{"id":17608,"date":"2011-03-01T19:59:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T14:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=17608"},"modified":"2020-05-24T10:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T04:37:29","slug":"wordpress-secret-keys-better-wordpress-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2011\/03\/wordpress-secret-keys-better-wordpress-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Update WordPress Secret Keys for Better WordPress Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the years, WordPress secret keys <\/strong>have added to WordPress security. Update your WordPress secure keys and log out all users to enhance your WordPress security.<\/p>\n

WordPress Security Keys<\/h3>\n

I had an opportunity to check some old WordPress blogs and they had outdated incomplete WordPress secret keys. WordPress Secret Keys was a WordPress security feature introduced 3 years back<\/a> in WordPress 2.5 for better\u00a0cookie security.<\/p>\n

While earlier the WordPress secret key was one line of extra long random code, over the years it is now 8 lines of complex random code. This is what it looks like in current wp-config.php<\/code> files.<\/p>\n

\"wordpress<\/p>\n

The 8 security keys are AUTH_KEY, SECURE_AUTH_KEY, LOGGED_IN_KEY, NONCE_KEY; with corresponding salts: AUTH_SALT, SECURE_AUTH_SALT, LOGGED_IN_SALT, and NONCE_SALT will ensure your site is harder to hack and crack by WordPress hackers.<\/p>\n

WordPress Secret Key Generator<\/h3>\n

So how do you create that kind of random code? The old secret key generator<\/a> created only 4 lines of code, but the new secret code generator<\/a> will create 8 lines of code for you to cut and paste into your WordPress wp-config.php file.<\/p>\n

Remember to use a simple text editor (I use Notepad++) else you might mess up your most important wp-config.php file. \u00a0Remember changing these values will invalidate all existing cookies and logout all WordPress users on your site.<\/p>\n

Check your WordPress wp-config.php in your WordPress installation directory now and confirm if 8 lines of secret keys exist. Anyway it is a good idea to change it sometimes and logout all users, just incase some hacker is secretly logged in. Good luck.<\/p>\n

NB – Edit wp-config.php only if you know what you are doing<\/span>, else your site could go offline easily. Try at your own risk or seek professional WordPress help.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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