Brute Force

A Brute Force Attack is the simplest yet most effective method hackers use to break into WordPress websites. The concept is straightforward: an automated script (bot) attempts to log in to your site by guessing thousands of username and password combinations every minute. Because WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world, its default…

If you've ever run a security scan on your WordPress site — say, using a tool like FunSentry — you may have seen a warning flag next to something called XML-RPC. The recommendation is almost always the same: disable it. But what exactly is XML-RPC? Why does WordPress include it? And why do security professionals…