Title: best practices for wordpress security
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# best practices for wordpress security

 *  [idowu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idowu/)
 * (@idowu)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-practices-for-wordpress-security/)
 * hello,
    i want to know the best practices i can take in securing my wordpress
   install. for example, i want to change my database prefix, i want to know how
   i may go about that safely. and may be there are trustee plugins out there that
   i use to secure my site. thanks everybody

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 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-practices-for-wordpress-security/#post-2703842)
 * See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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