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WordPress website got a Malware attack. 99% drop in traffic
Hi, Recently one of my WordPress websites got a Malware attack.
During Peak traffic time many users got redirected to spammy links.
All the Top ranking pages got a 99% drop in traffic and rankings dropped on Google.
Has anyone experienced something similar? What should be the next steps to get traffic back?
Should I recreate new pages with a new permalink and copy the content?
I don’t have any issues in the Search console also other few pages are still ranking it’s not on the complete website
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Yes i faced this issue multiple times, when i faced this issue i really got frustated because all of my client website’s and my own websites got hacked, atleast 5-6 websites was hacked.
And i found the root cause of this problem.
I was doing these things wrong that lets hackers easily hack my website.
1) I installed gpl free plugins just to get paid plugins in free from some websites. Delete all if you any.
2) I didn’t installed any wordpress security plugins like all in one security plugin, which i recommend. ( Its free ), and you need to configure all of the features of plugin, you can watch any video on youtube.
3) I hosted multiple sites in one hosting, which results in all website hacked when my one website was weak.
So never ever use one hosting for multiple websites.4) I didn’t changed my wp username, if it default “admin” then you arw inviting hackers.
5) Change the wp-login to something unique that noone can guess.
If your website is already hacked then i would recommend that you go on fiverr and find a security expert, because it is not easy to remove the malware from already hacked website.
When my website was hacked, and i didn’t had money to pay expert to remove the malware then i had to redevelop all the sites that were hacked from scratch with now following all the precautions i mentioned above.
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Clean up malware. Pay a professional if you need to.
Once site is clean, wait for rankings to return.
Check Google Search Console for “Security issues” for more info. I’ve never had an issue, fortunately, but there’s a section of GSC dedicated to this, which may give you more info/options if you’ve had a security issue.
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Have a backup ready all the times my friend. If ur website is earning u some money then I suggest u to go for ManageWP $2/month backup plan.
N don’t use plugins which have history of getting hacked and use genuine plugins at all times.
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