WordPress’s popularity has made it a prime target for hackers. Each day countless self-hosted WordPress sites are damaged or taken down, usually by automated attacks exploiting known vulnerabilities.
Many WordPress site administrators only learn way too late about the important of pre-emptive security hardening after they have become victims of an attack and have suffered the consequences – loss of visitors, search engine ranking and damage to data.
Vlad Lasky from Aussie WP Expert shares his strategies and approaches to recovering compromised WordPress sites.
Common ways in which WordPress sites are compromised:
Assessing the damage
Determining the means of infiltration
Recovering the WordPress installation
Preventing reinfection
Restoring Search Engine ranking
This talk was recorded at WordCamp Sydney 2016. We have our free monthly meetups in three locations across Sydney. The WordPress Sydney Meetup is for any WordPress user from new to experienced to get together and discuss all things WordPress.
Meetup Page: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/WordPres...
Talk Name: Tips for Fixing A Hacked WordPress Site
Speaker: Vlad Lasky
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