Signs your WordPress site is hacked — and how to get it back
If something feels off about your site, check the list below. Then take a breath — this is fixable, today.
Check your inbox. Your rescue preview lands within 24 hours.
The checklist
The telltale signs
Visitors get redirected to spam or scam sites — the redirect hack, WordPress's most common
Google shows “this site may be hacked” or the red “deceptive site” warning screen
Strange pages or links appear — pharmacy spam, foreign-language pages you never made
You're locked out of wp-admin, or there's an admin user you don't recognize
Your host suspended you or your emails started bouncing (blacklisted)
Right now
What to do today
Don't delete anything yet — what you're seeing helps diagnose the hack. Note the symptoms, change your hosting and email passwords from a clean device, and get help today: every hour a hacked site stays up costs visitors, trust, and rankings.
Then decide how you want out. A cleanup hands you back the same vulnerable site. A rebuild gives you the same site — content, look, and web addresses intact — as clean static files with nothing left to hack. That second one takes 24 hours and the preview is free.
websites we saved
Outdated sites, rebuilt.
Three clients who asked us to rebuild their outdated sites — same content, same character, finally modern and fast. Every score below is a real Google PageSpeed measurement.
Before
PageSpeedmobile
A 1950s roadside dinerCalifornia
No mobile layout at all → a real PageSpeed 91, and a homepage that loads in under a second.
Before
PageSpeedmobile
A family funeral homeOhio
A heavy 3.4 MB page → rebuilt at a fraction of the weight, PageSpeed 90, and finally mobile-friendly.
Before
PageSpeedmobile
A village garageEngland
Stuck on a desktop-only layout → PageSpeed 92, lighter, and easy to use on a phone.
PageSpeed scores are measured with Google Lighthouse (mobile).
How it works
Back online in three steps
1
Paste your URL
Tell us where it hurts. No forms, no calls — your web address and email is all we need to start.
2
We rebuild it clean — in 24 hours
Every page, every photo, every word, rebuilt as fast static files. The malware stays behind; nothing else does. You get a private preview link.
3
Connect your domain. Done.
Happy with the preview? Point your domain at the new site and you're back — clean, fast, and with nothing left to hack.
What you get
Rescued — and never again
Nothing left to hack
No WordPress, no plugins, no login page, no database. The attack surface is gone — there's nothing for malware to live in.
Your rankings, kept
Same web addresses, same content, same pages. Google sees a cleaner, faster version of the site it already knows.
Faster than before
Static files load in milliseconds. Your rescued site won't just be clean — it'll be the fastest it's ever been.
Watched and maintained
We host it, secure it, and make your edits for you. You'll never patch a plugin again.
Pricing
The rescue is free to see.
We rebuild your site and put the result on a private preview link — free, no credit card. Like what you see? Go live by connecting your domain. Going live is $499 once, then $99/month for hosting, security, and edits whenever you need them. Cancel anytime. Don't like the preview? Walk away, no hard feelings.
Questions
Asked in a panic, answered calmly
How do WordPress sites get hacked?
Overwhelmingly through outdated plugins and themes — roughly 9 out of 10 break-ins. Add weak passwords and out-of-date WordPress cores, and you've covered nearly every hack. Bots scan millions of sites a day for these exact holes; around 13,000 WordPress sites fall every day.
What do hackers want with my small site?
It's not personal, and it's rarely about your data. Your site is hosting space and reputation: hackers use it to spread spam links, host phishing pages, and redirect your visitors to scams. To the bots scanning the web, a dentist's site and a bank look the same — just doors, locked or not.
Can I fix a hacked WordPress site myself?
If you're technical: maybe. You'll need to find every infected file and backdoor, clean the database, update everything, and rotate every credential — perfectly. Miss one file and it comes back. For most owners the honest math is: hours of risky work versus a free rebuild preview in 24 hours.
How do I make sure this never happens again?
Remove what gets hacked. Static sites have no plugins, no login, no database — the standard WordPress attacks have nothing to grab. That's the after-state of every Resite Now rescue, and the reason rescued sites stay clean.
Why now
Old WordPress sites are a liability.
Hackers don't pick targets. They scan for outdated plugins and break in automatically. The older your WordPress site, the bigger the bullseye.
13,000WordPress sites hacked per day
91%of break-ins come through plugins
0plugins on your new Resite Now site
Your old WordPress site
Your Resite Now site
Security
✕Plugins need constant updates.
✓No plugins, no database. Nothing to break into.
Speed
✕4–8 seconds to load
✓Under 1 second
Google PageSpeed
✕Often 30–50
✓90+
Cost to rebuild
✕$3,000–$10,000 agency quote
✓$499 once, then $99/mo
Get your site back. Today.
Check your inbox. Your rescue preview lands within 24 hours.
