[Support request] Spam Blog Posts

[Stuart]

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?

[David]

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.

[Stuart]

Thank you. I am going to try some of those things.

[David]

you’re welcome

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