Emergency response
Hacked WordPress site repair
Your site is showing content you never published, redirecting visitors to unknown pages, or has been replaced by a foreign e-commerce store? It has been compromised. Every passing hour makes it worse: Google can blacklist you, customers lose trust, and the malware digs in deeper.
Fixotron responds to emergencies: we clean up the site, remove malware and backdoors, recover your content and lock the site back down. We work on real compromise cases every week — we know where to look.
How to tell if your site has been hacked
A hack isn't always obvious. Sometimes the site looks normal to you but serves different content to Google or to mobile visitors. The most common warning signs:
- Pages or content you never created (often in other languages)
- Redirects to spam sites, pharma pages or unknown e-commerce stores
- A "This site may be hacked" warning in Google search results
- Being locked out of your WordPress dashboard
- Warning emails from your hosting provider, or a sudden traffic drop
- Recently modified files you don't recognize
What we do: full cleanup, not just a wipe
Restoring a backup is not enough: if the vulnerability stays open, the attack repeats within days. Our cleanup follows a complete protocol:
- Forensic analysis: we identify the entry point (vulnerable plugin, stolen credentials, compromised shared hosting)
- Removal of malware, infected files and code injected into the database
- Backdoor hunting: attackers always leave hidden ways back in, often disguised as plugins or system files
- Recovery and restoration of your original content
- Closing the vulnerability and hardening the installation
- Google review request if the site has been blacklisted
Response times
Compromised sites are our top priority: we take on the case within hours of your report. Most cleanups are completed within 24–48 hours; deeply rooted cases (database malware, multiple backdoors, active blacklists) can take a few days more, but the site comes back online in a safe state as soon as possible.
Before we start you receive a clear quote based on the diagnosis: you know what we'll do, what it costs and how long it takes.
Cases solved in the workshop
A real example: a coffee roaster's website had been entirely replaced by a fake foreign e-commerce store, with the original content deleted and multiple backdoors hidden among the plugins. We isolated the site, removed every infected file, recovered the content, identified the vulnerable plugin used as the entry point, and delivered the site cleaned and hardened in under two days.
Every case is different, but the method is the same: understand how they got in, remove everything they left behind, close the door.
After the cleanup: prevention
A freshly cleaned site is safe, but it remains a target: whoever attacked you once will often try again. That's why we recommend following up with WordPress hardening (firewall and monitoring) and a WordPress maintenance plan that keeps core, plugins and themes up to date — by far the most common way attackers get in.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to clean a hacked WordPress site?
It depends on how deep the compromise goes. After a free diagnosis you receive a clear, final quote before any work begins. No surprise costs.
Isn't restoring a backup enough?
No: if the backup postdates the infection it already contains the malware, and either way the vulnerability used to get in stays open. Without removing the backdoors and closing the entry point, the attack repeats.
My site is flagged as dangerous on Google: will that go away?
Yes. After the cleanup we submit a review request through Google Search Console; the warning is usually removed within a few days of verification.
How did they get into my site?
In most cases through an outdated plugin or theme with a known vulnerability, weak or reused credentials, or another compromised site on the same hosting. The forensic analysis pinpoints the exact entry point.
Will I lose my content?
No — recovering your original content is part of the cleanup. Even when the attacker has deleted or overwritten it, we can almost always recover it from backups, caches or the database.
Tell us about your site
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