Wordpress hacked. Entire content wiped out
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Someone hacked my Wordpress site, wiped out all my content and changed my login status to a subscriber. Years of hard work gone, I can't log in to fix anything. Is there anything I can do. Is there a way to prevent this from happening ever again. Is there a way to catch these people?
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It's good to see this is sorted - another option is to check Google's cache for anything else that's missing. It's saved me on a couple of occasions!
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Just wanted to add on. If you have cpanel access where you could get to phpmyadmin you could change the pass or user type. or even create a new admin to regain control. this is useful when you forget a pass and no longer have email access or something
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Make sure you UPDATE your database settings, and change all of your passwords. Also, UPDATE YOUR WEBSITE!
I'm glad you got this fixed. -
Thanks my hosting company fixed everything! Big thanks to EGOL and Joseph
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Right... good info.
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yea if you goto her profile you will see her site. I see what's going on. She owns the domain. Call hostgator - you own the hosting so they backup. Hurry before they "override it" with a newer version.
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I agree with Joseph... just adding a few more comments...
If your wordpress site was on your own domain and you still have control over the DNS then you can simply open a new hosting account and switch the DNS.
If your site was on your own domain you can get backups from the host for a fee.. or your host might be willing to reissue a new account and then the DNS switch might not be needed.
If your site was on a wordpress domain then you can go to archive.org to recover all but the most recent content.
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Many hosts back up stuff like this.. I would reach out to them. You still the domain? Is this is a shared host? I imagine so.. Contact them right now and they will restore a backup then UPGRADE your wordpress to the latest version. change the database user and password, change all of your passwords.
It looks like hostgator is hosting your site. they do weekly/monthly backups I think.
**If you need me to upgrade your site for freee I will do it for you. **
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