Hacked WordPress Website? We Clean It, Then Rebuild It Properly.
A hacked site puts your traffic, reputation and customer data at risk every hour it stays infected. We remove the malware, shut out the attacker and get you back online clean, fast, and hardened against the next attack.
Full Malware Removal, Not a Quick Patch
When a WordPress site is compromised, cleaning the visible symptoms is not enough. Attackers leave hidden admin accounts, backdoors and infected core files behind. We deal with all of it, then rebuild from clean sources so the infection cannot simply return.
Deep Malware & Backdoor Removal
We find and remove injected code, dropper files, web shells and disguised malware hiding in plugins, uploads and core directories, not just the obvious symptoms.
Rogue Admin & Database Cleanup
Attackers plant hidden administrator accounts and inject malicious data into your database. We remove rogue users, orphaned permissions and injected records line by line.
Rebuild From Clean Sources
Rather than trusting infected files, we rebuild on fresh WordPress core, clean plugins and a sanitised database. As an established East London web design studio, we rebuild it right.
Salts, Hashes & Credentials Rotated
We rotate security salts, reset password hashes and change database and hosting credentials, so any access the attacker captured is invalidated immediately.
Purpose-Built Cleanup Tooling
We developed our own auditing and cleanup tools to detect compromise and clean at speed, so large jobs and whole fleets are handled far faster than manual, file-by-file work.
Hardening & Ongoing Protection
After cleanup we harden the site, add monitoring and keep WordPress updated through a maintenance plan, so the next disclosed vulnerability is handled before it reaches you.
Large-Scale Exploits Now Hit Every WordPress Site At Once
Some of the most serious WordPress security events are not about how a site was built. They are flaws in WordPress core itself, the software that runs around 40% of the web. When one is disclosed, every site on every host becomes a target within hours, not weeks.
We saw this first-hand during a major 2026 core-exploit event, where automated attacks swept across hosting providers worldwide. Sites without maintenance or monitoring were the ones that fell, and many owners only found out once their site was defaced, blacklisted or serving spam.
- Core-level flaws affect every host and every developer equally
- Automated attacks move from disclosure to exploitation in hours
- Unmaintained and unmonitored sites are the ones that get hit
- Recovery is far cheaper and faster when caught early
Attackers Are Now Using AI To Exploit Websites Faster Than Ever
The gap between a vulnerability being disclosed and being exploited used to be weeks. With attackers now using AI to scan, probe and weaponise flaws automatically, that window has collapsed to hours. AI lets a single attacker target thousands of sites at once, adapt to defences, and find weaknesses far faster than manual hacking ever could.
That speed is exactly why a set-and-forget WordPress site is no longer safe. The same technology we use to build faster, smarter AI-driven websites is being turned against unprotected sites by attackers. Staying ahead now means active maintenance and monitoring, not an annual check-in.
- Automated AI scanning finds vulnerable sites within hours of disclosure
- One attacker can now target thousands of sites simultaneously
- Exploits adapt automatically to get around basic defences
- Only active maintenance keeps pace with an automated threat
The Real Cost Of A Hacked Website
A compromise is rarely just an inconvenience. The cost of a wiped or breached site reaches well beyond the cleanup itself.
Lost Website, Lost Investment
A wiped or defaced site can undo years of content, design and SEO in an afternoon. Rebuilding from scratch costs far more than maintaining a site properly. See what a site is worth to rebuild on our cost of a website in South Africa guide.
Stolen Credentials & Customer Data
Worse than downtime, an attacker who reaches your database can steal customer details, login credentials and personal information, which then has to be treated as breached and acted on.
POPIA Obligations
Under South Africa's POPIA, if personal information is compromised you may have a legal duty to notify the regulator and affected people. A hack is not only a technical problem, it can become a compliance one, and ignoring it carries real risk.
Lost Trust & Revenue
A Google "this site may be hacked" warning or a blacklisted domain drives customers away and tanks rankings. The longer it stays, the deeper the damage to traffic and reputation.
Emergency Recovery Costs
Cleaning an active, spreading compromise under pressure costs more than preventing it. A maintenance plan is a fraction of the cost of an emergency rebuild.
Prevention Is Cheaper
Ongoing hosting and maintenance keeps the whole stack patched and monitored. Explore our hosting and maintenance packages to keep your site protected.
We Engineered Our Own Tools To Clean Fast And Thoroughly
When a threat hits a whole fleet of sites, cleaning each one by hand is too slow and too easy to get wrong. So we built our own tooling: auditing plugins that detect compromise indicators, patch managers that apply fixes safely, and scripts that clean infected databases and files in a repeatable, verifiable way.
During the 2026 event we ran this tooling across more than 200 WordPress sites this event, many hosted elsewhere, checking every one, hardening them, and cleaning and rebuilding those that were affected. That combination of real experience and purpose-built tools is what lets us move quickly without cutting corners.
- Automated compromise detection across whole fleets
- Safe, controlled patching of WordPress core
- Repeatable database and file cleanup, verified after every job
- Clean rebuilds rather than risky in-place disinfection
How We Recover A Hacked WordPress Site
A clear, methodical process that removes the threat and proves the site is clean before it goes back online.
Assess & Contain
We take a full backup as evidence, put the site into a safe state and identify how far the compromise has spread across files and database.
Clean & Remove
We strip out malware, backdoors and web shells, remove rogue admin accounts and clean injected code from the database and core files.
Rebuild & Secure
We rebuild on clean WordPress core and plugins, rotate salts, hashes and credentials, and import only sanitised data.
Verify & Protect
We re-scan to confirm the site is clean, harden it against repeat attacks and set up ongoing updates and monitoring.
The Technical Work Behind A Proper Cleanup
A real recovery goes deeper than deleting a suspicious file. Here is the kind of work a thorough WordPress cleanup involves.
Database Sanitisation
We clean infected databases directly, removing rogue administrator users, orphaned admin permissions, malicious plugin remnants and injected options, then verify the database before it is ever imported.
Core & Login File Cleaning
Attackers hide code in login files, core directories and files disguised as legitimate WordPress components. We clean or replace these from verified clean sources so nothing malicious remains.
Salt & Hash Rotation
We rotate WordPress security salts and reset password hashes so every existing session is invalidated, cutting off any access an attacker may have captured before the cleanup.
Credential Rotation
Database passwords, hosting logins and connected keys are rotated, because anything stored in a compromised site should be treated as known to the attacker.
Uploads & Plugin Vetting
We strip executable code out of media uploads and vet themes and custom code by hand before carrying anything back into the clean build.
Maintenance & Updates
Ongoing update management keeps WordPress core, plugins and themes patched, the single most effective defence against the next disclosed vulnerability.
Whether It's Your Site Or Your Client's
We work with business owners in an emergency and with agencies and developers who need a compromise handled properly and fast.
Business & Site Owners
If your website is hacked, defaced, blacklisted by Google or serving content you did not put there, we get you back online quickly and cleanly, and make sure it stays that way. You do not need to understand the technical detail, we handle all of it and keep you informed.
Report a Hacked SiteAgencies & Developers
If you manage client sites and a compromise is beyond your capacity, or you need it resolved faster than doing it in-house, we work as your behind-the-scenes cleanup partner. Clear communication, thorough work, and no drama with your client relationship.
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