Martin McKeay has pointed out two new-to-me Wordpress security plug-ins. The first is an installation scanner that helps identify risky settings. The second is an automatic upgrade plug-in.
Wordpress doesn't have the greatest security record in the world. This graph from the National Vulnerability Database illustrates the number of medium to high risk vulnerabilities in the software over the last five years:
Security is one of the reasons I started exploring Movable Type, but for those who still use Wordpress, these plug-ins are invaluable.
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