I've had two WordPress blogs. That was in a time when I was doing almost no online marketing, and until I found time to handle the situation (weeks later), these sites were penalized at the major search engines. They weren't eliminated, however the ratings were reduced.
In addition to text and the graphics you're creating, you're going to need a protection and backup alternative for your site. fix wordpress malware attack is important, and if you don't protect and back up your site you can lose important data and information that might be very hard to restore. You don't want to have to start over from scratch once you've done all that work, so be sure you're secure.
Do not depend on your internet host - Many people rely on their web host to"do all that technical stuff for me", not realizing that sometimesthey do not! Far better to have the responsibility lie with you, rather than from your control.
First in line is creating a password for your account. Passwords must be made with numbers and characters. You may combine them and create small plus altered letters. Smarter passwords can be your gateway to zero hackers. Make passwords that you can consider.
Upgrade now if you aren't running the latest version of WordPress. Similar to keeping your door unlocked when you leave for vacation leaving your website in an old version is.
There is another problem you have with WordPress. People know where they can login and they could just visit your login form and try a different combination of passwords and user accounts out. So as to stop this from happening you want to install Login Lockdown. It's a plugin that only lets users try to login with a wrong password three times. Following that the IP address will be banned advice from the server for a certain timeframe.