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Spam Blog Posts
3 replies · Started by Stuart on August 2, 2019
Somehow blog posts are being added to my site by a Russian dating service (about 50 posts!). How is this possible unless they have my password? What can I do to prevent this from happening?
Hi there,
sounds like your site has been hacked - apart from gaining admin access they may have added some malicious code to your site.
This guide covers the core basics of securing your site:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-security/
They recommend Sucuri - which is a pretty good plugin who also provides this for cleaning a hacked site:
https://sucuri.net/guides/how-to-clean-hacked-wordpress/
I generally use Wordfence for my protection ( iThemes security is also good ). Wordfence provide a cleaning service which includes a years premium subscription so pretty good value:
https://www.wordfence.com/wordfence-site-cleanings/
I would begin with reviewing the first article to improve your security.
Thank you. I am going to try some of those things.
you're welcome