instructions where these backgrounds should appear
  3. Motto, slogan, and any promotional texts
  4. All graphics and special texts are decorated by chosen effects by the clients
  5. Textual contents for the following pages, home page, about us, contact us, and at list two different products/services to be offered.
  6. Photos for home page slider, portfolio etc (size must be equal or greater than 1600px
  7. Name, color and size of the font for Header text, slogan text, H1-H6 text, links, main body and footer texts.
  8. At least one website that carry the idea of what you want

This plan is good for more demanding and complex designs

A customer has maximum influence on how the template would look like

Design fee/price: TZS. 395,000/=

WordPress Theme Installation and Configuration

For any theme installation add TZS. 50,000

Installation with contact form and Gallery add TZS. 50,000

Installation and configuring SEO tools add TZS. 50,000

Installation and configuring Security tools add TZS. 50,000

WordPress installation please WordPress Installation Plans

Add contents and optimization please see Web Design Plans

WordPress Theme Samples:

Google Optimized Itinerary Structure for a Tour Operator Website

Google Optimized Itinerary Structure for a Tour Operator Website

A good google optimized and user friendly itinerary must follow the following structure and flow

  1. It must contain a title that summarize the whole itinerary in less than 60 characters with spaces. The title must contain at least three parts which are 1) duration, 2) activity and 3) destination/location for the attraction
  2. Associate with Featured image or gallery or slideshow of image size between 1366px to 1920px width fine texture and most relevant to the itinerary on question
  3. Put the  itinerary summary, briefing or highlights in one, two or three words
  4. It must also contain an itinerary summary or highlights, pinpointing the important parts of your itinerary to enable the reader understand the whole itinerary before continue to read the whole page
  5. Provide the subheading of all day activities descriptions
  6. Provide the subheading for day activities that summarize the whole day itinerary in less than 60 characters with spaces
  7. Provide also the day activities summary or highlights, pinpointing the important parts of your day program to enable the reader understand the whole day allabouts
  8. At the end you can optionally provide the itinerary indicative price or full price
  9. Associate with itinerary pricing terms highlighting what the price include and what not
  10. At the end provide the booking request form and or online payment link

Below is the attributes of the above mentioned sections:

1.) The title is the title meta tag in html format at the HEAD section and must also form the page main HEADING with H1 status

Example

7 Day Safari to Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda

2.) The featured image or gallery or slideshow of image size between 1366px to 1920px recommended and this depend on the layout of the website and targeted screens resolutions. This suggestions based on the fact that most resolution as on 18 Feb 2018 is between 1366px to 1920px. The image must be in png, gif or jpeg with alternative text well written with keyword that explain all about the image.

3.) The Summary, Highlight, Briefing subheading is the H2 heading that introduces the itinerary to the reader. it must be short, capturing the important parts of the whole itinerary. Normally this type of heading must be in H2 with fewer word at around one, two or three

Example

Program Summary

Itinerary Highlights

Itinerary Briefing

4.) Content description here in form of paragraph, table or bullets

Example

  • Itinerary duration: 7 days
  • Program timing: June to February each year
  • Destinations: Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda
  • Destination activities: Gamedrive, nature walk, Cultural tour, Gorila tracking
  • Enroute activities: shopping, historic site visit,
  • Max number of people: 6
  • Safari packlist: The luggages must be as light as possible, Camera (optional), Safari boots and clothes with light colors like khaki etc (2 trousers, 2 shorts, 2 tshirt and 5 underwears, pyjamas, swimming costume, flip-flops or sport sandals (public showers, airing feet), 5 pairs of socks, sunshine hat and glasses for dust prevention, binoculars (optional) and shoelaces. More items are found in the main page of Safari packlist

5.) Provide also the sub heading for all day activities and it must be short like one, two or three words

example

Detailed Itinerary Description

6.) Provide the sub heading in H3 for each day activity and it must be less than 60 characters with spaces

example

Day 1: Guest Arrival and Safari Briefing

7.) Provide each day details and other content description for day one here in form of paragraph, or bullets

example

  • Pickup guest at the Airport and transfer to the hotel in the starter point
  • Explain to guest the whole safari highlights and requirements
  • Overnight stay ready for the next day travel
  • Travel from starting point to destination 1

Repeat the same for the other days

8.) Indicative prices subheading in H2

Example

Indicative Price

9.) Indicative prices details in form of sentence or table

Example

The price are estimated based on the number of people travelling and the total duration taken to finish the safari

  • One person = US$ 1500
  • 2-3 persons = US$ 1400/person
  • 3-6- persons = US$ 1300/person
  • 7-10 persons = US$ 1200/person
  • Above 10 please contact us

10.) Pricing Terms subheading in H2

Example

Pricing Terms

11.) Pricing Include and Exclude Terms subheading in H3

Example

Price Include

12.) Pricing Include Terms content description for price include here in form of lists

Example

  • Pickup and transfer from and to the airport to the startup or ending point
  • Full board accommodation as per itinerary
  • All park fees
  • 4 Wheel Drive with a driver and first AID Kit
  • Safari lunch box and waters
  • Add to this list according to your policy

Price Exclude

  • Vaccination fee
  • International travel
  • VISA and related fees
  • Extra cost caused by itinerary change by client
  • Expenses of personal nature
  • Expenses not mentioned in include list
  • Add to this list according to your policy

13.) Booking and or online payment subheading in H2

Example

Request booking for this itinerary now

Pay online this itinerary to book now

Put here the Booking Form or link to online payment

Web Designer, Technician Position in Arusha, Tanzania

Job Title: Web Designer/Technician

Report to: MD

Company: InfoCom Center

About InfoCom Center Limited

InfoCom Center Ltd is a small website reseller company in Arusha offering to clients the following products.

  • Domain registration
  • Webhosting
  • Web design
  • Search Engine Optimization and Online Marketing
  • Website maintenance and general website management
  • Web content creation and optimization
  • Consultancy and Training

InfoCom Center Ltd is looking for the young, enthusiastic and self driven web technician with basic knowledge in internet, website and related technologies to serve client in Arusha and neighboring regions in Tanzania

Job Summary

Plan, design, create, optimize and maintain InfoCom Center and client’s websites

Responsibilities

  • Meeting with clients to discuss their requirements /project progress and or clients feedback and generate relevant reports
  • Developing client website design project according to client needs assessment
  • Writing and editing web content by observing and honoring copyrighted content
  • Designing webpage layout using html5, css3 or open source CMS like WordPress, Joomla and Drupal plus the commercial one like expression engine etc
  • Solving client related problems
  • Create and manage backup website data
  • Perform any other duties as may be assigned by his/her supervisor

Required Attributes

  • Curious and lover of websites and related technologies
  • Curious, easy and fast learner
  • Curious, easy and fast to capture latest technologies
  • Curious and eager to learn and advance his/her career
  • Independent and yet curious, ready to work as a team
  • Hard working person who is eager to work beyond working hours
  • Customer centered person

Qualification and Requirements

  • Fundamentals knowledge of web and graphic design
  • A holder of basic certificate or diploma in Web design, development, IT or related field from recognized institution.
  • Added Advantages
    • Video editing, animation and general multimedia skills
    • Content management skills
    • Database Management skills
    • General webpage coding awareness
    • Conversant with web mobility technology
    • Conversant with popular web server technologies like cpanel, apache, linux, windows server, WHM, MySQL, PHP, etc
    • Conversant with SEO and related website optimization techniques, tactics and tricks
    • Conversant with website hardening and related website security

Compensation

Attractive compensation awaiting for the right candidate

How to apply

Send your current CV to

info@infocomcenter.com

Application Deadline

30 days after the first appearance of this advert

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