How to Clean a Hacked WordPress Site: Essential Steps
If you run a WordPress website — whether it’s a small business site, a community page, or a personal blog — getting hacked is one of those things you hope never happens but really should be prepared for. I see it more often than you’d think, and the panic that comes with it is completely understandable. The good news is that a hacked site isn’t necessarily a dead site, and knowing what to do in advance makes all the difference.
The folks at Jetpack have put together one of the most thorough plain-English guides I’ve come across on exactly this topic — covering everything from how to spot the signs you’ve been hacked, through to cleaning up the mess and locking things down properly so it doesn’t happen again. I’m sharing it here because every WordPress site owner should read it at least once, ideally before they ever need it.