WordPress Firewall: a nulled theme or plugin was installed to

When the request is wordpress firewall, we look at the live site first. The check we expect to matter is: a nulled theme or plugin was installed to save a license fee.

The failure we expect

• A nulled theme or plugin was installed to save a license fee
• The site was hacked and then only the homepage was restored
• A plugin update is months behind and the vendor is gone
• Two people share one admin password

The pieces we open

If the site is already compromised, cleanup comes before the lock-down. Locking a site that still has a strange admin user just hides the problem.

• Every user with administrator rights
• A backup that is not stored only on the same account
• Whether the host or a plugin is already blocking logins
• Recently modified files outside the uploads folder

After you call

If the site is already compromised, we clean that before we add restrictions. A lock on a dirty site feels safer and is not.

Security work is users, updates, file changes, and the login. You should still be able to edit the site when we are done, and you should know which password changed.

Computer Geek works from Toronto with clients in other cities. Distance does not change the check. Access to the host and a page that shows the problem does.

Call 905-426-1784. We look at the site and tell you what the work is before it starts. The service page for this is WordPress security.