Do You Need To Run A WordPress Security, Malware, Or Spam Plugin?

Over the years, and while helping people out on their websites, I’ve seen a lot of people running various security plug-ins on WordPress. And unfortunately, I have often seen them cause way more problems than they solve. So, this begs the question: Do we need to run security plugins on our WordPress site?

Duration

17m 25s

Date Published

June 28, 2021

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