Keep headers/logos under 125 pixels high. It takes up valuable viewing space, especially for laptop users, that is best left for the good stuff to appear"above the fold." Take a cue from the big companies, simple logos done well say it all. This is our #1 pet peeve - screaming logos and headers!
Backing up your site regularly helps in securing from fix malware problem hackers. You have to keep a copy of your documents hide away in backup system so you can be confident of your database. This makes you a protected backup files that serves you in times of sudden down is the system. Hackers are not as likely to slip from a secured back up system.
It is not unusual for sites to be hacked by a random person today. Actually, even entire domains get hacked. If you aren't a programmer or a programmer, there is no way you will understand anything about codes or programming languages. This is the major reason why a number of the people who don't know anything about codes wind up if there are any methods to protect investments and their sites from such hackers thinking.
You also need to set the"Anyone Can Register" in Settings/General to off, and you should have some sort of spam plugin. Akismet is the one I use, the old standby, but there are many of them these days.
As I (our untrue Joe the Hacker) understand, people have way too many usernames and passwords to remember. You have got Twitter, Facebook, your online banking, LinkedIn, two blog logins, FTP, internet hosting, etc. accounts which all come with logins and passwords you will need to remember.
However, I recommend that you set up the Login LockDown plugin instead of any.htaccess controls. Login requests will stop from being permitted from a certain IP address for one hour. You may get into your admin panel while away from your workplace, and yet you still have protection against hackers if you This Site do so.