WordPress is now a very popular platform for websites. As a result, it attracts attention, sometimes unwanted attention from hackers with their malware. The WordPress development team (Automattic) is constantly working to make WordPress a safe CMS.
But this is a never-ending process, a kind of warfare against the new malware and hackers that keep appearing. Recently, WordPress websites have come under attack that redirected traffic to malicious URLs.
When something like this happens, it is possible that Google is driving visitors away from your website. It is done to protect visitors from malware infection. You will then start to notice that your traffic is dropping.
How does your blog get infected?
WordPress users are spoiled for choice when it comes to installing a WordPress theme. Pick any niche, and you'll have multiple theme choices for your niche, both free and premium.
One thing users should be careful about when selecting a theme is the different pieces of unwanted code that are embedded in these themes.
Be especially careful when purchasing themes from unofficial sources. Indeed, some unscrupulous theme providers may embed code that ruins your website.
Why hackers inject malicious software?
What is the purpose of these pieces of malicious code? Why do hackers infect websites? These codes allow hackers:
- Add backlinks and redirects to the sites they want promote.
- Follow your visitors.
- Add their own banner ads.
- Access sensitive personal information such as names, passwords and e-mail addresses.
- Completely harm your website.
The more the malware remains invisible, the better for hackers. Indeed, they can continue to use your website to collect information and send spam emails, infecting your visitors in the process. You must therefore regularly analyze your website to search for possible threats.
Some plugins to scan your WordPress site
Plugins and scans are a great way to verify that your site is infested with malicious code, malware, or other security threats. A number of quality plugins are available and can be used to check for malware.
1 - Sucuri SiteCheck Scanner
Sucuri SiteCheck Scanner scans your website for malware remotely. Visit Sucuri SiteCheck Scanner, enter your site URL and click the " Site Scan ". The scanner extracts links, javascript files and iframes, and revisits the main page as a search engine bot.
It compares all pages and links and compares it to Sucuri malware database and reports anomalies. The scan can detect malware, blacklists, website errors and outdated software. The scan generates a report of the malware found and recommends how you should deal with it.
2 - iThemes Security
Downloaded by over 800,000+ WordPress users, the iThemes Security plugin is one of the most popular choices for protecting your WordPress site.
The free version of this plugin offers 30 layers of protection and security, including a 'Secure Site' button, malware scans (Via Sucuri SiteCheck), the app for strong passwords, brute force protection, database backups, file change detection and more.
3 - Anti-Malware Security and Brute Force Firewall
« Anti-Malware Security and Brute Force Firewall Not only scans and detects malware, but it also allows you to fix it. It detects malware, viruses and other threats on your server, and marks them as potential threats, giving you the ability to fix them.
But if you register the plugin on GOTMLS.NET, you will have access to new definitions, automatic deletion and patches for known vulnerabilities. The plugin « Revolution Slider On WordPress is particularly prone to attack, and so the protection of this feature is automatically enabled for this plugin.
4 - Anti-Virus
Anti-Virus is a simple and easy-to-install plugin that can automatically scan for malware and spam and inform you by email of something suspicious. Any hacking attempt is brought to your attention promptly.
Cleanup after removing a plugin and virus alerts in the admin bar are other handy features.
5 - Wordfence
Wordfence is not only a scanner of malware but almost complete protection for your website. It is free and open source and uses the Threat Feed to monitor different threats that can affect your WordPress blog.
This software knows of over 44000 known malware and prevents them from reaching your website. It also detects " backdoors "," Phishing URL "," Trojans ", Suspicious code and any other security threat.
Scans are usually performed at hourly intervals. So, you are likely to be aware of any malware on your website by the time they arrive on your blog. Wordfence can verify the integrity of WordPress source code and monitor traffic in real time.
1. Malcare
MalCare is a daily automatic malware analysis service. Security Platform Also Offers One-Click Malware Cleanup Service And Ongoing Website Protection | No false positive.
Why choose MalCare? :
- Early detection of malware
- Detects hard-to-find malware
- Automatic cleaning in one click
- Malware scan that does not overload your server
- Connection protection
- Web application firewall
- Secure and complete backups of your website
- Malware detection in real time
- Custom keywords for the scan
- Selection of themes, plugins and others to analyze
- Detailed reports
- And more
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That's all for this tutorial, I hope you find a protection solution for your WordPress blog. Feel free to share this tutorial with your friends on your favorite social networks.
Hello
Is there a plugin that exists to scan articles to see if there is any malicious code?
cordially
Hello,
there is no specialized plugin for articles (that I know of), but these plugins can do the job well. Maybe you need to get a plugin that searches the database.
Scan the server yes but not the items.
Hello
Ok thanks for the info.
At the moment I use Cerber and it looks good on me.