Finally, installing the fix hacked wordpress database Scan plugin alert you that you might have missed, and will check all this for you. It will also inform you that a user named"admin" exists. That is your administrative user name. If you wish, you can follow a link and find instructions for changing that title. Personally, I believe that a strong password is enough protection that is good, and there have been no attacks on the blogs that I run since I followed these steps.
Safeguard your login credentials - Do not keep your login credentials where a hacker could find them. Store them offsite, and even offline. Roboform is good for protecting them. Food for thought!
Harness Scanner goes seeking anything suspicious through the files on your site comment database and place tables. You are also notified by it for plugin names that look at this site are odd. It doesn't remove anything, it simply warns you.
Another step to take to make WordPress secure is to always upgrade WordPress. The main reason for this is that with each update there also come fixes for security holes which makes it essential to update early.
These are some of the things I do to protect my blogs. Thing is they don't require much time to perform. These are simple options, which can be done.