Before we move on to securing WordPress, we need to be aware of what we might be dealing with.
Contents:
Viruses on WordPress sites
How to check if my site is infected with viruses
How to secure your WordPress site?
Summary
Virus on WordPress sites
WordPress itself is a very secure platform. Developers from all over the world work on its development, so they can quickly detect any potential flaws in the system and fix them immediately.
If WordPress is safe, why is it that viruses most often attack this platform? WordPress is the most popular content management system, used by about 40% of websites worldwide, which is why it is gambling data usa phone number most vulnerable to all types of attacks. The weak point of WordPress are plugins and templates written by more or less professional companies and ordinary users.
How do I check if my site has a virus?
1. Go to your website, click around it, e.g. on products, categories, offers, shopping cart, etc. If nothing strange happens, e.g. no windows pop up or you are not redirected to a completely different page, then initially the page seems to be fine.
2. Using FTP, browse the folders for files with random names, such as the one in the screenshot below.
3. Check the main index.php, wp-config.php, wp-settings.php files for malicious code. It is worth having spaces and tabs displayed in the file editor for this purpose.
At first glance, it is a normal WordPress file, however, if we have enabled showing spaces and tabs in the editor, we see gray dots in the first line indicating a large number of pressed spaces.
However, if you move the window slider to the right or enable word wrapping, you will see the code:
This is just a piece of malicious code that you can also find in other files of this system.
Other examples include:
4. Check the organic results in Google for your website by entering: site:my-domain.pl
The above screenshot shows some impressive results for a site that makes prescription glasses. You can also see that Google found 5,140 results, which is unlikely for a site that makes several types of glasses to have that many subpages.
5. Install a malware scanner, such as WebDefender Security – Protection & AntiSpam . This plugin will help you check if there are any viruses hidden on your site. Unfortunately, each problem you find must be individually checked and verified for malware, because it often happens that the plugins we use may contain code that is detected as malicious.
