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Best WordPress Anti Spam Plugins (Expert Review)

Spam can get out of control fast. I learned that the hard way.

My business site and even client projects started getting flooded with spam. No matter what I tried, the comments just kept coming.

Worse, my contact forms were filled with fake messages. It got so bad that spam bots were actually slowing down my websites.

If you run a WordPress site, you’ve probably dealt with this, too.

Like me, maybe you tried handling it manually. But let’s be honest. Those tricks don’t cut it anymore.

So I went looking for a better solution.

Over the past few months, I tested a bunch of anti-spam plugins to find out what really works.

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The Ultimate WordPress Security Guide (Step-By-Step Plan)

Keeping your WordPress site secure is more important than ever. Trust me, it’s easy to let security slide but once your website gets hacked, it’s so hard to fix it and get it back to normal.

It would be smarter to protect your site from the get-go.

Now I know security might sound complicated. When I first started with WordPress, it was overwhelming to learn everything plus figure out how best to secure my site.

So I’ve created this comprehensive guide for you with that in mind.

It breaks down everything you need to do into easy-to-follow actions. The goal is to help you build strong defenses against attacks and malware. I’ll explain everything in simple terms and highlight the most important steps to keep your site safe.
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How to Fix a Hacked WordPress Website (The Right Tools & Services)

Discovering your WordPress site has been hacked can be a heart-stopping moment for any website owner.

Over the years, we’ve not only heard from countless readers facing this nightmare scenario, but we’ve also directly helped users in recovering their hacked websites.

What I’ve seen happen so often is that a website owner will clean up their site on their own only to get hacked again. There’s a reason for this which I’ll explain in this guide.

I’ll walk you through it step by step on how to identify a hack, fix it, and also fortify your website so that there’s no chance of getting hacked again.
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What is SSL and How to Install It in WordPress? (Easy Tutorial)

Do you need SSL for your website or can you do without it?

You absolutely need SSL installed on your site if you want to run a website these days. It’s so important that Google expects it to be the default state of a website.

If you don’t have a valid SSL certificate, Google and other search engines won’t even show your site in search results. So it’s unlikely anyone will find your site organically.

SSL has become mandatory because it makes sure any data sent to and from your site is encrypted, making sure that hackers can’t steal it.

If you look at the address bar at the top of this page on our WP101 website, we have a valid SSL certificate and you can view this by clicking on the barrel lock icon in the address bar. You’ll see that the ‘Connection is secure” along with a padlock icon.

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9+ Best WordPress Security Plugins to Shield Your Website

Do you want to add a security plugin to your site to protect it from malicious attacks?

Every WordPress website should have a security plugin actively monitoring the site around the clock. This is because all websites are susceptible to various online threats such as hacking, malware, and phishing attacks.

A security plugin acts as a shield, helping to detect and prevent these threats. They also identify potential weaknesses in your WordPress installation, themes, or plugins and suggest ways to resolve them.

In this guide, we’ll reveal the security plugins that have all the essential features you need to protect your site.
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