Recover a Hacked WordPress Site

The last thing that you want to do is recover a hacked WordPress site but unfortunately, it can happen to you or the clients that you help so here are some valuable tips to get back on track.

Contact the Hosting Provider.
* Ask the hosting provider to revert to a copy of the site from backups.

Protecting of the Website
* Install security plugins so you’ll know about changes that are made.
* Update your WordPress plugins within a week of being updated.
* Removed plugins that are no longer being supported by the author.
* Host with providers that maintains at least a “weekly” backup.
* Change your WordPress password and FTP password every ninety days.

Monitoring the Website
* Add tracking estimations codes to be notified of 404 Errors

The following two tabs change content below.
facebook-profile-picture

Stephan Pringle

Technology Support Specialist at Sipylus
About The Author: Stephan Pringle is an Information Technology Support Specialist. He covers hardware and software and provides tips for you to troubleshoot and repair issues on your own. In his spare time, he writes articles about the State of New York on his Hackintosh and HackBook and that has helped him to become the top contributor of the New York City section of Yahoo! Answers.
facebook-profile-picture

Latest posts by Stephan Pringle (see all)

facebook-profile-picture

Stephan Pringle

About The Author: Stephan Pringle is an Information Technology Support Specialist. He covers hardware and software and provides tips for you to troubleshoot and repair issues on your own. In his spare time, he writes articles about the State of New York on his Hackintosh and HackBook and that has helped him to become the top contributor of the New York City section of Yahoo! Answers.