Ignorance
Website security isn’t just about protecting you from professional attackers and angry colleagues. It is also about making good decisions to prevent mistakes from being huge and costly problems. Hiring an experienced developer who accidentally deletes your database is not only a horrible scenario but also not all that far fetched.
WordPress is software that is really easy to learn and start building on. I’ve seen web designers get hired as WordPress experts because they know a little HTML, CSS, and PHP and have spent a few months messing around in WordPress. Just like you do with your plugins and your themes, you should vet your developers.
It’s not just contractors that you employ. No one in your circle should work in areas where ...
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