AdminTools from Akeeba installs
like any WordPress plugin.
To begin go to the akeebackup.com website
and click on the download link.
If you have subscribed
to the Professional version please make sure
that you log in first.
Now if you scroll down
past the backup products to the security products
you will see the link to download AdminTools to your computer.
Once that is downloaded
go to your WordPress web site
and then go to Plugins
Add, New.
Click on the upload plugin button
and then browse to the file that you just downloaded
Click on the Install Now button
and admintools will be installed.
Once admintools has been installed
don't forget to activate the plugin.
You will see two messages
The second says that the plugin has been activated
but the first says
that admintools is not yet
protecting your site and you must
run the quick setup wizard.
To do that smply click on the link.
The first part of the setup is the administrator security
The first option is to add additional
password protection before you can
before you can access the WordPress login.
If you want to know more about this
see the later video "Protecting your WordPress website".
so I am going to type in my name for the username
and for the password
I will use a complex password
one that I am not using for the WordPress website.
The next options decides if you
want an email sent on
every attempted login to your
administrator.
Its up to you
You might want to experiment with this for a while
before deciding if you want to keep
this feature on or not.
We now reach the basic security settings.
Obviously we want to enable the
Web Application Firewall
IP workarounds is a complex
technical thing. All you need to know
is whatever the recommended setting
for your site is - is what you should set.
Now we want to decide
do we want to block repeat offenders
on your site and I would assume
that would be a yes.
and now the email address that you
want security exceptions to be sent to.
Now we get to the Advanced Securty settings.
Project honeypot is an external
service. You can find more information
about it by clicking on this link.
If you do decide to sign up for it
you need to enter the key here.
Now we come to the most important part.
Creating a secure htaccess file.
An htaccess file is a
special file that runs on your web server
that will help to protect
your website.
However in some circumstances
it may block you out of your website.
So before you enable this
and press save I strongly
recommend that you open
up these links
in a new browser so that
you have all the information to hand
should anything go wrong.
Because I have set the password
protect admminstrator option
as soon as I save this configuration
a login box will popup
that I need to complete before
I can get back in.
So just make sure that you have
a copy of that password.
As you can see the popup has appeared
so I enter my username and password.
AdminTools has now been installed.
If you are using the professional version
you will see this box asking you for
your Download ID.
This is required in order for you
to receieve updates to the program.
Return to the akeeba website
make sure you are logged in
and go to My Subscriptions.
If you scroll down you will
find your download id.
simply select it
and copy it
return to your website
and paste it in
and click apply download id.
We now have a message about
a GeoIP database.
This provides some additional iinformation
on the geographic location of a users IP address.
So just go ahead and update
the counry database.
You have now successfully installed
Admintools and I recommend that you
follow the remaining videos to
find out more about the features
of admintools to protect your website.