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WordPress runs on 15% of all websites across the world.  At first, that number may not seem like a lot.  However, when you start to consider how many websites there are, the number starts to look much bigger.

Our passion for WordPress is evident, we run a network of sites on the platform and have helped a large number of websites with WordPress Theme customization, Plugin recommendations, and Tips & Tricks for the WordPress enthusiast.

WordPress Management can be a complicated and time-consuming process.  Let CODWebhosting take care of your WordPress site for you.

Start looking around, you will see the social media outlets a blaze with people who need help fixing or updating their WordPress site. With WordPress running full steam ahead, many folks are diving right into websites that don’t have the technical background to keep their sites safe or up to date. Sometimes, they are spending an obscene amount of time trying to fix a hacked or broken site, instead of spending that time on growing their business.

Our Service Includes:

  • Back up your site (files and database) regularly*
  • Keep your WordPress core installation up to date
  • Keep your WordPress plugins up to date
  • Keep your WordPress themes up to date
  • Prevent listing wp-content, wp-content/plugins, wp-content/themes, wp-content/uploads
  • Remove wp-version
  • Remove Really Simple Discovery meta tag
  • Remove Windows Live Writer meta tag
  • Database error reporting turned
  • PHP error reporting turned off
  • Remove version information for scripts/stylesheets
  • Remove readme.html

  • Uninstall (not just disable) any unused plugins or themes
  • Install our suite of WordPress Security Plugins
    • Real-time blocking of known attackers.
    • Scans for the HeartBleed vulnerability
    • Enforce strong passwords
    • Firewall to block common security threats
    • Scans for signatures of over 44,000 known malware variants
    • Scans for many known backdoors that create security holes
    • Prevents brute force attacks by banning hosts and users with too many invalid login attempts
    • Block PHP Files in Uploads Directroy
    • Block PHP Files in WP-CONTENT Directory
    • & More…
$19.95 Monthly

*some hosting companies like Bluehost and Godaddy will interfere with backups.  Large WordPress installations may experience an inability to backup due to timeout limitations set by your hosting company.

Automated Backups

Keeping a website backed up is just as important as keeping your computer backed up.  Although this isn’t usually in the forefront of our minds when thinking about our websites, what would you do if something happened?  We have seen this over and over again.  Don’t let your website suffer from poor planning.  If something happens, offsite backups are the safest way to go.  We will back up your WordPress site offsite to our servers for safe keeping.

Security Monitoring

Security is always a big concern when talking about information.  Vulnerabilities are everywhere and people looking to exploit those vulnerabilities are just as prevalent.  One virus on your website could open up you and your customers to all sorts of issues.  Keeping your website information as safe as possible is just as important your wallet.

Performance Optimization

Few things are more frustrating than a slow website. In fact, Google even punishes websites with slow load times. We love to help make the web fast. Aside from installing and properly configuring a great caching plugin, we’ll take a comprehensive look at your site and get it running smooth.

How do WordPress sites get hacked?

A recent study has shown that WordPress Blogs get hacked for the following reason.

41% of WordPress sites are hacked due to insecure hosting.
29% of WordPress sites are hacked due to an exploited or outdated Theme.
22% of WordPress sites are hacked due to en exploited or outdated Plugin.
8% of WordPress sites are hacked due to an insecure password.

The entire responsibility of WordPress security lies in the hands of you (the web site owner) and the WordPress Core developers. The WP Core developers are great at their job, but you have to do your part as well. An update is no good if it is never installed.

Did you know:

  • More than 20% of the 50 most popular WordPress plugins are vulnerable to common Web attacks, such as SQL Injection. In total, 8 million vulnerable plugins were downloaded. JUN 2013.
  • 7 out of top 10 most popular e-commerce plugins are vulnerable to common Web attacks. This amounts to more than 1.7 million downloads of vulnerable e-commerce plugins.