Malware & Recovery
A hacked WordPress site is stressful and costs you traffic, trust and sometimes search rankings. We work quickly to remove the malware, restore the site and close the hole that let the attacker in, then harden it against the next attempt.
Identifying and removing injected code, backdoors, spam and malicious files across the site and database.
Getting the site back to a clean, working state from backups where possible, and rebuilding what is not recoverable.
Clearing Google Safe Browsing and host warnings, and submitting for review so visitors stop seeing the red screen.
Closing the entry point, updating or removing risky plugins, tightening permissions and adding monitoring so it does not recur.
We treat a hack as urgent. First we contain and clean, then we restore service, then we find how they got in and fix it. Finally we put monitoring and maintenance in place so a one-off does not become a pattern.
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Finding out your WordPress site has been hacked is stressful. It might be defaced, redirecting visitors to somewhere dubious, sending spam, quietly stealing data, or showing the red Google warning that scares away everyone who tries to visit. Whatever the symptom, every hour it stays that way costs you traffic, trust and sometimes hard-won search rankings.
We get hacked sites cleaned up, back online and locked down. The order matters: contain and clean first, restore service, then find and fix how the attacker got in, and finally put protection in place so a one-off does not become a recurring problem.
WordPress sites are rarely targeted personally. Most compromises are automated, exploiting an out-of-date plugin, a weak password or a known vulnerability. The signs are familiar:
If any of that sounds familiar, the worst thing to do is nothing. Compromised sites tend to get worse, not better, as automated attacks pile on once a weakness is known.
We identify and remove the injected code, backdoors, spam and malicious files across both the site and the database, because attackers usually leave more than one way back in. We restore the site to a clean, working state from backups where good ones exist, and rebuild what is not recoverable. We clear Google Safe Browsing and host blacklists and submit the site for review, so visitors stop seeing warnings. Then we harden it: closing the entry point, updating or removing risky plugins, tightening permissions and user accounts, and adding monitoring.
Recovery is only half the job. A site that is cleaned but left in the same state it was attacked in will usually be hit again. That is why we finish by hardening the site and recommending ongoing protection. Reliable, secure hosting and a regular maintenance plan are the two things that most reduce the odds of a repeat, because the vast majority of hacks exploit software that was simply left out of date.
We treat hacks as urgent and aim to contain and clean as fast as the situation allows. Simple cases can be resolved quickly, while heavily compromised sites or those without good backups take longer. We will assess it and give you a realistic timeframe at the start.
Usually not. Where clean backups exist, we restore from them. Where they do not, we clean the existing site and rebuild only what cannot be salvaged. The better your backups, the faster and cleaner the recovery, which is one reason ongoing maintenance matters so much.
Yes. Once the site is genuinely clean, we clear host and Google Safe Browsing blacklists and submit the site for review so the warning is lifted. The warning only stays away if the underlying problem is actually fixed, so we make sure it is.
Almost always because of an out-of-date plugin or theme, a weak password, or a known vulnerability that had not been patched. It is rarely personal. The fix is to patch the hole and keep the software current, which is exactly what regular maintenance does.
Keep WordPress, themes and plugins updated, use strong credentials, host on a secure platform, and run monitoring and backups. We harden the site as part of recovery and can keep it protected with a maintenance plan so you are not relying on luck.
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