Title: Security for dummies
Last modified: September 2, 2016

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# Security for dummies

 *  [skittishtrigger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skittishtrigger/)
 * (@skittishtrigger)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-for-dummies/)
 * Overall the program has a lot of vital security fixes and changes that you need
   multiple plugins elsewhere to get. MOST of the changes are pretty simple and 
   straight forward. A word to the wise to those new at this though, INSTALL TO 
   A FRESH WORDPRESS INSTALL ESPECIALLY WHEN USING WORDPRESS MU ENABLED and IT REALLY
   REALLY HELPS IF YOUR SSL CERTS ARE ALREADY INSTALLED (GO TRUSTED/VERIFIED CERTS/
   KEY trust me) and functioning before install. I saw enough good that even with
   my nightmare of an install experience I am going to try again, THE RIGHT WAY.
   lol. I would recommend to the developer to additionally include a change removal
   tool to undo changes simply (if that’s even possible) for those who aren’t so
   savvy especially as backups don’t always work as expected. Read the directions,
   do after a fresh install and make sure certs/key is installed first and I think
   you will love it. (4 stars is for ease of install for the vapid amount of new
   users in the WordPress landscape)

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