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Curated resource guide

WordPress Security Resources

Protect WordPress with a layered understanding of application, account, server, dependency, and operational risk. This collection brings together trusted guidance on secure configuration, updates, authentication, permissions, monitoring, backups, vulnerability intelligence, malware response, hosting controls, and ongoing maintenance.

Scope

What this guide covers

  • Security architecture and threat model
  • core, plugin and theme vulnerabilities
  • update strategy
  • least privilege
  • authentication
  • roles and capabilities
  • file permissions
  • wp-config.php
  • secrets
  • database security
  • HTTPS
  • security headers
  • WAF
  • brute-force protection
  • 2FA
  • backups
  • logging
  • monitoring
  • malware
  • supply-chain risks
  • staging and deployment security
  • REST/XML-RPC considerations
  • hosting security
  • incident response
  • vulnerability intelligence
  • security testing
  • secure maintenance
  • and trusted official/vendor research sources

Selected references

Curated resources

Links open the original publisher so you can use the complete, current material in context.

  1. 01
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    Recommended starting point

    Hardening WordPress

    The official baseline for reducing risk across updates, accounts, files, configuration, databases, transport, and monitoring.

    developer.wordpress.org
  2. 02
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    WordPress Security White Paper

    A concise explanation of the WordPress security model, release process, disclosure practices, and underlying platform choices.

    wordpress.org
  3. 03
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    Common WordPress Vulnerabilities

    Review concrete WordPress examples of injection, request forgery, access-control, and unsafe output failures.

    developer.wordpress.org
  4. 04
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    WordPress Security Releases

    Follow official WordPress security and maintenance releases together with the versions that contain each fix.

    wordpress.org
  5. 05
    5

    OWASP Top 10

    A useful application-security risk map for reviewing custom WordPress code beyond framework-specific mistakes.

    owasp.org
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    5

    WordPress Backups

    Start with the official model for protecting both the database and files required to reconstruct a WordPress site.

    developer.wordpress.org
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    WordPress Monitoring

    The official WordPress overview of file, traffic, behavior, and integrity signals worth watching.

    developer.wordpress.org