5 Security Extensions To Consider For Your Joomla Website
If your CMS of choice is Joomla then you are in good company, with over 30 million websites using the platform, not to mention a developer community of around 200,000. You’ll already know of Joomla’s advantages in terms of features and extensions but how familiar are you with Joomla’s security.
As with other platforms such as WordPress and Drupal, websites built using Joomla are viable targets in the eyes of hackers and cyber-saboteurs, so if you haven’t made the time or effort to protect your site, you are leaving yourself wide open to an attack.
Thankfully there are a number of very impressive security extensions designed specifically for Joomla sites which can protect your content, data and other information, and prevent your site from being infiltrated. Here are 5 of the best which can keep your Joomla site safe.
JomDefender: This extension prevents ‘drive-by’ hackers from identifying applications within your site which are vulnerable by keeping them hidden and protected. It also has security features which make it very difficult for hackers to gain access to your site via the login page by requesting two unique passwords instead of one, and thus making it twice as difficult for them to break in.
Difference between Plug-ins and Modules
If you are new to Joomla, then you need to know the difference between modules and plug-ins. These may seem similar to the untrained eye, but they are as different as night and day. Let’s take a look at each in detail.
What are Modules?
Modules are basically flexible extensions in Joomla that are used to render pages. Also known as boxes, these are arranged around the components of each page such as the log-in module. Each one is assigned to a menu item so you can use them to hide a module according to the page you are currently on and some are assigned specific components. For instance a ‘latest news’ module will be linked to com_content and will also sport links to the latest content pieces. On the other hand, you do not have to link modules to components or anything for that matter. They can be used as static HTML or text.