A tour of the WordPress Dashboard and Admin in five easy steps.

1. The First Ten Minutes
Presented by Amelia Briscoe
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• Slides Of New Kids On
The Block! Yes, Really!
• Your first ten minutes
inside of WordPress
• Getting your admin area
configured
• How to add some
security inside of
WordPress
• Setting Your Maintenance
Routine
• Plugin Suggestions

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Three Ways To Login:
• http://www.yourdomainname.com/login/
• http://www.yourdomainname.com/wp-admin/
• http://www.yourdomainname.com/wp-login.php

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Lost Your Password:
• http://www.yourdomainname.com/
wp-login.php?action=lostpassword
User Registration:
• http://www.yourdomainname.com/
wp-login.php?action=register

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Collapse The
Menu!

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• https://wordpress.org/plugins/spam-destroyer/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/

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Further Reading:
http://digwp.com/2009/11/dont-need-plugins-to-stop-
comment-spam/
Tips:
• Discussion Settings
• Post -by-Post basis

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• http://justintadlock.com/archives/2011/02/02/creating-a-
custom-functions-plugin-for-end-users
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-404-error-page/

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• Login Protection – Protect against ‘Brute Force’ attacks. Lockout
after failed attempts.
• Firewall – Blocks nasty queries and malicious code
• File Monitoring – Monitor your WordPress files for any changes.
• Activity Monitoring – Keeps an eye on the WordPress admin
area.
• Security Scanning – Scans for malicious activity, malware, spam
and vulnerabilities

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WordFence - http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
Better WP Security - http://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-
security/
Bullet Proof Security -
http://wordpress.org/plugins/bulletproof-security/

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• Login Protection – http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-login-
lockdown/
• Firewall – http://wordpress.org/plugins/block-bad-queries/
• File Monitoring – http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-file-
monitor-plus/
• Activity Monitoring – http://wordpress.org/plugins/threewp-
activity-monitor/
• Security Scanning – http://wordpress.org/plugins/antivirus/

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Tip: Keep your password
fresh by changing your
password when you do a
WordPress update.

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Automattic offers a paid service that backs up your database & files
to the cloud as well as security scanning.
Learn more @ http://vaultpress.com/
WP-DBManager -
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-
dbmanager/
BackWPup -
http://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpu
p/

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