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The Web Mechanic

1. Delete user “admin” – create a new admin account first
2. change first and last name and nickname
3. Choose a secure password – don’t use the word “password”
4. Login LockDown plugin
5. Check your Theme for the tinthumb update
6. AntiVirus plugin
7. WordPress Firewall 2 plugin – you’ll have to add your own ip address to edit your site
8. Block Bad Queries (BBQ) plugin
9. Update Unique Keys plugin – logout and log back in again
10. Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin – alternative for Akismet
11. BulletProof Security plugin

Other non security

1. permalinks -custom /%post_id%/%postname%/
2. use a 404 redirect plugin if you already had a lot of links
3. Core Tweaks WordPress Setup – cleanup first installations (sitemap etc.)
4. WP-DBManager plugin – alternative to WP-DB-Backup
5. Filezilla - ftp (file transfer protocol) manager – to backup all your media files such as images and pdf’s

Another Security Plugin that is widely used:

1. WP Security Scan plugin – set and forget

Written by: Phyllis Erck on October 31, 2011.