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WordPress Site Hacked? Here’s What to Do Right Now
WordPress site hacked? Visitors are redirected to strange sites, Google shows a warning, spam pages appear in search results or your homepage was replaced. Act quickly, but carefully. The steps below help limit the damage while our team prepares a full cleanup.
Signs your WordPress site has been hacked
Visitors (often on mobile or coming from Google) are redirected to spam, scam or adult sites
Google shows “This site may be hacked” in results or Chrome displays a red “Dangerous site” warning
Pages with Japanese text, pharmaceutical or casino keywords appear in Google for your domain
Unknown admin users, plugins or files appear in WordPress
Your host suspended your account or reported malware
Your site sends spam emails or your domain lands on blocklists
WordPress site hacked: what to do immediately
- Don’t delete everything or restore blindly. A random backup may already be infected, and you’d lose clues about how the attacker got in.
- Change passwords for your hosting account, WordPress administrators, FTP/SFTP, database and the email address linked to them, from a clean device. Turn on two-factor authentication.
- Tell your host. Many hosts can isolate the account and provide access logs.
- Check Google Search Console (Security & Manual Actions > Security issues) to see what Google detected.
- Put up a maintenance page if visitors are being redirected to harmful sites.
- Contact us with screenshots, the date you noticed the problem and your hosting details.
What we do
We clean the infected files and database, remove backdoors and rogue users, update or replace vulnerable components, harden security and, if Google flagged your site, request a review in Search Console once it’s clean. The full process is described on our hacked WordPress site repair service page. If a red browser warning is the main problem, see Google “Dangerous site” warning.
How long does it take?
Containment usually starts as soon as we have access. The cleanup time depends on how deep the infection goes and how many sites share the hosting account. If Google displays a warning, it is removed only after Google reviews your request, on Google’s own timeline. We can’t control that timeline, but a clean site and a well-documented request avoid unnecessary delays.
Send us what you see. We’ll review your site and tell you what needs to be done first.
Your questions, answered
Only if you know the backup is clean and you’ve closed the hole the attacker used. Otherwise, sites are often reinfected within days.
A prompt, complete cleanup limits the damage. Spam pages need to be removed so they return a 404 or 410, and any security warning has to be lifted after a review. See spam pages in Google if that’s what you’re seeing.
Most often through an outdated plugin or theme, a stolen password, a nulled (pirated) plugin or a compromised account on shared hosting. We look for the entry point during cleanup.
If personal data may have been accessed, state data breach notification laws may apply. Ask your attorney; we can document what we find to help.
Regular updates, strong passwords with two-factor authentication, a web application firewall, security monitoring and tested off-site backups.