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What is WordPress?
WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS) that can be used to power websites, eCommerce stores and web applications using a mature ecosystem of themes and plugins.
It was first launched in 2003 as a simple blogging platform, but it has grown exponentially over the years and is now used to power almost 50% of the entire Internet!
It uses are widespread due to the sheer number of addons that can be installed from various free and premium plugin directories.
Why is it important to maintain your WordPress website?
Because WordPress is so widely used, it’s a common target for hackers. These malicious actors will attempt to ‘break in’ to your WordPress site for many different reasons!
Hackers can…
Send spam emails
Send spam emails
Hackers often attempt to hack into WordPress sites to secretly send spam emails. This allows them to hijack other mail servers to avoid their own from being blacklisted.
Steal data
Steal data
Many WordPress websites store personal data such as email addresses, payment information and other personally identifiable data.
Inject malicious content
Inject malicious content
Hackers can use your site to inject malicious code or links into your content in the hope that your website visitors will click the links.
Host their own content
Host their own content
Hackers can even use your site to host content that promotes their own brand or redirect users to another website to phish for their personal details.
Spread viruses
Spread viruses
By uploading malicious code to your site, hackers can steal visitors’ information or trigger downloads of malware and viruses.
Connect your site to a botnet
Connect your site to a botnet
Botnets are used to launch distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks on other large websites in an attempt to bring them down.
What does our WordPress Maintenance service offer?
WordPress Site Maintenance is a very important aspect of owning and running a WordPress website. Things move quickly and there are many ways that things can, and do go wrong.
Our WordPress Site Maintenance service is designed to remove the burden of keeping on top of all of the more technical and arduous aspects of WordPress site ownership and management.
We do all the ‘heavy lifting’ seamlessly behind the scenes so that you can focus on actually running your business.
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