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Pablo Kvitca
Courses Plus Student 9,624 PointsHacked Wordpress Site
I've been administering a Wordpress site (DO NOT ENTER, it's currently compromised and MAY HARM YOUR COMPUTER reconectarse.com.ar DO NOT ENTER, it's currently compromised and MAY HARM YOUR COMPUTER) for a few months now. I've just received an email from Google Webmaster's Tools saying that this website has been hacked and that they have detected malware. I've been trying to fix it myself, but I really don't know what to do. Can anyone help me? Zac Gordon
3 Answers
bobkingstone
27,869 PointsHi,
Best thing you can do is have a read of the wordpress codex which contains some steps you can take to recover.
Bob
bobkingstone
27,869 PointsHi
I haven't completed the wordpress codex project yet, but I would assume it teaches you how to use the reference materials found in the codex to enhance and further develop your wordpress site.
Bob
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherHi,
A hacked WordPress site can be a serious mess. If the site is simple, I would suggest building it over again from scratch. If that's not possible, I might try reaching out to your hosting company for some help or suggestions troubleshooting. Unfortunately, there are a number of different types of WordPress hacks along with a lot of different solutions, but they all involve a pretty rigorous process.
The Codex course is about the Codex as the official WordPress documentation. It covers how and why to use it, but it doesn't get into hacked sites. We will have a course coming on WordPress Security that will touch on what to do if your site gets hacked, but not necessarily go into super detail.
Shane Riley
1,109 PointsWhen you guys planning on releasing the Wordpress Security? :) rather sooner than later! Any resources tools to use if site has malware etc??
Pablo Kvitca
Courses Plus Student 9,624 PointsPablo Kvitca
Courses Plus Student 9,624 PointsThank you! I will take a look at that. Does it have anything to do with the Wordpress Codex Project, here at treehouse?