Secure your eQPress website
Antispam recommendations
Last Updated: August 28, 2025We recommend either deactivating comments or activating aa plugin, that should protect you from spam: Plugins Antispam Bee Pros Cons Service Akismet Pros Cons
Protecting your WordPress website
Last Updated: July 11, 2025Hosted behind the Deflect network, eQPress is designed to prevent your site from getting attacked or hacked. Security is best practiced as a series of countermeasures against known vulnerabilities or threats. We provide the essential underlying protective layers and the rest is up to you. There is no protection against a weak password, so… The...
Removing the WordPress “admin” user
Last Updated: July 3, 2025Brute-force login attempts are typically carried out against the “admin” user. “Admin” used to be the default username of the first administrator created when installing WordPress, but now the installation asks you what you want to name it, and on eQPress it will be your administrator’s name and surname (not necessarily the “official” ones!). If...
Securing your site with HTTPS
Last Updated: July 3, 2025HTTPS (adding an S for “secure” to HTTP) is an internet communication protocol that protects your users’ connections to your website. Data sent using HTTPS is secured in that HTTPS provides 3 layers of protection: While the purpose of enhancing security is certainly a very good reason to move your website to HTTPS, consider that...