Title: WordPress Security
Last modified: September 17, 2026

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# WordPress Security

 *  [paulinakalanska](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulinakalanska/)
 * (@paulinakalanska)
 * [1 week, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-19/)
 * Hi there,
 * I’m wondering if there’s anyone who could help out with walking us through (an
   NGO) the secure set up of the WordPress site + specifically, how to secure REST
   API – one of our webistes was compromised through REST API takeover.
 * All the best,
 * Paulina

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [1 week, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-19/#post-19022407)
 * This site is never for soliciting help quite _that way._
 * These are self-help support forums and if anyone emails you or attempts to contact
   you from this site please let the support forum team know. That person will be
   promptly banned from this site. The number of work spammers here are sadly a 
   real problem.
 * This documentation is a good start for hardening your WordPress site.
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/security/hardening/](https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/security/hardening/)
 * There are also many good plugins for securing your site.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/security/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/security/)
 * And one of the best things you can do is maintain regular backups of your site
   and confirm that they can be restored.
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/security/backup/](https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/security/backup/)
 * [https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/security/backup/database/#restoring-your-database-from-backup](https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/security/backup/database/#restoring-your-database-from-backup)
 * And if this is all a lot and you do need someone to help, please consider posting
   on the jobs site.
 * [https://jobs.wordpress.net/](https://jobs.wordpress.net/)
 * That should be enough to get started.

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 * Last activity: [1 week, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-security-19/#post-19022407)
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