Most guides on this topic start by explaining what malware is. You already know. Something is wrong with your site and you need it gone. So let’s start with the useful part instead: figuring out which infection you have. Because “WordPress malware” isn’t one thing, and the cleanup for a redirect hack looks different from […]Read More

Someone tells you they searched your business name and Google offered them cheap Cialis. You check. Your site is fine. Homepage loads, pages are normal, nothing’s changed. You log into WordPress and everything’s where you left it. No warnings, no weird posts, nothing. They must be confused. Or their browser has something. Or they typed […]Read More

You Google your own business. Instead of your homepage, you see listings in Japanese. Counterfeit handbags. Fake watches. Pages you never made, on your domain, with your name attached. You click one. It 404s. You open your site. It’s completely normal. So you check Google Search Console for a security warning, and there isn’t one. […]Read More

Most people find out what a hacked website costs in the worst possible order. First the cleanup quote. Then the hosting bill. Then, weeks later, the slow realization that the traffic hasn’t come back and probably won’t for a while. So let’s do it in the right order instead — while your site is still […]Read More

A customer emails you. They say your site sent them to some sketchy page about a browser update. You open your site. It loads fine. You click around. Everything works. So you assume they made a mistake, or their phone had a virus, or they clicked an ad somewhere else. Then a second person says […]Read More

The Short Version, Because Some of You Are Panicking On July 17, 2026, the WordPress security team shipped an emergency patch for a flaw that lets a complete stranger on the internet run code on your website. No password. No plugin. No clicking a shady link. Just a request sent to your site. It’s called […]Read More