Ever since its debut, Wordpress has changed the way individuals interact online by making sure that everybody has the opportunity to create a blog or website that is appealing, user-friendly, and effective; content, of course, remains entirely your area of responsibility. WordPress is by far the most popular Content Management System (CMS), currently claiming 59% of the CMS market share, and being used as the main content platform for approximately 28% of the top 10 million websites on the internet.

It comes as no surprise then that Wordpress Sites are becoming the target of hackers. In fact, the BBC notes that 1.5m pages on the blogging network were defaced in February 2017 alone. So what kind of attacks are WordPress sites vulnerable to and how can you remain protected?

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