7 Signs That Your WordPress Site Is Hacked
Sure, WordPress might be one of the best and well-liked CMS (content management system), especially when it comes to bloggers. It is super easy to use, and even utter newbies can build a professional website using a WordPress theme. Unfortunately, WordPress sites are still very poorly protected if not using any 3rd party software. In fact, you better not even dare to use a page without any, even if free, protection plugins. And if you invest in a premium tool, well, that’s even better.
Of course, there are loads of other indicators telling you that you are/might be affected by something suspicious that needs additional observation.
If you are serious about your online project, you better be serious about protection even more. What’s the point in doing all the hard work if later all gets lost?
Overnight website traffic decrease
When the time comes to check your Google analytics to see how your page is doing and you spot something questionable, like a big drop in traffic, it is worth to investigate the situation further. This could be a sign that your WordPress site is under attack.
Some hackers attack your page to redirect your traffic to their content and ads for one main
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