Blog got hacked. How should I better secure my site?

cyrusv

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Jul 14, 2014

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• Nov 24, 2015

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Long story short, I found backlinks to a .xyz site with anchor text "seo site" in my blog articles. It could have been worst.

How can I better secure my site? Do they hack in via my ipage account or do they hack my wp account?

 

Hawkster

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Jun 22, 2013

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• Nov 24, 2015

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Take a read of this https://www.isaumya.com/10-tips-to-protect-wordpress-site-from-hackers/

 

Sythix

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• Nov 24, 2015

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Change your password, keep any plugins up to date, use a secure theme, and look into getting some WP security plugins.

 

bignose

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• Nov 24, 2015

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Install wordfence, it's the best of free plugins.

 

whiteblackseo

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Apr 11, 2015

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• Nov 24, 2015

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I remember to have Wordfence installed on all my sites, keeps it safe from people who want dat link juice

 

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wesleyjf91

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• Nov 25, 2015

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Keeping plugins updated is one of the most important things you can do. Most JS injections come from people failing to update plugins.

 

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AdludumAndre

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• Nov 25, 2015

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Hawkster said:

Take a read of this https://www.isaumya.com/10-tips-to-protect-wordpress-site-from-hackers/

Click to expand...

This is a really helpful URL already. If you have a VPS/dedicated server, this might be helpful for you: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-securing-your-linux-vps

 

bartosimpsonio

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Mar 21, 2013

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• Nov 25, 2015

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There used to be an old blog post titled how to harden your wordpress. If that's still around, it's a pretty good guide.

Also you better recover from a good backup (both db and files). Your current site is probably compromised for good.