5 Ways to Keep Your Website Up to Date
A clean and well-maintained website with up-to-date components and security patches helps to ensure that your website will work as you want it to at all times and for all of your visitors, whether they’re on desktop computers, tablets, or smartphones. Using tools like Wordfence, Sucuri Security, and NinjaFirewall can help with this process and ensure that you’re always performing the best maintenance possible.
Here are five ways to keep your website up to date using these handy tools.
- Update WordPress Core
Installing a WordPress security plugin is a great way to stay on top of security patches, but these plug-ins usually depend on a version of WordPress being up-to-date. If you’re using a self-hosted version of WordPress, it’s important that you update your core software regularly. In addition to keeping your website secure, performing regular updates can add new features and improve performance. This is especially true when upgrading from an older version of WordPress or from an earlier minor release.
- Update Plugins
There are many free plugins you can download and install on your WordPress site. But most aren’t updated frequently, which means there are probably bugs or vulnerabilities that have been fixed in newer versions of those plugins. It’s a good idea to check for updates frequently so you don’t run into any security problems down the road.
- Use Security Plugins
One of the easiest ways to protect your site is by using security plugins. There are a variety of free and paid options that can scan your site, alert you of any vulnerabilities, and even patch them automatically. The best part about these plugins is that they’re very easy to use – just install them, configure them, and you’re done! Here are three of our favorites: WordFence WAF, Jetpack’s Site Protection plugin, or Sucuri Security.
- Update Themes
It can be hard to keep track of website-specific components, but one thing you shouldn’t ignore is Web hosting support. While you might think that your site is up-to-date on components and security patches, oftentimes it might not be.
- Take Web Hosting Support Seriously
While it might seem a bit nuts, a lot of businesses completely neglect web hosting support; after all, many people think that if their site is up and running then there’s nothing else they need to worry about. Unfortunately, like everything in business, your website isn’t necessarily self-sufficient. If you want to keep your customers safe and ensure that you don’t become a victim of malicious online activity (like hacking), take web hosting support seriously and make sure you always have it on hand. And just how do you find web hosting support? Start by talking with your web host. They should be able to help walk you through any potential security risks or problems. A few other ways are using third-party security services, keeping regular backups of your data, installing firewalls on both servers and clients/end users machines as well as patching regularly whenever new updates are released for software components.
