Finally, installing the fix wordpress malware plugin Scan plugin will check all this for you, and alert you to anything that you might have missed. It will also tell you that a user named"admin" exists. That is your administrative user name. You can follow a link and find directions if you desire. Personally, I believe that there is a password enough security that is good, and there have been no successful attacks on the sites that I run, since I followed those steps.
I might find it a little more difficult to crack your password if you're one of the ones that are proactive. But if you're one of those ones, I might get you.
I don't think there's a person out there that after learning just how much of a problem WordPress hacking is that it's a good idea to enhance the security of their blogs. However, something I've noticed through the years is that when it comes to securing their sites, bloggers seem to be stuck in this state.
Another step to take to make anchor WordPress more secure is to always upgrade WordPress. The reason behind this is that there come fixes for old security holes which makes it essential to update.
Don't use wp_. Most web hosting providers are eliminating that default now but if yours does not, fix wp_ to anything else but that.