Your WordPress Site’s Been Hacked—Now What?
A practical guide for recovering from a WordPress website hack. In this session, we’ll walk through how to detect and identify the breach, remove malicious code, and secure your site against future attacks. Learn step-by-step recovery processes, key tools for cleanup, and essential best practices to harden your website’s defences—so you can bounce back quickly and reduce the risk of being compromised again.
Presentation goal & learning objectives
Goals:
– Help WordPress users respond quickly and confidently to a website hack.
– Equip attendees with a clear process for identifying, removing, and recovering from malicious code and unauthorised access.
– Share proven security best practices to minimise future vulnerabilities and strengthen long-term protection.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
– Detect signs that a WordPress website has been compromised.
– Use tools and techniques to locate and remove malicious files or code.
– Restore their site safely using backups and clean versions of WordPress core files and plugins.
– Implement essential hardening measures such as strong credentials, file permissions, firewall setups, and update policies.
– Create a post-hack action plan that includes monitoring, auditing, and ongoing maintenance to prevent repeat attacks.
Presentation audience
This is for WordPress builders and business owners.