Be Watchful: PHP And WordPress Functions That Can Make Your Site Insecure

Original Source: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/01/php-wordpress-functions-site-insecure/

Security of a WordPress (or any) website is a multi-faceted problem. The most important step anyone can take to make sure that a site is secure is to keep in mind that no single process or method is sufficient to ensure nothing bad happens. But there are things you can do to help. One of them is to be on the watch, in the code you write and the code from others you deploy, for functions that can have negative consequences.