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WordPress 5 Cookbook

You're reading from   WordPress 5 Cookbook Actionable solutions to common problems when building websites with WordPress

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838986506
Length 660 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
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Preface 1. Setting Up WordPress and Customizing Settings 2. Customizing Theme Design and Layout FREE CHAPTER 3. Using Plugins and Widgets 4. Publishing Site Content with the Gutenberg Editor 5. Managing Users and Permissions 6. Setting up a Blogging and Editorial Workflow 7. WordPress as an Application Framework 8. Improving Usability and Interactivity 9. Building E-Commerce Sites with WooComerce 10. Troubleshooting WordPress 11. Handling Performance and Maintenance 12. Improving Site Security 13. Promoting and Monetizing the Site 14. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Forcing logout for all users

We can use several techniques to improve site security, as well as use external services to scan and protect your site from potential threats. However, there is no guarantee that the site will be fully secured even with all the features and services. Gaining access to existing user accounts is one of the major causes behind hacked WordPress sites. Once a security breach is identified, we have to fix the security issue, as well as prevent the unauthorized user from doing any further damage to the site. In such a case, logging out all users and asking them to reset their passwords is a common way of preventing further damage to the site. Once all users are logged out, we can block the login functionality in general, or block specific accounts from logging in until the issue is fixed.

In this recipe, we are going to use an existing plugin to force logout...

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