- WordPress by the Numbers
Why You Need Managed WordPress Security
WordPress is used by 65.2% of all websites using a CMS
Over 810 million websites use WordPress.
17 pages are published every second on WordPress sites around the world.
Powering over 65% of the CMS based websites on the internet, WordPress is a very attractive target for malicious players. Why do they do it? Some for money (think ransomware), some for fame (think civil disobedience to promote a political agenda – hacktivism) and some just because they can.Â
We are now offering Managed WordPress Installations
HOW WE FEEL ABOUT SECURITY
If you’ve followed us over the years you’ll know that we are constantly talking about security.
Several years ago when we talked about securing individual and business accounts people thought it was “paranoid” to think that the average guy or average business was vulnerable. It was not uncommon for people to give a kind smile and a dismissive “OK” when we talked about threats. Now, everyone is paying attention.
In 2020 alone we had 19 NEW clients come to us because of security problems.
These days there is not a week (or less) that goes by without hearing about a major breach of consumer passwords or a new vulnerability of web software needing an immediate “patch“.
So, starting in 2017 we decided to offer what we think is essential. Not just standard web sites or standard installations of WordPress, we felt the need was for managed WordPress installations and security monitoring.
This is not web site content management, this is security management and safe management of the components that power your web site.
Why Do You Need Managed WordPress Security Services?
WordPress offers such far reaching diversity of function and offers over 60Â thousand different free plugins, 31 thousand free and paid themes and 169 translations. It is by far, the most widely used and most accessible Content Management System but this popularity is exactly what attracts the hackers and vulnerability exploiters.
Being open source software, WordPress will never be perfect.
Being on top of your installation has never been more important.
34.5% of the Web is a Big Target
| © CMS | usage | market share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WordPress | 40.4% | 65.4% |
| 2. | Joomla | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| 3. | Drupal | 1.5% | 2.4% |
| 4. | Bitrix | 1.0% | 1.7% |
Statistics March 2023
Web Technology Surveys (W3Techs.com) & Hubspot
Our Managed WordPress Services
We do not include Akismet or Hello Dolly as plugins when considering price.
Please do not count them.
After Initial Scanning and Setup:
• We set up notification to us of updates for your themes and plugins (5 to 10 plugins with 1 active theme).
• Scheduled Weekly check-in
• Ongoing Scan and Repair and WordPress vulnerabilities
• Monitor any comment spam.
• Monitor unsuccessful login attempts.
• Monitor Google Analytics for Geographical activity.
• Scheduled Malware Scanning
• Schedule Backups for Immediate Recovery
• Daily and Weekly Backups
• Cloud Backup and Recovery
• Uptime Monitor and Notifications
Bonuses:
• Google Analytics setup within your installation
– View Google Analytics data centrally in your dashboard (Google Account Required)
• Centrally Manage Comments
– See and Manage comments much easier
• WordPress Maintenance
– Can easily put your site into maintenance mode during updates (if desired)
*requirements: must be hosted on our servers using the plus, pro, premium or custom web package.
Your website has between 11 and 20 plugins that it relies on – compatibility, security and speed should be your primary concern . Initially we will scan your plugins and themes for vulnerabilities and manage your publicly accessible plugins, assure compatibility .
After Initial Scanning and Setup:
• We set up notification to us of updates for your themes and plugins (11 to 25 plugins with 1 active theme).
• Weekly check-in (even if no updates are needed)
• Ongoing Scan and Repair and WordPress vulnerabilities
• Monitor any comment spam.
• Monitor unsuccessful login attempts.
• Monitor Google Analytics for Geographical activity.
• Scheduled Malware Scanning
• Schedule Backups for Immediate Recovery
• Daily and Weekly Backups
• Cloud Backup and Recovery
• Uptime Monitor and Notifications
Bonuses:
• Google Analytics setup within your installation
– View Google Analytics data centrally in your dashboard (Google Account Required)
• Centrally Manage Comments
– See and Manage comments much easier
• WordPress Maintenance
– Can easily put your site into maintenance mode during updates (if desired)
*requirements: must be hosted on our servers using the plus, pro, premium or custom web package.
Your website has between 21 and 30 plugins that it relies on. Primarily you should have an extremely robust hosting package that will accommodate the processing needs of all of those plugins. Of equal importance is the security and compatibility of your theme and plugins. Initially we will scan your plugins and themes for vulnerabilities and manage your publicly accessible plugins and assure compatibility . Utilizing many plugins inevitably will slow down your site – We will also configure web caching processes that will significantly boost the speed of your website.
After Initial Scanning and Setup:
• We set up notification to us of updates for your themes and plugins (26 to 40 plugins with 1 active theme).
• Weekly check-in (even if no updates are needed)
• Ongoing Scan and Repair and WordPress vulnerabilities
• Monitor any comment spam.
• Monitor unsuccessful login attempts.
• Monitor Google Analytics for Geographical activity.
• Scheduled Malware Scanning
• Schedule Backups for Immediate Recovery
• Daily and Weekly Backups
• Cloud Backup and Recovery
• Uptime Monitor and Notifications
Bonuses:
• Google Analytics setup within your installation
– View Google Analytics data centrally in your dashboard (Google Account Required)
•Centrally Manage Comments
– See and Manage comments much easier
•Wordpress Maintenance
– Can easily put your site into maintenance mode during updates (if desired)
*requirements: must be hosted on our servers using the pro, premium or custom web package.
If you are managing a WordPress installation with over 30 active plugins we would like to review your needs. Primarily you should have an extremely robust hosting package that will accommodate the processing needs of all of those plugins. Of equal importance is the security and compatibility of your theme and plugins.
Please call us so that we can review your requirements.
