I absolutely HATE hearing those words!
The truth is, it is very possible to get hacked using WordPress if you do a quick install.
Here is Part 2 of this Security Series! You should read Part 1 before read this one.
Change Your User Identity
It seems like everyone and their mother uses the name ‘admin’ to log into their site. Don’t be everyone and their mother. Change ‘admin’ to something a little less obvious.
To do this, go to the Users tab, and create a new user. You can set it up the same way you did your previous user. Make this new user an administrator. Then, log out of your WordPress account, and log in as the new user. Finally, delete the user known as ‘admin’. When you’re prompted whether to delete the posts made by admin or transfer them to the new user, make sure to transfer! You certainly do not want to delete any posts that you already have!
So simple but great tip- thanks! (and it makes sense to take action now rather than waiting till it’s too late)
So true! So true! Getting hacked it not a lot of fun to sort out afterwards!