While we all wish we could build a new website, and it would maintain itself and update automatically without any extra work required on your end…that simply isn’t how most any website works today. We unfortunately live in a world where there are several aspects that work against us after our site is built and launched.
- Most all sites need security and plugins updates weekly/monthly.
- Hackers are always trying to gain access to websites. Why? See below for more.
- Google doesn’t like to see your website get stagnate. Sites need to be dynamic!
- Your site visitors want to see you actively involved with your site!
Most all sites need security and plugins updates weekly/monthly.
WordPress is the most popular content management system available today. But with that popularity comes some of the more negative aspects of the internet today – hackers. Hackers do not like to see things run smoothly or without issue, they like chaos. For this reason, they are always attempting to gain access to access to websites across the world. Why? Well, it can be to gain access to your personal information, or to infect a website that can allow them to send out spam/phishing emails or again gain information…but many times it is simply to cause chaos. If they can hack your website and bring it down, they have accomplished their goal.
How do we stop this? WordPress recognizes this and provides constant security updates to its core that “close” any open holes that hackers may expose. Plugins that are installed on your website are also constantly providing security updates. But simply installing these updates doesn’t always work out. Compatibility issues can cause a simple update to a plugin to bring down an entire site. Along with core and plugin updates, there are many more “hardening” items that can be done to a website to make sure it is secure… That is where Get Social Marketing comes into play…more about that later.
