There’s no more popular system than WordPress. But its very popularity has become problematic because hackers tend to set their sights on the largest pool of users, thus so many hackers are targetting WordPress sites.

Since approximately half of the world’s WordPress websites are independently hosted, their owners are the ones responsible for the bulk of the website’s cyber security suite. Sure, there are immediate and easy ways to improve the security of a WordPress installation but most WordPress admins fail to do so. And themes and plugins which go too long without updates can represent increased risks to both their administrators and their users.

It’s the quintessential problem of an open-source platform. Some additions are coded strongly and have thorough documentation, while others are not.

Here are the 4 top WordPress security flaws which can cause major issues for developers and administrators and easy solutions for each of those problems.