Comments on: Security Check – WordPress table prefix change adds more security

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By: mayank

mayank — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:11:10 +0000

@shivaranjan – Thanks for taking up this point. I wasn’t even sure about it. I think Sherif’s point is right and should fix up things.

@sherif – why don’t you share the plugin with us, I will definitely write about it

By: Sherif

Sherif — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:53:01 +0000

Thanks for writing. I think that the table prefix change is the best security defense among all security measures you can take.

Shivaranjan, my wp-backup works and any plugin should work as it pick the prefix automatically.
If you have issues, let me know. I can find my backup plugin and share it with you.

Regards.

By: Shivaranjan

Shivaranjan — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:11:33 +0000

If we change the table prefix the security will be improved but if we are using some plugins like Wp-backup that rely on default tables then those plugins will not work. May be we have to then change the code of the plugin to match the new table prefix so we should be careful about upgrading plugins directly from dashboard instead we should download the new version of the plugin and then change the code to reflect the new table prefix. Correct me if i got something wrong?