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Safely updating a WordPress website

With a WordPress website you run into updates. Updating itself keeps your website secure and supports the latest technology and developments. But how do you do this in a safe way? We'll show you in this blog post.Every website you create in almost every way needs to be updated periodically. You can do this in a large number of ways. The WordPress Content Management System makes this easy for you. In most cases you can update to the latest version of a theme plugin or WordPress Core version with

Learn more about Spoofing and Phishing on email addresses

Everyone has encountered this whether it was with a mail account from MijnHostingPartner.nl or another email account. Phishing and Spoofing emails. In this blog post we will explain what steps you can take to prevent this.Messages that come in can quickly add up for a company or personal account. If you have an email address listed on a website or public source this can be the source of a lot of SPAM Spoofing and Phishing. In this article we will explain how you can recognize and prevent this. We

Stop WordPress SPAM messages

SPAM messages within WordPress is an item that is often encountered unfortunately. Whether it's on a corporate website or a personal blog. SPAM often hides as enthusiastic comments posted on one of your articles. Here's what steps you can take to counteract it.What kind of SPAM do you encounter?SPAM comes in many shapes and sizes this can be a comment on your website or an email you receive. To counteract SPAM on the mail there are a number of steps you can take outside of WordPress. We recommend

Domain name abuse and how to counter it

We as a hoster see this happen on a regular basis and intervene several times for this as well. Domain name abuse. Of spoofing other services such as a bank or PayPal. Or the imitation of a webshop. In the latest news we see the same thing happening with a fake RDW website.An easy website to renew your license plate was the idea of a malicious person. For only 19.95 you could easily arrange this online via a fake website in the house style of RDW. However this was simply a trick to get so many people

Securing my online business

In our previous blog post we went over how you can easily bring your own business online. After you have brought your business online you also need to maintain your website and this includes security. Because security is so important in this blog post we are going to go over exactly what you can do to make your website more secure. SSL certificate It is important for your visitors to be able to access your website over a secure connection. This is why it is important that you have an SSL certificate

How can I secure my WordPress site?

The security of your own website is extremely important especially when you use a WordPress website. This is because you need to update WordPress frequently so that your website is always secure. Not only WordPress itself but also your theme and plug-ins need to be updated frequently. To maintain the security of your website we will go through how best to secure your WordPress site in this blog post. How are websites abused? First of all it is important to know how your websites can be abused.

Passwords rarely changed after data breach

If you use the same password everywhere online then it is quite possible that it has already been leaked. Often you will not notice this until it is actually too late. If you are aware of this then you have probably changed the password immediately.However it often turns out that many people do not change their password after it has been leaked. If the password is changed then it was often not much stronger than the previous password. Not only was it not much stronger but it was also very similar

SSL Encryption algorithms explained

There is a lot of information about what the best SSL certificate is for your webshop or website. But what does the encryption of the SSL certificates really mean? We are going to explain that in this blog post. What does an SSL certificate do? SSL certificates are nowadays known to every website builder and there is a big chance that this is already active on your web hosting. In this blog post we will take a closer look at the different SSL algorithms. Perhaps you know that the SSL certificates

What are SSL certificates?

It is increasingly important to have an SSL certificate on your website. You will be higher in the Google ranking and you see a lock in the url bar of your website. Nowadays it is important to have an SSL certificate. If you do not have one then browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox will display a message that your website is unsafe. What is a SSL certificate? Before you purchase an SSL certificate on your hosting it is important that you know exactly what it entails. SSL stands for Secure