Securing WordPress
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WordPress allows users without any programming knowledge to have their own dynamic website up and running in 5 minutes. Behind the scenes of your friendly WordPress Dashboard are PHP and JavaScript code that connect to a MySQL database.
Rachel Baker (http://www.pluggedinconsulting.com/), a local Web Developer, is going to show us some best practices and basic tasks that can help us be responsible website owners and keep your self-hosted WordPress site from being hacked. Rachel will touch on how WordPress works, using FTP to secure your files, the importance of keeping your site up to date, what to look out for before installing new themes or plugins and why one of the best things you can do for your website is use a quality hosting company.
Bring your WordPress questions! WordPress Developers will be available to answer any WordPress related questions you have from 6pm-7pm. The Security talk will begin at 7pm, and the speaker will be available for questions after as well.
