You may well have heard all the buzz online about the attacks on WordPress security. Unfortunately this is no joke, and it needs to be taken very seriously, or all you've built could be hijacked or worse, lost to you.
Installing the fix wordpress malware attack Scan plugin alert you that you might have missed, and will check all this for you. Additionally, it will inform you that a user named"admin" exists. Of course, that is your administrative user name. If you wish you can follow a link and find directions for changing that title. I believe that there is a password good enough protection, and there have been no successful attacks on the blogs that I run, because I followed these steps.
Protect your login credentials - Do not keep your login credentials where a hacker could locate them. Store them offsite, and even offline. Roboform is good for protecting them. Food for thought!
Yes, you want to do regular backups of your site. I see recommend at least a weekly database backup and a monthly "full" backup. More, if possible. Definitely, if you make regular additions and changes to your site. If you have a community of people that are in there all the time, or make changes multiple times a day, a backup should be a minimum.
Take note of your new password! I recommend the version of the software *Roboform* to remember your passwords.
But realize that security is something you must start thinking about. Don't only be the type that you can try this out is reactive, consider action to begin today, protecting yourself. Do not let Joe the Hacker make your life miserable and turn look at more info everything that you've worked hard.