How To Recover Hacked WordPress Site?

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Hacking and cheating now a days is a really common affair and it can happen to anyone. Even India’s no. 1 site labnol has once be hacked by some people. WordPress is really vulnerable to attacks because it is insecure (http) and it is build of PHP attacks. It is always said that Prevention Is Better Than Cure but what if your site gets really hacked? In this post, we would give you some quick tips to overtake the administration of your site once again after it is hacked. Lets start.

Why This Tutorial?

WordPress is known for its past hacks and attacks. Anyone can fool you and make you install a vulnerable plugin in your site which can easily catch your administration login information or make any other person administrator of the site. So, we wrote this tutorial to make your wordpress site once again yours. First of all, if your site gets hacked, then don’t panic! It is extremely easy to get your WordPress site back. Just follow these steps:

#1: Reset Your WordPress Password

If the hacker has removed the link of resetting password, you can easily access it using this address:

http://www.site.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

Now, first of all, reset your password through the given form. After resetting your administrator password, follow the steps:

#2: Remove Your WordPress Index.php

Notice that! There’s difference between index.html and index.php. Most of the hackers hack your site by tampering your index.php file. First of all, delete your index.php file from your cpanel. To do so, follow these steps:

• Login into your cPanel and browse to File Manager > wp-content > And Delete index.php



• Simply delete the file!

#3: Delete Your WordPress Themes And Plugins..

Hackers get into your site administration through your themes or plugins. You install a certain script in your theme or a plugin and your site gets hacked. To prevent all this, simply follow the steps:

• Go to File Manager(cPanel) > wp-content > And delete complete themes and plugins folder.
• Now, create another blank themes and plugins folder




How To Recover Hacked WordPress Site?