The website or blog owner could have their content compromised. Their links can be altered and even redirected to perhaps competition or even spammy sites which could lead to their site getting shut-down.
Worse, any income earned within the blog or business website could not just be compromised, but it could happen without the owner’s knowledge until it is too late!
One peeve that takes place is attempted logging to the Admin login page.
If WordPress site owners do not change the login page to something other than the default WP-Admin, hackers are not only going to keep trying to get into your site, but they are going to get in and take over without your knowledge of what exactly they have done.
Scary part is, it could have already taken place on your site and you just don’t know it.
Further, for blog and website visitors, going to a WordPress site that is not secure affects site visitors!
Yes! If you visit an unsecure WordPress, it can affect site visitors’ devices and data.