Are you looking to improve the security of your WordPress site?
Hackers can upload malware to your website in an attempt to break in. Disabling PHP in these directories will stop the malware from running.
In this article, we will show you how to disable PHP execution in WordPress using the .htaccess file.
WordPress powers millions of websites worldwide, making it one of the most popular content management systems on the internet. While its popularity is one of its greatest strengths, it also makes WordPress a frequent target for cyber criminals. One of the most common threats website owners face is a brute force attack.
In this guide, we’ll explore the 9 best WordPress security plugins for 2026, highlighting their features, strengths, and ideal use cases. Whether you run a personal blog, an online store, or a business website, these plugins can help strengthen your site’s defenses and provide peace of mind.
When we first started WPBeginner in 2009, we were using All in One SEO Pack because it was the original WordPress SEO plugin. After a couple of years, we switched to Yoast SEO because it was a newer plugin, and it brought some new innovations.
Over the next several years, our website grew a lot. However, we felt that Yoast SEO stopped innovating and no longer had the features we needed.
For instance, we needed better control over XML sitemaps, powerful schema.org tools, and more.
In 2020, our parent company, Awesome Motive, acquired the All in One SEO plugin.
The All in One SEO team did a fantastic job of completely overhauling the plugin, adding all the latest SEO features, and truly making it the best in class.
After numerous rounds of testing, we decided to make the move from Yoast SEO to AIOSEO in November 2021 because our team was convinced that AIOSEO had surpassed Yoast in terms of SEO features.
Since then, we have noticed a significant improvement in our editorial workflow and day-to-day SEO tasks.
That being said, here are the top reasons we switched from Yoast SEO to All in One SEO: