If you are a Wordpress user, you must be very concerned with security issues and for good reasons. In this world of growing intrusions, hacking, cracking and data-thefts, security is of major concern for a starter as well as for a pro. Here are 20 Plugins and tips for you to help you get a good sleep at night assuring you that your blog is in safe hands (read WordPress security plug-ins).

It all started when I logged into my Google Analytics to check on my stats. I wanted to see if I had broken another traffic record, instead I found that my search engine traffic had dropped by about 80%. I frantically checked Google for a keyword I know I rank for, and found that I was completely absent from the results. I checked another term, and I was nowhere to be found.

Looks at the options for strengthening security on the wp-admin folder in a WordPress installation, warns about a common problem leading to a 404 error message when you try to log in and identifies the solution to that problem.

According to an advisory from maintainers of the open-source blog software, WordPress 2.6.2 was released on September 8 to mitigate a new attack vector discovered by PHP security guru Stefan Esser.