Thank you very much, Matt. For more than two weeks, I've been searching urgently for a way to repair my hacked website. I just followed your tutorial and will immediately start cleaning. I hope I have luck. An hour later, we find that everything is fine and that you saved our lives. Thank you so much, Matt.
Hi there! Thank you for commenting on my video, I ready appreciate it! I’m so glad I could help you out with cleaning your hacked website. Well done!! Have a great day and stay safe 😀
Thanks Mat, can’t even begin to explain how much of a life saver this video was! I honestly thought the website was doomed everything is now up and running and just need to secure it. Like subscribed shared and will highly recommend
You are very welcome Jay! It made my day to read your comment. Because this is the reason I make these videos. I’m so glad you got it fixed! Well done 👍🏻😀
Thanks Matt for a very complete and concise tutorial, couldn't have cleaned my website from a hacker without your help. Keeping calm and following your instructions enabled me to have the site back up and running in a couple of hours.
I hope you can clean your website yourself with this Tutorial! If you cannot get it cleaned or you lack the time, you could hire me to clean your WordPress website: 👉🏼wpressdoctor.com/clean-hacked-wordpress-website/
Hi Jonathan! Thanks for your kind words, really appreciate it. This is actually a second video about the same topic. Video #1 is a bit more accessible I think: ua-cam.com/video/vI1RFTcN4AU/v-deo.html let me know what you think!
Omg thus is the most helpful video I’ve seen on the topic! THANK YOU. I wish I known sooner. I’ve spent dozens of hours manually cleaning folders and files…. Subscribed!
Hi there and thanks for your kind words! I really appreciate it 😀👍🏻 Thanks for the sub! I’m very happy I could help you out with this video 🥳 Have a great day and stay safe!
Hi there! I’m glad you liked the video! I hope you never have to use this though 😏 are you already hacked? make sure you have the right security in place, it saves a lot of trouble! Stay safe and have a awesome day!
Hi Pablo! You are very welcome, it makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time out of your day to write me! Thanks for your subscribe, very helpful! you want a free website review and audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
Hi there! You are very welcome, it makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time out of your day to write me! Your like and subscribe would be very helpful if you haven't already done so. Have a great day and take care! 😃
You are very welcome! It makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time to write me. I hope my other video's are also useful for you. Getting the word out there with your like and subscribe, and possibly a share would be much appreciated. If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
you sir are a life saver. I own a resellers program with over 40 clients and all my sites were infected. I followed this guide. Now all my websites are running smooth again. Thank you
Hi Keith! That's awesome and the whole reason why I created these video's 😊 I'm really happy for you. Its really scary if you see this happening. Well done!
Clear and precise instructions, I love this guy :) Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing your knowledge, your content has helped and informed me on so many occassions.
Hi Lee! I really appreciate your kind words, you made my day! I’m really happy you enjoy it and also take the time out of your day to write me. Thanks! Have a great day and stay safe 😀
Hi Rodes! You are very welcome. Thanks for your kind words, I'm glad I could help you out with this video. Well done in fixing your website! Make also sure to secure it now 😁 Have a great day and all the best this coming new year!
Hi there! You are very welcome! I’m really happy that you got it fixed. That was exactly my reason to make this video, to help people getting their site back 👍🏻😀 Well done!
HI Stefan! You are very welcome, it makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time out of your day to write me! I'm glad I could help you out with your website. Where you able to clean it entirely? Your 👍🏼 and subscribe would be very helpful if you haven't already done so. Have a great day and take care, greetings
Hi there! You are very welcome! Thank you for writing a comment. Really appreciate that! Please consider a like and subscribe or maybe a share for my video, that would help me a lot! If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
Hi Amir! Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad I could help you out with this video. I'm happy you could clean your website with this example tutorial. Have a great day and stay safe!
You are very welcome! I’m glad the video was useful. I hope my other video’s will also add something to your knowledge and skillset! Getting the word out there with your like and subscribe, and possibly a share would be much appreciated. Have a awesome day! If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
Hi there! You are very welcome! I’m glad I could help you out with this video. Stay tuned, more awesome tutorials coming up! Have a great day and take care 😀👍🏻
Hi there! Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it. I’m glad I could help you out with this video. Proud of you that you could fix it 👍🏻😀 Have a great day and take care!
I absolutely agree how excellent he is. His very calm explanations and easy-to-follow instructions are outstanding. I would happily pay to subscribe to more lessons from him.
Hi Osvaldo! Thank you for taking some time to write me this great comment! You made my day 😊🥳 Really kind of you! If you get stuck or have any questions, please let me know!
Hi there! Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad I could help you out with this video. I hope my other videos are also helpful. Have a great day and stay safe! 😀👍🏻
You are very welcome! Thank you for writing a comment. Really appreciate that! Please consider a like and subscribe or maybe a share for my video, that would help me a lot! If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
Hi there! Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it. I’m glad I could help you out with this video. I hope my other videos will also add something to your knowledge and skills! Have a great day and stay safe 💪🏻😀
Hi Nau Kauvaka, you are very welcome! I'm really happy that you could clean your website with this tutorial. Thank you for taking some time out of you day to write me. Your like and subscribe would be very helpful if you haven’t already done so. Social share of the video would also be highly appreciated!
Well done! I’m happy i could be of assistance here. I am grateful to hear that my WordPress tutorial is useful for your needs. Reach out to me if you have problems, I will gladly help you find a solution. A like, subscribe, and/or share really help others find my video, so if possible help me 😀 If you want a free website review and audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
You are very welcome! It makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time to write me. I hope my other video's are also useful for you. Getting the word out there with your like and subscribe, and possibly a share would be much appreciated. If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
Hi Talha! You are very welcome! It makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time to write me. I hope my other video's are also useful for you. Getting the word out there with your like and subscribe, and possibly a share would be much appreciated. If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
You are very welcome! It makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time to write me. I hope my other video's are also useful for you. Getting the word out there with your like and subscribe, and possibly a share would be much appreciated. If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
You are very welcome! I’m glad the video was useful! Thank you for writing a comment. Really appreciate that! Please consider a like and subscribe or maybe a share for my video, that would help me a lot! If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
Hi there and thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it. I’m glad that I could save your life 😂. Was it that bad of a hack? Well done that you cleaned it 👍🏻😀
Hi there! You are very welcome. I’m glad I could help you out with this video. Thanks for the sub, I really appreciate it. Have a great day and stay safe!
@@WPressDoctor Thank you again. I have a question. I just ran wordfence and it found bunch of malware in the wp-includes folder. Can I delete that folder and replace it with a wordpress clean folder. Or do I have to delete everything but wp-content and wp-config and reinstall everything else. If you could let me know I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you agian. :-)
@@WPressDoctor Thank you very much. I downloaded wp-content and my virus checker caught bunch of malware. I re-uploaded it and installed wordfence. All fixed, thank you again for your help and awesome videos.
Thank you, this worked for me, super easy to follow the video. The only additional step I had to do was to delete and reinstall Elementor as I was getting 404 errors on anything other than the homepage, but once I reinstalled Elementor all worked perfectly, and also solved an issue I had been having with WooCommerce, so happy days!
Hi Kirsten! You are very welcome! It made my day to read your comment, thank you for taking some time out of you day to write me. Glad yo figured it out and reinstalled Elementor. Well done. Your like and subscribe would be very helpful if you haven’t already done so. Social share of the video would also be highly appreciated!
@@WPressDoctor Yes, I had to modify the website of the company where I work. But I saw the white screen of death, and with ssh, I saw « marijuana.php ». At this moment, I understood that the website has been hacked. I didn’t know what to do, and hopefully a very good video explain me how to repair the website ;) Now everything’s working ! I didn’t know that it was so easy. At each seconds second of the video, I tested what you did, and it was exactly my situation (I was very surprised when I saw all the links in google 😱 ) Your video was really helpful, thanks !
Hi Anandu! I Really appreciate you telling me that the video was very very helpful 😀 Did you got your own website unhacked? I really hope so 😊 If you run into any problems, get back to me here and I'll try to get you back on the road. Have a great day and stay safe!
You are very welcome! I’m glad the video was useful. I hope my other video’s will also add something to your knowledge and skillset! Getting the word out there with your like and subscribe, and possibly a share would be much appreciated. Have a awesome day! If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
Hi there! Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it. I’m glad I could help you out with this video. I hope my other videos will also add something to your knowledge and skills! Have a great day and stay safe 💪🏻😀
Hi there. Yes it’s possible, but because of my tight schedule and client work, you have to become a client: wpressdoctor.com/fix-hacked-wordpress-website/
I love it and it is great. For those of us who are green in stuffs like this are finding it difficult to follow. If you could make it step by step with no step skipped and very simple to follow video. Even if it is 1 or 2 or 3 hours video, that would be fine. Kindly help us. I have 8 websites and they are all hacked and access denied.
Hi John! That’s great advice. Well this is actually the second video about this topic, so it might help to watch the first one which is a bit slower and detailed: ua-cam.com/video/vI1RFTcN4AU/v-deo.html
i have a website that has been hacked it automatically add admin user immediately i delete on and when i try fixing it the way you showed us in the video i could not access my site 🙏🙏 can you help me @WPressDoctor
Hi there! You are very welcome, it makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time out of your day to write me! Your like and subscribe would be very helpful if you haven't already done so. Have a great day and take care! 😃
You are very welcome, it makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time out of your day to write me! Your like and subscribe would be very helpful if you haven't already done so. Social shares of the video are awesome as well. If you want a free website review and audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
You are very welcome! Thank you for writing a comment. Really appreciate that! Please consider a like and subscribe or maybe a share for my video, that would help me a lot! If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
Hey Matt, I also noted in these kind of attacks, 7/10 chance you'll find new email addresses created on your hosting. Don't forget to get rid of those too. Like always, Thank you
Great tutorial. I would add a suggestion to download a backup of your wp-content folder and wp-config file to a separate folder before deleting anything. What if you accidentally delete the wrong files? Whoopsie.
Hi Wally! Thanks for the suggestion. Yeah that’s a good idea! I have never had that problem fortunately about deleting the wrong files 😎 But it’s a serious chance of happening yes. So good suggestion 👍🏻
Man, thank you so much for this video. It's clearly one of the best piece of content about wordpress that i ever saw, you helped me to understand so much more about wordpress and with a reassuring tone. What a pleasure !
You are spot on chap ,Its one of the few I can actually understand. Sadly it starts with a website that has been locked... I can still access cpanel so my issue is a little different.
Men i was suffering almost 6 month thanks a lot, I changed over 4 hosting and also the website of my company that I was charged got blacklisted in google, thank you Matt
@@WPressDoctor Yes...No one is given such a simple solution. It saved my time, money. Appreciate your effort. Subscribed you for future assistance. Love from India ♥
@@WPressDoctor could you make a video on how to optmize a divi website because I used too many tools but no effect and if the effect happened it leads to stop of animation in some module on my website
Thanks Matt. I see on the last step you used wordfence to scan and clean. After that do you remove it before adding ithemes security or the two of them can co-exist in the site at the same time?
You found it! Wel done 😀👍🏻 Yes I always delete WordFence and go with iThemes after that 👍🏻 co-exist… I don’t know how that would work, never tried it because they have very similar functionality.
Hi Matt, thanks for this amazing video. I wanted to also ask if you also do have a tutorial on checking if one’s laptop or computer is hacked. Most of my websites keep getting compromised.
Hi Romulus Nsane! Well you should buy and download a good virussscanner like ESET NOD32. I use it always on all my computers and it works really really well.
Hi Leonardo! You are very welcome. I’m glad the video was useful for you! Yeah you could login to Google Search Console and send in the pages you want to get removed. It might take a while, but it should speed up the proces: support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9689846?hl=en
Thank you so much for this video, it saves me to a point, I realize my .htaccess was hacked, when I delete it, it comes back and some folders also recreate itself. any help
You're a life saver Matt, thank you for your videos! I watchd this one to recover my hacked website. I reached the point where I had to delete my old .php files in FileZilla, but depending on which fle i'm trying to delete, it either says my 'permission is denied' or 'file not found'. Do you have a video on this? Thanks again!
Hi Joshua! Thanks for your kind words and the question. Well if the permission is denied, you can try to delete it via your hosting file manager. Make sure to also reset FTP and SFTP passwords… sounds like they got into that…
Hi Matt love the videos. I saw on one that you mentioned that you have a video on cleaning a hack from cpanel. I can't seem to find your video on it. Can you post a link to it here? Thanks again
Hi Christophe! Thanks for your question. If you mean to delete all the spam pages / posts then No, I have to disappoint you. Well not that I am aware of unfortunately. 🫤 do you have a lot of spam pages / posts?
@@WPressDoctor Hi Matt, now it's fine. Apparently, it was only in the home page. The other links were in the template. I just deleted and replaced it. I also cleaned the db (user and posts) and now everything is in automatic update :-). For info, my hoster offers imunifyav+ in the cpanel. It also helped me a lot to remove malwares. Screamingfrog also helped me to check everything. Thanks again for this useful video
Great video! Saved for future use, although I hope that after this video I won't need do that :) I have a question. You mentioned Ithemes as a go to plugin and wordfence for scanning. I use both, would you disable wordfence and switch it on just to do the scan or keep both activated? I'd appreciate your thoughts on that :)
Hi Szymon and thanks for the kind words! I would not advice to have two plugins activated that kind of do the same things. Changes on conflict is just to high for me and when this is compromised it could be with big consequences. So after the scan I would deactivate WordFence and remove it entirely. But I might be wrong completely, just my opinion here 😀
@@WPressDoctor A developer from a company that was securing and managing my site installed those two over two years ago and so far I didn't notice any downsides. Yet still I'm wondering if it's necessary to have two. Now if I deactivated wordfence, Is it worth deleting it and the reinstalling for every scan especially that I use both on a few sites... of course I understand that any anwear will be subjective so I'm not expecting black or white should to-type answer :) thank you !!
Hey Matt, thanks for this video, it helped out a lot with fixing the problem. My website now looks clean, but I can see inside Google Search Console that there are still hits on the old URL's that were placed with malware. It shows up as an 404 message, so the content is not active anymore. But my question is if it is still a problem when these URLs are found and clicked?
Hi Thomas! Thanks for the question. Well done with cleaning your website! I’m proud of you. In this case your good. The 404 means the malware pages are gone so no problem there for the visitors. It’s just a matter of time until the pages disappear from the search engines. Hope that answers your question? Have a great day and stay safe 👍🏻😀
Thanks for this video! How long should it take before the Japanese links disappear in google? I have cleaned my website. It is working perfectly now but the Japanese links are still showing up in google. Will they disappear on their own or is there something I must do to make them disappear? Also my favicon appears incorrectly in google results, will this also come right by itself?
Hi Devin! Well done! I'm proud of you that you cleaned your own website, excellent job. Yeah so these pages go away in next few days because it gives the crawler 404 errors all the time. Also the favicon will be restored in just a couple of days.
@@WPressDoctor -- Yeah. 💯💯 I'm very proactive and I'm always looking for ways to improve my security. I've already watched your other videos about securing your site with Ithemes and many others. But no matter how careful you're 💩 happens so I have saved this video in my playlist.
Hello sir, your videos have been helpful. My hosting company gave me a backup file of all the websites on my cpanel and then regenerated a fresh one. now I have all the files offline and I have removed the virus just as your pointed out, I even saw Webshell and 7 others. All is done now but I have issues uploading all my files back from offline to online at my newly generated cpanel. I would love it if you can do a video on how to clean a hacked website offline using the backup files and then re-upload back online on a fresh cpanel.
Hi Nergy, thank you for your kind words and question. Yeah thats also a good idea to do sometimes. You can just use my manual migration tutorial to do this so you know how you can put all files and the database back in place. Unfortunately I cannot do this due to the time. Good luck! Have a great day and stay safe. 😀
Hi Andy Taylor! Well the dance moves are not really my thing, but its pretty amazing what they can do. No I'm just kidding, I have no idea what Breakdance is? Eleborate please, I always want to learn!
Hi Matt. I have a big problem with a virus on a quite complicated wordpress website. I haven't updated some of the plugins due to the fact that in the past they used to cause compatibility troubles. Why is it so risky to not update plugins?
Hi there and thanks for the question! Well its risky because of vulnerabilities that are not being patched with new updates. So every vulnerability is a potential wide open gate for hackers… that’s why you need to update it, to keep the gates shut 😀👍🏻
Hi do you only clean wordpress sites? How about other php sites such as moodle? And could you maybe also make a video on how to secure cPanel and WHM panel?
Hi there! Yes I only work with WordPress 👍🏻😀 So no I don’t clean other PHP sites. Also capabel and WHM should be the work of your hosting company imho 👍🏻😀
I have a backup uploaded to GoDaddy. The pages will not propagate possibly due to a hack that happened over the Covid shutdown. I pulled the backup from one hosting company and uploaded to GoDaddy, I have uploaded 3 database files to try and figure out which one has the content needed. I also paid GoDaddy security to scan the files and complete backup for malware which they found some. One issue is that Wordpress is pulling from multiple tables now but a representative thought that the issue may be the malware getting in the way of the propagation. That's why I paid for the scan but still not propagating. I'm at a loss....any suggestions??
Hi there! That’s a interesting problem. Well, first you need to get the right database and then you can start cleaning… just check WP-config.php for the right database. Then start cleaning?
So I have the following problem: I am unable to change the rights on my htaccess file. As soon as I try to change anything, it propagates the old, hacked file again or tells me that I don't have the right permission...
Dank! Vraagje.. helaas heb ik geen backup. Dus wat als je de malware handmatig probeert te verwijderen en je merkt dat de verwijderde malware files direct weer terugkomen.. heb jij dan een tip wat kan je dan doen? Groetjes!
Goedemiddag! Dank voor je vraag! Jazeker, dan hebben ze je FTP gegevens. Dus probeer eerst alle SFTP gegevens te resetten en ook de webshell te verwijderen die ergens verstopt zit in de bestanden.
Thank you very much, Matt. For more than two weeks, I've been searching urgently for a way to repair my hacked website. I just followed your tutorial and will immediately start cleaning. I hope I have luck. An hour later, we find that everything is fine and that you saved our lives. Thank you so much, Matt.
Hi there! Thank you for commenting on my video, I ready appreciate it! I’m so glad I could help you out with cleaning your hacked website. Well done!! Have a great day and stay safe 😀
Thanks Mat, can’t even begin to explain how much of a life saver this video was! I honestly thought the website was doomed everything is now up and running and just need to secure it. Like subscribed shared and will highly recommend
You are very welcome Jay! It made my day to read your comment. Because this is the reason I make these videos. I’m so glad you got it fixed! Well done 👍🏻😀
Thanks Matt for a very complete and concise tutorial, couldn't have cleaned my website from a hacker without your help. Keeping calm and following your instructions enabled me to have the site back up and running in a couple of hours.
Hi John! I’m really glad I could help you out this way. Good job cleaning your website and keep it safe from now on 👍🏻😀
Brilliant! Thanks, Matt 😃
You are very welcome! Glad you liked it 👍🏻😀
I hope you can clean your website yourself with this Tutorial! If you cannot get it cleaned or you lack the time, you could hire me to clean your WordPress website: 👉🏼wpressdoctor.com/clean-hacked-wordpress-website/
nice and helpful for nummies, love your perspective on WP, slightly technical for me, BUT you open many new doors. THANKS!
Hi Jonathan! Thanks for your kind words, really appreciate it. This is actually a second video about the same topic. Video #1 is a bit more accessible I think: ua-cam.com/video/vI1RFTcN4AU/v-deo.html let me know what you think!
Thank you man, i did it all before but you are the only one that explained it in the write way.. cheers
Hi Saefo! I’m glad to hear that 👍🏻😀 did you got your website cleaned?
Omg thus is the most helpful video I’ve seen on the topic! THANK YOU. I wish I known sooner. I’ve spent dozens of hours manually cleaning folders and files…. Subscribed!
Hi there and thanks for your kind words! I really appreciate it 😀👍🏻 Thanks for the sub! I’m very happy I could help you out with this video 🥳 Have a great day and stay safe!
Thank you so much! You seriously saved my website and this video rocks. Dude, you deserve all the best things in the world. Thanks again, cheers.
Hi Alex! Thanks for your kind words! It makes me happy to read that I could help you out with this video! 👍🏻😀 Have a great day and stay safe!
Can’t wait to try this! Thank you great video!!!❤❤❤
Hi there! I’m glad you liked the video! I hope you never have to use this though 😏 are you already hacked? make sure you have the right security in place, it saves a lot of trouble! Stay safe and have a awesome day!
Your videos are like liquid gold💯
got yourself a new sub!!!
Hi Pablo! You are very welcome, it makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time out of your day to write me! Thanks for your subscribe, very helpful! you want a free website review and audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
Thank you very much, Matt. love you for your detailed support.
Hi there! You are very welcome, it makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time out of your day to write me! Your like and subscribe would be very helpful if you haven't already done so. Have a great day and take care! 😃
Matt am very grateful for your efforts. For a week i learned from yours more than months of reading and watching others
Again thanks for your kind words, really heartwarming. I’m so glad you can appreciate my videos! Spread the word 👍🏻😀
Thanks Matt. It helps a lot!!
Hi Rafael and thanks for letting me know 👍🏻😀 I’m glad the video was useful!
One of the great video I have seen. Thanks
You are very welcome! It makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time to write me. I hope my other video's are also useful for you. Getting the word out there with your like and subscribe, and possibly a share would be much appreciated. If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
What a great presentation & content. keep the good work, matt.
Thanks! I really appreciate it that you have taken some time off your day to write me a comment! Thanks 😊 Have a great day and stay safe!
Thank you. Still cleaning my website, but your instructions were priceless
Hi there! You are very welcome! I’m glad I could help you out with this! Good luck with cleaning, you can do it! 😀
you sir are a life saver. I own a resellers program with over 40 clients and all my sites were infected. I followed this guide. Now all my websites are running smooth again. Thank you
Hi Keith! That's awesome and the whole reason why I created these video's 😊 I'm really happy for you. Its really scary if you see this happening. Well done!
Clear and precise instructions, I love this guy :) Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing your knowledge, your content has helped and informed me on so many occassions.
Hi Lee! I really appreciate your kind words, you made my day! I’m really happy you enjoy it and also take the time out of your day to write me. Thanks! Have a great day and stay safe 😀
Thanks for your video and help! My website is back to life thanks to you.
That is awesome to hear! I’m so glad you got it back to life again 😀👍🏻 Well done! I’m glad I could help you out!
Well done! I fixed my website thanks to your video!
Hi Rodes! You are very welcome. Thanks for your kind words, I'm glad I could help you out with this video. Well done in fixing your website! Make also sure to secure it now 😁 Have a great day and all the best this coming new year!
Followed you step by step and i got it done. thank you
Hi there! You are very welcome! I’m really happy that you got it fixed. That was exactly my reason to make this video, to help people getting their site back 👍🏻😀 Well done!
Very nice and easy to follow, thanks for the help and by far the easiest method i have seen
Hi Paul! Thanks for letting me know. You are welcome and I’m glad I could help you out with this. Have a great day and stay safe!
thank you soooo much for this great tutorial!! amazing!!! have a great day!
HI Stefan! You are very welcome, it makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time out of your day to write me! I'm glad I could help you out with your website. Where you able to clean it entirely? Your 👍🏼 and subscribe would be very helpful if you haven't already done so. Have a great day and take care, greetings
You are the Best, Bro. Thanks
You are very welcome Aung! I'm glad I could help you out 😊 Have a great day and stay safe!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! So well explained. You helped me a lot. Wish you the best.
Hi there! You are very welcome! Thank you for writing a comment. Really appreciate that! Please consider a like and subscribe or maybe a share for my video, that would help me a lot! If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
you are the saviour. God bless you
Hi Karimulla! Thank you for your kind words Sir. I’m glad my video could help you out 😀👍🏻 Have a great day and stay safe!
thank you very much Matt! you are a life saver.
Hi Amir! Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad I could help you out with this video. I'm happy you could clean your website with this example tutorial. Have a great day and stay safe!
You just saved me !!! Thnak you soooooo much
You are very welcome! I’m glad the video was useful. I hope my other video’s will also add something to your knowledge and skillset! Getting the word out there with your like and subscribe, and possibly a share would be much appreciated. Have a awesome day! If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
Luv this video!! Thank you!!
You are very welcome! I’m glad I could help you out 😀
Amazing Matt very informative video much love. God Bless
Hi there! You are very welcome! I’m glad I could help you out with this video. Stay tuned, more awesome tutorials coming up! Have a great day and take care 😀👍🏻
After two months of searching for a solution, my website was finally fixed. Thank you so much!☺🥺
Hi there! Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it. I’m glad I could help you out with this video. Proud of you that you could fix it 👍🏻😀 Have a great day and take care!
I absolutely agree how excellent he is. His very calm explanations and easy-to-follow instructions are outstanding. I would happily pay to subscribe to more lessons from him.
Hi Osvaldo! Thank you for taking some time to write me this great comment! You made my day 😊🥳 Really kind of you! If you get stuck or have any questions, please let me know!
Thanks a lot, Matt, this video is really helpful.
Hi there! Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad I could help you out with this video. I hope my other videos are also helpful. Have a great day and stay safe! 😀👍🏻
Excellent thank you
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Thanks dude! This was very helpful and informative. I like your enthusiasm! ATB
Hi there! Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it. I’m glad I could help you out with this video. I hope my other videos will also add something to your knowledge and skills! Have a great day and stay safe 💪🏻😀
Thank you very much, you speak very clearly and practical steps helps a lot. Thank you
Hi there! Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad you like the style. You are very welcome! Have a great day and take care 😀
thanks mate it was awsome working for me as well..thanks
Hi Nau Kauvaka, you are very welcome! I'm really happy that you could clean your website with this tutorial. Thank you for taking some time out of you day to write me. Your like and subscribe would be very helpful if you haven’t already done so. Social share of the video would also be highly appreciated!
Thank you so much... it took one extra step so I can upload and activate the plugin, but otherwise, it worked like a charm.
Well done! I’m happy i could be of assistance here. I am grateful to hear that my WordPress tutorial is useful for your needs. Reach out to me if you have problems, I will gladly help you find a solution. A like, subscribe, and/or share really help others find my video, so if possible help me 😀 If you want a free website review and audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
I am seriously overwhelmed, but let's give it a try... wish me luck and thank you for the helpful content
Hi there! I can understand that. Just try to follow the steps. I have 2 more videos like this, so if this one doesn’t do the job, try another one 😀👍🏻
Gold video, thanks Doc...
Thanks for letting me know, I’m glad it was useful for you 👍🏻😀
After watching your video, i removed the virus by my self. Love you so much, bro. You saved my client's website.
Hi Daljit! I’m happy I could help you out with this video also. Well done that you got it cleaned! Keep up the good work 👍🏻😀
saved my life! thanks bro!
You are very welcome! It makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time to write me. I hope my other video's are also useful for you. Getting the word out there with your like and subscribe, and possibly a share would be much appreciated. If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
That's a real good Tutorial right there!👏
Hi Talha! You are very welcome! It makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time to write me. I hope my other video's are also useful for you. Getting the word out there with your like and subscribe, and possibly a share would be much appreciated. If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
You Rock, Thank you for this training
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Amazing content, thanks
Thank you for your kinds words! Really appreciate that 👍🏻😀 hope my other videos are also useful for you ☺️
well done, I really learned so musch from you today tnx
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Deze video heeft mij echt mega geholpen! Had precies dit probleem, maar nu niet meer! Beste gratis abonnement ooit
Hi Ted! Ik ben blij dit te lezen, erg graag gedaan! Super fijn dat je het heb kunnen oplossen 😀
Thanks Mat .. I'll,be cleaning my very dirty websites asap with your guide. Currently over 1000 infected files. Grrrr
Oh wauw! That’s a lot! Good luck, you can do it! I have created 3 videos about this subject so i hope you can fix it 👍🏻😀
thank you man you saved my life
Hi there and thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it. I’m glad that I could save your life 😂. Was it that bad of a hack? Well done that you cleaned it 👍🏻😀
love you man 🤝 helped me alot
Thank you very much! I’m glad I could help you out 😀👍🏻
I like the way you seem to do your videos.
Hi Kyle! That's very nice of you to say, thanks a lot! I'm glad you like my video's. Have a great day and take care!
Thank you for this video. You are a lifesaver! I have subscribed to your channel. You have amazing content.
Hi there! You are very welcome. I’m glad I could help you out with this video. Thanks for the sub, I really appreciate it. Have a great day and stay safe!
@@WPressDoctor Thank you again. I have a question. I just ran wordfence and it found bunch of malware in the wp-includes folder. Can I delete that folder and replace it with a wordpress clean folder. Or do I have to delete everything but wp-content and wp-config and reinstall everything else. If you could let me know I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you agian. :-)
Yeah I would replace everything either a clean version and make sure to clean wp-content also 😀
@@WPressDoctor Thank you very much. I downloaded wp-content and my virus checker caught bunch of malware. I re-uploaded it and installed wordfence. All fixed, thank you again for your help and awesome videos.
THANK YOU!!!
You are very welcome!!! I’m glad the video was useful to you 😀👍🏻
Thank you, this worked for me, super easy to follow the video. The only additional step I had to do was to delete and reinstall Elementor as I was getting 404 errors on anything other than the homepage, but once I reinstalled Elementor all worked perfectly, and also solved an issue I had been having with WooCommerce, so happy days!
Hi Kirsten! You are very welcome! It made my day to read your comment, thank you for taking some time out of you day to write me. Glad yo figured it out and reinstalled Elementor. Well done.
Your like and subscribe would be very helpful if you haven’t already done so. Social share of the video would also be highly appreciated!
Thanks a lot for sharing
You are very welcome! I’m glad I could help you out. We’re you able to clean your website with this video?
Bro, than you very much. What a great explanation and help like me.
Hi there! You are very welcome! I’m glad I could help you out with this video. Did you unhacked your website?
Thanks a lot for this video !
Hi there! You are very welcome! I’m glad I could help you out. Were you able to clean your site?
@@WPressDoctor Yes, I had to modify the website of the company where I work. But I saw the white screen of death, and with ssh, I saw « marijuana.php ». At this moment, I understood that the website has been hacked. I didn’t know what to do, and hopefully a very good video explain me how to repair the website ;)
Now everything’s working ! I didn’t know that it was so easy.
At each seconds second of the video, I tested what you did, and it was exactly my situation (I was very surprised when I saw all the links in google 😱 )
Your video was really helpful, thanks !
Very very very helpful ❤❤❤
Hi Anandu! I Really appreciate you telling me that the video was very very helpful 😀 Did you got your own website unhacked? I really hope so 😊 If you run into any problems, get back to me here and I'll try to get you back on the road. Have a great day and stay safe!
Greats video. Tnx.
You are very welcome! I’m glad the video was useful. I hope my other video’s will also add something to your knowledge and skillset! Getting the word out there with your like and subscribe, and possibly a share would be much appreciated. Have a awesome day! If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
awesome
Thanks for you comment! I’m glad you liked the video 👍🏻😀
This has literally just happened to me on my small E-commerce site. really hoping I can fix it.
Hi Jay! You just might if you follow my tutorial! If not, you can always hire me to do the job 😀👍🏻
Hey Jay! Did you find out how the site vas hacked?
Thank you so much
You are very welcome! I'm glad the video was useful for you!
Mat you are a life saver, thank you from bottom of my heart
Hi there! Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it. I’m glad I could help you out with this video. I hope my other videos will also add something to your knowledge and skills! Have a great day and stay safe 💪🏻😀
Hello.My site has been hacked. Can you help me with this? I couldn't fix it by my own.
Hi there. Yes it’s possible, but because of my tight schedule and client work, you have to become a client: wpressdoctor.com/fix-hacked-wordpress-website/
I love it and it is great. For those of us who are green in stuffs like this are finding it difficult to follow. If you could make it step by step with no step skipped and very simple to follow video. Even if it is 1 or 2 or 3 hours video, that would be fine. Kindly help us. I have 8 websites and they are all hacked and access denied.
Hi John! That’s great advice. Well this is actually the second video about this topic, so it might help to watch the first one which is a bit slower and detailed: ua-cam.com/video/vI1RFTcN4AU/v-deo.html
Hi man ! Very helpful i have the same problem actually
Hi there! I’m glad I could help you out with this video then. Where you able to clean your entire website?
thank you love your videos 😃🥰🥰🥰
Hi there! Thanks so much for the kind words! I really appreciate it 😊 Have a great day and stay safe 😀👍🏻
i have a website that has been hacked it automatically add admin user immediately i delete on and when i try fixing it the way you showed us in the video i could not access my site 🙏🙏 can you help me @WPressDoctor
super ! merci :)
Hi there! You are very welcome, it makes me happy to read your comment, thank you for taking some time out of your day to write me! Your like and subscribe would be very helpful if you haven't already done so. Have a great day and take care! 😃
Thanks Matt
10/10 Easy Explaination
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@@WPressDoctor i just subscribed you.
Thank you so much Sir, you saved me
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Hey Matt, I also noted in these kind of attacks, 7/10 chance you'll find new email addresses created on your hosting.
Don't forget to get rid of those too.
Like always, Thank you
Hey man! Yeah thats a very good point! Thanks for pointing it out!
Great tutorial. I would add a suggestion to download a backup of your wp-content folder and wp-config file to a separate folder before deleting anything. What if you accidentally delete the wrong files? Whoopsie.
Hi Wally! Thanks for the suggestion. Yeah that’s a good idea! I have never had that problem fortunately about deleting the wrong files 😎 But it’s a serious chance of happening yes. So good suggestion 👍🏻
Man, thank you so much for this video. It's clearly one of the best piece of content about wordpress that i ever saw, you helped me to understand so much more about wordpress and with a reassuring tone. What a pleasure !
Hi Quentin, I really appreciate your comment! Thanks, I’m glad I could be of assistance! Have a great day and keep those hackers away 😀
You are spot on chap ,Its one of the few I can actually understand. Sadly it starts with a website that has been locked... I can still access cpanel so my issue is a little different.
Well Andy, you can email me so I can make a tutorial about your website if you want? Or I can fix it for a one-time payment. Check wpressdoctor.com/
@@WPressDoctor I have emailed you from a form on your site.. Thanks in advance...
@@WPressDoctor Just a test. I replied twice but they are not showing as replies...
Men i was suffering almost 6 month thanks a lot, I changed over 4 hosting and also the website of my company that I was charged got blacklisted in google, thank you Matt
Hi there! So I understand you got it fixed now? Great job!! Thanks for letting me know 😀
Such A Clean And Clear Solution. Hats Of To You Bro ♥
Thanks! I really appreciate your comment. Ik glad you liked the video 👍🏻😀 Is your website free of hacks now?
@@WPressDoctor Yes...No one is given such a simple solution. It saved my time, money. Appreciate your effort. Subscribed you for future assistance. Love from India ♥
Thanks, really appreciate it! Yeah it’s my goal to help people all around on UA-cam, so that’s awesome to hear!!
Always the Best ❤❤❤❤
I’m glad the video was useful! Have a awesome day! If you want a free website review / audit, check wpressdoctor.com/audit
@@WPressDoctor could you make a video on how to optmize a divi website because I used too many tools but no effect and if the effect happened it leads to stop of animation in some module on my website
Yes I will make a new video about that! I do have a old version here, technique still works: ua-cam.com/video/7wgH1IFzfR4/v-deo.html
Thanks Matt. I see on the last step you used wordfence to scan and clean. After that do you remove it before adding ithemes security or the two of them can co-exist in the site at the same time?
You found it! Wel done 😀👍🏻 Yes I always delete WordFence and go with iThemes after that 👍🏻 co-exist… I don’t know how that would work, never tried it because they have very similar functionality.
Hi Matt, thanks for this amazing video. I wanted to also ask if you also do have a tutorial on checking if one’s laptop or computer is hacked. Most of my websites keep getting compromised.
Hi Romulus Nsane! Well you should buy and download a good virussscanner like ESET NOD32. I use it always on all my computers and it works really really well.
Thanks
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Thank you Matt!, also I would like to know if it possible to create a file to ping google for those strange pages to disappear from the google search
Hi Leonardo! You are very welcome. I’m glad the video was useful for you! Yeah you could login to Google Search Console and send in the pages you want to get removed. It might take a while, but it should speed up the proces: support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9689846?hl=en
Thank you so much for this video, it saves me to a point, I realize my .htaccess was hacked, when I delete it, it comes back and some folders also recreate itself. any help
Hi John! Just keep watching as the problem will be resolved in this video when I change FTP and SFTP passwords ☺️
You're a life saver Matt, thank you for your videos! I watchd this one to recover my hacked website. I reached the point where I had to delete my old .php files in FileZilla, but depending on which fle i'm trying to delete, it either says my 'permission is denied' or 'file not found'. Do you have a video on this? Thanks again!
Hi Joshua! Thanks for your kind words and the question. Well if the permission is denied, you can try to delete it via your hosting file manager. Make sure to also reset FTP and SFTP passwords… sounds like they got into that…
Doc, I’m looking forward to your review of the Google Site Kit WordPress plugin.
Thanks, I know 😊
Hi Matt love the videos. I saw on one that you mentioned that you have a video on cleaning a hack from cpanel. I can't seem to find your video on it. Can you post a link to it here? Thanks again
Hi there! Thanks for your comment, appreciate that! I think I referred to this video: ua-cam.com/video/vI1RFTcN4AU/v-deo.html 😀
Nice Job!!! Thanks a lot!!! I have a question! What happened if all the pluggins have virus? Please answer to me.
Hi D! Thanks for the question. Normally those will be cleaned up by WordFence or Solid Security now-a-days 👍🏼
Hi Matt, I'm still not sure what I should choose for wordpress security !!! WordFence or iTheme Security ???
Hi Sultan! Thanks for the question. iThemes for sure. I always add it to my new sites because of the hide login feature and clean interface 😀👍🏻
Thanks for this video. Is there a plugin or a tool for cleaning the posts & pages in the database ?
Hi Christophe! Thanks for your question. If you mean to delete all the spam pages / posts then No, I have to disappoint you. Well not that I am aware of unfortunately. 🫤 do you have a lot of spam pages / posts?
@@WPressDoctor Hi Matt, now it's fine. Apparently, it was only in the home page. The other links were in the template. I just deleted and replaced it. I also cleaned the db (user and posts) and now everything is in automatic update :-). For info, my hoster offers imunifyav+ in the cpanel. It also helped me a lot to remove malwares. Screamingfrog also helped me to check everything. Thanks again for this useful video
Great video! Saved for future use, although I hope that after this video I won't need do that :) I have a question. You mentioned Ithemes as a go to plugin and wordfence for scanning. I use both, would you disable wordfence and switch it on just to do the scan or keep both activated? I'd appreciate your thoughts on that :)
Hi Szymon and thanks for the kind words! I would not advice to have two plugins activated that kind of do the same things. Changes on conflict is just to high for me and when this is compromised it could be with big consequences. So after the scan I would deactivate WordFence and remove it entirely. But I might be wrong completely, just my opinion here 😀
@@WPressDoctor A developer from a company that was securing and managing my site installed those two over two years ago and so far I didn't notice any downsides. Yet still I'm wondering if it's necessary to have two. Now if I deactivated wordfence, Is it worth deleting it and the reinstalling for every scan especially that I use both on a few sites... of course I understand that any anwear will be subjective so I'm not expecting black or white should to-type answer :) thank you !!
Ah ok I see. Well deactivating should be enough if your planning to use it on different sites and regularly, that’s quicker then de-installing it.
@@WPressDoctor got you! Looking forward to new interesting videos! 🙌
@@simonfortunadrums Sure will do! First i have a holiday coming up, so half way january the next video will be released! TAke care!
Hey Matt, thanks for this video, it helped out a lot with fixing the problem. My website now looks clean, but I can see inside Google Search Console that there are still hits on the old URL's that were placed with malware. It shows up as an 404 message, so the content is not active anymore. But my question is if it is still a problem when these URLs are found and clicked?
Hi Thomas! Thanks for the question. Well done with cleaning your website! I’m proud of you. In this case your good. The 404 means the malware pages are gone so no problem there for the visitors. It’s just a matter of time until the pages disappear from the search engines.
Hope that answers your question? Have a great day and stay safe 👍🏻😀
Thanks for this video! How long should it take before the Japanese links disappear in google? I have cleaned my website. It is working perfectly now but the Japanese links are still showing up in google. Will they disappear on their own or is there something I must do to make them disappear? Also my favicon appears incorrectly in google results, will this also come right by itself?
Hi Devin! Well done! I'm proud of you that you cleaned your own website, excellent job. Yeah so these pages go away in next few days because it gives the crawler 404 errors all the time. Also the favicon will be restored in just a couple of days.
Thanks, Matt. Hopefully non of us experience this. 🤞
Hi Jaden! Yes, I truly hope that 😊 Just make sure to secure your website, use strong passwords and you would be safe!
@@WPressDoctor -- Yeah. 💯💯 I'm very proactive and I'm always looking for ways to improve my security. I've already watched your other videos about securing your site with Ithemes and many others. But no matter how careful you're 💩 happens so I have saved this video in my playlist.
Well done!
@@WPressDoctor Respect I watched the first version as well. Keep them coming.
Will do Jaden! Thanks 😀
Hello sir, your videos have been helpful. My hosting company gave me a backup file of all the websites on my cpanel and then regenerated a fresh one. now I have all the files offline and I have removed the virus just as your pointed out, I even saw Webshell and 7 others. All is done now but I have issues uploading all my files back from offline to online at my newly generated cpanel. I would love it if you can do a video on how to clean a hacked website offline using the backup files and then re-upload back online on a fresh cpanel.
Hi Nergy, thank you for your kind words and question. Yeah thats also a good idea to do sometimes. You can just use my manual migration tutorial to do this so you know how you can put all files and the database back in place. Unfortunately I cannot do this due to the time. Good luck! Have a great day and stay safe. 😀
Whats your opinion on using Breakdance matt?
Hi Andy Taylor! Well the dance moves are not really my thing, but its pretty amazing what they can do. No I'm just kidding, I have no idea what Breakdance is? Eleborate please, I always want to learn!
Hi Matt. I have a big problem with a virus on a quite complicated wordpress website. I haven't updated some of the plugins due to the fact that in the past they used to cause compatibility troubles. Why is it so risky to not update plugins?
Hi there and thanks for the question! Well its risky because of vulnerabilities that are not being patched with new updates. So every vulnerability is a potential wide open gate for hackers… that’s why you need to update it, to keep the gates shut 😀👍🏻
Hi Mate is it ok to delete the file found issue in wordfence security plugin
Hi there! Thanks for your question. Yeah it’s ok to delete the malicious files. Just be sure to have a backup - just in case 😀
Hi do you only clean wordpress sites? How about other php sites such as moodle?
And could you maybe also make a video on how to secure cPanel and WHM panel?
Hi there! Yes I only work with WordPress 👍🏻😀 So no I don’t clean other PHP sites. Also capabel and WHM should be the work of your hosting company imho 👍🏻😀
I have a backup uploaded to GoDaddy. The pages will not propagate possibly due to a hack that happened over the Covid shutdown. I pulled the backup from one hosting company and uploaded to GoDaddy, I have uploaded 3 database files to try and figure out which one has the content needed. I also paid GoDaddy security to scan the files and complete backup for malware which they found some. One issue is that Wordpress is pulling from multiple tables now but a representative thought that the issue may be the malware getting in the way of the propagation. That's why I paid for the scan but still not propagating. I'm at a loss....any suggestions??
Hi there! That’s a interesting problem. Well, first you need to get the right database and then you can start cleaning… just check WP-config.php for the right database. Then start cleaning?
So I have the following problem: I am unable to change the rights on my htaccess file. As soon as I try to change anything, it propagates the old, hacked file again or tells me that I don't have the right permission...
Hi there! Thanks for your comment. Yeah that’s a nasty hack. It seems that they have acces to your FTP or SFTP. Try changing both passwords?
Dank! Vraagje.. helaas heb ik geen backup. Dus wat als je de malware handmatig probeert te verwijderen en je merkt dat de verwijderde malware files direct weer terugkomen.. heb jij dan een tip wat kan je dan doen? Groetjes!
Goedemiddag! Dank voor je vraag! Jazeker, dan hebben ze je FTP gegevens. Dus probeer eerst alle SFTP gegevens te resetten en ook de webshell te verwijderen die ergens verstopt zit in de bestanden.
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I’m glad you liked it 👍🏻😀