Comments on: Make Sure Your WordPress is Not Hacked

By: medyum

medyum — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:57:36 +0000

Thanks for the Firefox link tips. I’ve never used that feature before.
I guess you’ve removed all my excuses for not upgrading. I’ll have to check out that plugin.

By: Hauke

Hauke — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:27:13 +0000

By: DSTT

DSTT — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:11:43 +0000

maybe something wrong with my blog!

By: Fred X

Fred X — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:53:36 +0000

1 —- Does the automatic update plug in work ? I did some googling and saw some mentions of things being disabled……………………..2 —- Are all my other plugins, mod rewrites safe ??? or do they require re-installation ? 🙂

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:18:20 +0000

This is just one great example for why you need to keep your WordPress blog up to date.

By: Daniel Scocco

Daniel Scocco — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:43:43 +0000

@Medical Transcriptionist , you will need to file a reinclusion request, vie the Webmaster Central.

By: Medical Transcriptionist

Medical Transcriptionist — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:23:09 +0000

Though I rectified the hack, my Google traffic is zero now. I couldn’t find on the web an answer to repair this damage. Do you have any suggestions?

By: Googlelady

Googlelady — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:53:47 +0000

Something similar happened to me and was searching about it, but it seems that just dailyblogtips have about it, and I will send you a BIG thanks for it.
this is what happened:

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:51:38 +0000

Good stuff, I wasn’t aware of some of the items mentioned. I do try and keep EVERYTHING updated…religiously.

It’s just a shame that some losers waste their time trying their best to be major jerks, when they could use their ‘talents’ towards making things better for all…themselves included.

By: Lance Winslow

Lance Winslow — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:54:47 +0000

Well, indeed, this is by far the most helpful article that I have read on the Internet this entire week, out of about 1200 probably. So, thank you on this. I have had both blogs and forums hacked and I’d would like to propose death by hanging as a potential punishment for such crimes?

By: Mark Avey

Mark Avey — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:51:07 +0000

We recently got hit, too. I’ve added some tips here for anyone in the same situation –

By: Bengt - fortyplustwo

Bengt - fortyplustwo — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:01:55 +0000

Thanks for another great post. I especially like the Firefox tip, an easy way to check if my blogs are OK.

By: Scott Fillmer

Scott Fillmer — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:38:28 +0000

Good post, thanks for the security suggestions, those are great.

By: Daniel Scocco

Daniel Scocco — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:50:11 +0000

Yeah if you have dynamic IPs it becomes a problem.

@Medical Transcriptionist, my blog that got hacked was also hosted on Yahoo!… lame stuff they got over there.

By: homelessinomsk

homelessinomsk — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:33:47 +0000

thx a lot!

By: Siddharth

Siddharth — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:25:02 +0000

From the security tips above the IP trick to save your wordpress is very important and secure. But the problem is that most of the internet user has a dynamic IP and this process will need a static IP for the htacess file.

By: Voice Of Dingchao

Voice Of Dingchao — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:22:42 +0000

Oh, since such adventure exists, I’d better check my blog and see whether it is hacked or not, hope not.

Thank for sharing this tips!

By: Abhijeet from Jeet Blog

Abhijeet from Jeet Blog — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:02:53 +0000

Daniel, everything is fine but if you secure your WP-Admin folder by allowing access only to certain IP addresses, then you cannot blog from other computers, like from an internet cafe. That may not be a feasible option for all the bloggers because sometimes you may need to use a different computer at a different location to blog.

By: Medical Transcriptionist

Medical Transcriptionist — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:32:38 +0000

Thank you. I was just in trouble and your post was in time to bail me out.

I’m on Yahoo hosting with crappy service, no updates with WordPress and remaining in version 2.0.2, no access to .htaccess file, and inviting all sorts of trouble with no other option than the last one you said.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:56:34 +0000

wow, thanks for that! Luckily, I didn’t see anything, but now I know how to check 🙂

By: Anne Ahira

Anne Ahira — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:44:20 +0000

Nice article! Very helpful.
I’ve been experiencing this ‘hacking things’ so many times, and it is really annoying.

By: Carla

Carla — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:27:13 +0000

Thanks for the Firefox link tips. I’ve never used that feature before.

I guess you’ve removed all my excuses for not upgrading. I’ll have to check out that plugin.

By: Matt Mikulla

Matt Mikulla — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:01:48 +0000

We got hacked and blogged about it:

By: Make Money Online

Make Money Online — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:54:28 +0000

Hey great advice I’ve been on alert with all the hacking thats been going around lately, thanks for the tip.