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How to create a secure WordPress user account

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How to create a secure WordPress user account

- [Instructor] So let's talk now about how to create a secure WordPress user account. Your username and password combination is an easy access point to your website. Think of it like your user account is a master key to your dashboard and therefore your website. Your user account information should be strong and secure and difficult to guess or duplicate. WordPress website hacks are very often caused by compromised passwords. So it's important to set up strong and secure user accounts from the very beginning of setting up your website, even if you haven't officially launched the site yet. We'll begin with the username. One of the most common usernames for WordPress websites is Admin. I remember when I first started using WordPress, that was kind of the default username for your main administrative login account. At the company where I worked, we used admin for all of our client sites. But because it's so common, it's…

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