WordPress Behind the Scenes: Security, Content Protection and SEO

One of the many benefits of a WordPress website is that there are so many behind-the-scenes plugins. There are plugins to help secure your WP site, protect your original content and improve your search engine optimization. Want to limit the number of failed logins to your admin panel? There’s a plugin for that! Want to add an auto-generated copyright notice to your blog feed? Yep, there’s a plugin for that. Currently, I’ve got a running list of 12 – 15 of these behind-the-scenes plugins that I install on client sites. This is just one of the MANY benefits to having a web designer set up and customize your WP site!!

A mildly snarky side note: I’ve noticed that these behind-the-scenes issues are some of the areas overlooked by the folks offering “ditch your web designer and build your own WordPress website” seminars. I’ve attended a few of these seminars and gotten some great information, but most of my clients would be hard pressed to navigate the process of setting up and customizing a WP site on their own. I’m very excited to empower clients by enabling them to update and maintain their own WP websites. But so far, I’m finding that the point at which that begins is after the site has been set up.

I’d love some feedback on this post…helpful? too snarky? want more in-depth info? Thanks for your input!