{"id":72,"date":"2021-03-02T10:56:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T10:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.register365.com\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=72"},"modified":"2021-04-20T18:22:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T17:22:05","slug":"wordpress-best-practice-guide","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.register365.com\/support\/articles\/wordpress-best-practice-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Best-Practice Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve noticed a lot of our customers use WordPress for on their web sites, for all sorts of applications, not just blogging. WordPress is a very versatile tool, which offers an easy-to-use interface, themes and plugins to produce professional looking web sites in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with all third-party software that is available freely over the internet, these scripts are constantly being developed and tweaked by their software development teams to fix bugs, close security holes and improve features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to best protect your web site, and prevent any files or data being lost through using out-of-date versions, we ask that if you’re using WordPress, to upgrade your copy to the latest version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of version 2.7, WordPress introduced a new self-upgrading version to make securing your web site even easier. If your version of WordPress is older than 2.7, then visit the official WordPress web site at http:\/\/wordpress.org<\/a>, download the latest copy, and follow the upgrade instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When this latest version is live on your site, when you log in to the admin section, WordPress will “call home<\/em>” and see if there are any updates. If there are, it will tell you about them, and all you need to do is click a button to safely and securely update your WordPress web site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a few other things that can improve your site, all available from the official WordPress site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

wp-cache:<\/strong>
This is a plug-in that creates static pages from your posts, and stores them in a special “cache<\/em>” directory. If the post hasn’t changed, then WordPress will simply show the cached copy rather than querying the database for the version on there. This means that the page will load a lot faster, and your site appear smoother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Askimet anti-spam filter:<\/strong>
This is a free anti-spam filter that is built in to WordPress, and is found in the Plugins section. To activate it, you need a key, which is available by simply creating an account at http:\/\/www.wordpress.com<\/a>, or if you already have a wordpress.com account, by logging in, clicking on the “Your Dashboard<\/em>” link, and then going to the “Profile<\/em>” section. The API key is listed at the top of the Profile section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Settings:<\/strong>
In the “Settings<\/em>” section, you can do a lot of things to secure your WordPress web site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n