A hacked WordPress is a common misfortune: redirects to other people’s sites, spam pages, Google warnings. Recovery is not only cleaning out the virus — it is finding the way in and closing it, so the infection does not return.
Signs of a hack
- redirects to third-party resources;
- unknown pages or posts, spam in the search results;
- browser or Google warnings;
- new "administrators", odd files, load spikes.
What gets done
- diagnosis: malicious code located in files and database;
- cleanup: injections, backdoors and malicious plugins removed;
- the cause: a vulnerable plugin, a weak password, a hole in the server;
- closing it: updates, changed passwords and salts, hardening;
- prevention: backups, monitoring, a WAF.
Why the cause is what matters
Clean it up but leave the vulnerability and the site will be hacked again. So the crucial part is establishing how they got in, and shutting that path.
Winning back Google’s trust
After the cleanup a review request goes to Search Console to lift the dangerous-site flag.
Common questions
Will the content survive?
Usually yes — posts and settings are recovered.
How long does it take?
It depends on the scale; critical cases take priority.
Will it happen again?
We close the cause and put protection in place.
Site been hacked? I will clean it, find the cause and close the vulnerability.
