A WordPress role security checklist helps you audit, assign, and lock down user roles to prevent unauthorized access, privilege escalation, and site compromise. WordPress user roles are the cheapest…

To remove unauthorized administrator access in WordPress: verify the account is truly unauthorized, secure all legitimate admin accounts, delete the rogue user via the dashboard or database, then audit…

Discovering an unfamiliar Administrator account on your WordPress website can be alarming. An unexpected Administrator may be the result of a forgotten account, a former developer, an incorrectly assigned…

A WordPress website can accumulate user accounts and permissions over time without anyone noticing. A writer becomes an editor. A freelancer finishes a project but keeps their account. A…

The WordPress Administrator account has more power than most other user accounts on a standard WordPress website. An Administrator can typically manage users, plugins, themes, settings, content, and other…

Giving every user Administrator access may seem like the easiest way to avoid permission problems. If everyone can access everything, nobody has to ask for additional permissions when they…

User accounts are one of the most important security controls on a WordPress website. A compromised Administrator account can give an attacker extensive control over a site, while an…