ServerGenie Cloud Servers and Managed WordPress Hosting

We are still looking at hosting providers! We are more than happy with DigitalOcean‘s offering so far but have also just spied ServerGenie – a managed hosting provider based in Oklahoma.

The company also now offers fully managed WordPress hosting that’s insanely fast and infinitely scalable.  Plans start at only $20 per month and include free migration from a client’s old hosting provider regardless of the number of blogs and domains to be moved.

ServerGenie’s entire customer support staff are WordPress and cPanel experts who are able to instantly assist a client with any hosting issues twenty-four hours a day – while we haven’t had reason to test this yet, reports are good and we are confident.

The company’s fully managed WordPress hosting accounts are hand-tuned to deliver the fastest WordPress experience available.  A representative for ServerGenie said, “Our cloud servers also give us the capability to scale your sites with zero downtime in case of heavy usage or during the holidays when Internet shoppers are at their peak.”

In today’s technologically advanced world website load speed matters a great deal.  In fact, Google recently reported that slower sites lose about 20% of their traffic for each additional 100 milliseconds it takes a page to load into an Internet browser.  Google changed its algorithm several times last year.  One of those changes incorporates a website’s page-load time into its rankings so that only the fastest sites are displayed on the search engine results pages.

The company’s free migration assistance includes moving a client’s website, email, and all configurations from their previous web host.  The company’s representative said, “We’re so confident that we provide the best fully managed WordPress hosting services that we give each new client 30 days to test it, and if they don’t like it, we will move them back to their old host or a provider of their choice for free.”

Small business owners who are experiencing hosting issues with their current provider are encouraged to visit ServerGenie’s website to read more about the company’s fully managed WordPress hosting options.  There is always a customer service rep available to answer questions via a live chat, email or on the phone.

About ServerGenie.com:
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, ServerGenie operates a global cloud infrastructure platform built for Internet scale. ServerGenie has partnered with SoftLayer Technologies to provide all data center management. SoftLayer’s network spans 13 data centers in the United States, Asia and Europe and a global footprint of network points of presence. ServerGenie’s modular architecture provides unparalleled performance and control, and sophisticated automation controlling a flexible platform that seamlessly spans physical and virtual devices, and a global network for secure, low-latency communications. For more information, please visit www.servergenie.com or call 1.800.560.3450.

Hardening WordPress: Pre-Install – Don’t Use the Default wp_ Database Table Prefix

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Hardening Wordpress

The default table prefix for a wordpress install is ‘wp_’ – make it different! Any attacker attempting to access database tables will use the default naming convention first – don’t make it easier for them!

Changing the table prefix on an existing site is quite involved so employ this from the outsetwhen you’re running through the setup.

Should you wish to do this to an existing installation, the table_prefix variable can be found as shown below in the wpconfig.php file:

Hardening WordPress: Pre-Install – Don’t Use ‘admin’ as your Administrator Login

The default username for a wordpress install is ‘admin’ and once it’s set there’s no getting rid of it so plan this *pre-install* !!!

Once a valid username is known then an attacker can try to guess the password by trying to log in with a dictionary list of thousands of passwords. Make it hard for them and don’t choose the default login name!

 

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