{"id":271,"date":"2026-07-16T21:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/?p=271"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:38:19","slug":"how-to-protect-your-website-from-hackers-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"How to Protect Your Website From Hackers in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South African small business websites are a favourite target for hackers. Why? Because most are poorly maintained, running outdated software, and have weak passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is how to protect yours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use a strong unique password for your WordPress admin (not admin123)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable two-factor authentication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep WordPress, themes, and plugins updated<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Install an SSL certificate (the padlock icon)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limit login attempts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change your login URL from the default wp-admin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take regular backups stored off-site<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use a security plugin like Wordfence or Sucuri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose hosting with built-in security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your site gets hacked, the cost to clean it is R5,000 to R50,000. Prevention costs R0 with proper maintenance. Do not wait until it happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need Help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I set up and manage Google Business Profiles for local businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Call: 067 863 2867<br>Email: hello@mvisionweb.co.za<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African small business websites are a favourite target for hackers. Why? Because most are poorly maintained, running outdated software, and have weak passwords. Here is how to protect yours: If your site gets hacked, the cost to clean it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions\/272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}