WordPress Security Definitions
Comprehensive glossary of WordPress security terms, concepts, and definitions to help you understand and protect your site.
Firewall
10 termsNetwork security fundamentals including the OSI model, WAF, TCP/IP, HTTP, ICMP, DoS attacks, IP spoofing, and routing concepts.
Bots
8 termsBot-related definitions covering botnets, web crawlers, data scraping, click fraud, spam bots, and bot traffic management.
Security
15 termsCore security concepts including ransomware, social engineering, data breaches, zero-day exploits, DNS hijacking, and API security.
WordPress
10 termsWordPress-specific terminology covering plugins, themes, hooks, wp-config, REST API, and the WordPress ecosystem.
Infrastructure
10 termsNetwork and server infrastructure terms including SSL/TLS, DNS, CDN, WAF, firewalls, and the OSI model.
Threats
10 termsCyber threat definitions covering malware, phishing, botnets, DDoS attacks, ransomware, and social engineering.
What is a WAF (Web Application Firewall)?
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a security solution that monitors, filters, and blocks HTTP/HTTPS traffic between a web application and the internet to protect against application-layer attacks.
What is bot traffic?
Bot traffic refers to any non-human visitors to a website, including both beneficial bots like search engine crawlers and harmful bots that scrape content, attempt attacks, or inflate analytics data.
What is Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)?
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a web security vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users, enabling session hijacking, data theft, and website defacement.
What is HTTP?
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the application-layer protocol used for transmitting hypermedia documents on the World Wide Web, forming the foundation of data communication for websites and web applications.
What is SQL Injection?
SQL injection is a code injection attack in which an attacker inserts malicious SQL statements into input fields or parameters of a web application, enabling them to manipulate the backend database to access, modify, or delete data.
What is web application security?
Web application security is the practice of protecting websites and web applications from cyber threats by identifying, remediating, and preventing vulnerabilities that attackers could exploit.