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New admin username

New admin username

Choose a new admin username name below. Alternately, you can ignore this recommendation if you really want to keep the admin username at your own risk.

Choose a new admin username name below. Alternately, you can ignore this recommendation if you really want to keep the admin username at your own risk.

Using the default admin username is widely considered bad practice and opens you up to the easiest form of entry to your website. We recommend avoiding generic usernames like admin, administrator, and anything that matches your hostname (%s) as these are the usernames hackers and bots will attempt first.

Using the default admin username is widely considered bad practice and opens you up to the easiest form of entry to your website. We recommend avoiding generic usernames like admin, administrator, and anything that matches your hostname (%s) as these are the usernames hackers and bots will attempt first.

You have a user account with the admin username.

You have a user account with the admin username.

One of the most common methods of gaining access to websites is through brute force attacks on login areas using default/common usernames and passwords. If you're using the default ‘admin' username, you're giving away an important piece of the puzzle hackers need to hijack your website.

One of the most common methods of gaining access to websites is through brute force attacks on login areas using default/common usernames and passwords. If you're using the default ‘admin' username, you're giving away an important piece of the puzzle hackers need to hijack your website.

You have a user account with the admin username.

You have a user account with the admin username.

Admin User

Admin User

By default, we will only notify the recipients below when a security recommendation hasn't been actioned for 7 days.

By default, we will only notify the recipients below when a security recommendation hasn't been actioned for 7 days.

Admin User

Admin User

Send reminders every 24 hours if fixes still hasn’t been actioned.

Send reminders every 24 hours if fixes still hasn’t been actioned.

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Off

Off

Off

On

On

Enabling this option will ensure you don’t need to check in to see that all your security tweaks are still active.

Enabling this option will ensure you don’t need to check in to see that all your security tweaks are still active.

Get email notifications if/when a security recommendation needs fixing.

Get email notifications if/when a security recommendation needs fixing.