Wp Secure: a plugin update is months behind and the vendor is

Wp secure starts with a real fault on the site you have. The usual one is this: a plugin update is months behind and the vendor is gone.

The failure we expect

• A plugin update is months behind and the vendor is gone
• Two people share one admin password
• File editing from the dashboard is still turned on
• An extra administrator showed up in the user list

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.

• Whether the host or a plugin is already blocking logins
• Recently modified files outside the uploads folder
• The WordPress and PHP versions
• Plugins and themes, including inactive ones

After you call

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.

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

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.