If you have a WordPress blog or website, WordPress security must be an issue for you. I'm sure you must have heard about hackers attacking blogs and websites of other people. The damage done by them can be enormous, especially when the particular blog was high page ranked, displaying high in search engines and profitable. It is not the only type of websites attacked by hackers. The reasoning behind their acts can't be explained as logical. They will destroy it for fun. I know stories of people who one day, instead of their website saw a short note informing them that their website has been blocked by Google due to the thread it carries to other internet users. It was a result of hacker attack, who made changes to the website.
I back my blogs frequently using a plugin WP DB Backup up. I will restore my blog to the 13, if anything happens. I use WP Security Scan plugin that is free to scan my site frequently and WordPress Firewall to block suspicious-looking asks to fix hacked wordpress database.
Use strong passwords - Do your best to use a password, alpha-numeric, with upper and lower case and special characters. Easy to remember passwords are also easy to guess!
I don't think there is a person out there that after learning just how much of a problem WordPress hacking is that it is a good idea. However, something I've noticed through the years is that when it comes to securing their blogs, bloggers seem to be stuck in this reactive state.
Note that you should try this imp source last step for new installations. If you might like to do it for existing installations, you have to change of the table names within the database.
Change your WordPress admin and password username, or at least your password, often and collect and utilize other WordPress security tips to keep hackers out!