I am supposed to be strapping 6 bicycles to a truck and rounding the family troops to pack up for this family cycling trip

But my family are nowhere to be found -_-

Looking like I will be blowing the foghorn at 5:30am tomorrow morning for an early pack! #nomercy #getpackingtroops

Anyway, while I wait for nomadic family members to show up…

Let me tell you about my site being hacked and what you can do if this ever happens to you
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A few days ago my someone alerted me to the fact that there was some REALLY dodgy stuff on one of my niche sites

I am talking really explicit

‘Love in the butt’ and ‘pie with cream’ in reverse… kind of wording O_O
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(I cant use the exact wording as it will trigger spam filters O_O)

I had a heart attack and immediately checked my site

And to my horror, right at the bottom of some posts, someone had written pages and pages of offensive content

I was befuddled because all comments need to be manually approved by me

But when I checked all the published comments… I couldn't find the dodgy wording

The worst part? I couldn't remove it !

Normally people place unauthorized content on a site to embed backlinks

But this didn't have backlinks, just disgusting explicit content

And I would have never noticed unless someone told me

So why would someone bother to embed explicit content onto my site ?

1- Because they embedded it on my top performing articles

2- Those articles started dropping in rankings (and rightly so) because Google must have thought my site was highly suspicious​
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3- its an easy way to bring down competition without their knowledge

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What alarmed me the most was this ...
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If it went unnoticed, my site could have been in violation of my advertising agency terms and conditions, resulting in a loss of ad revenue

So if you are in this situation, do this :

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Contact your host

They know how to handle stuff like this, some will charge, some won't
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Mine responded to the customer support chat within 30 seconds.
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And in 30 minutes
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• They ran 2 extensive malware scans and fixes,
• Removed the offensive content and
• Removed the WP Comments table entirely so no one could comment ever again

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All for FREE! ​
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I was gobsmacked, THIS is is kind of peace of mind and support I need when things go wrong

Anyway, this is the host I use​

I love them. Affordable, 24/7 speedy support and affordable plans

Also if you want to prevent people from commenting on your posts, do this:

Step 1: In All Posts, click on "Screen Options" (Top right area) and change "Number of items per page" to the max number of your posts

Step 2: Check on the “Checkbox” on the header

Step 3: Choose “Edit” on the Bulk Action dropdown menu, and click “Apply”

Step 4: Choose “Do Not Allow” on Comments dropdown menu, and click “Update”

Well that's all from me today

Dad has returned in search of a strong hot cup of tea and is hinting heavily

His hint : ‘You look like you want to make me a cup of tea’ -_-

I will make one for him and tell him to get packing !

Anyway,chat to you after our cycling trip!

We are cycling along the Malaysian coast for one week,let me know if you want the route! :)
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Aisha xx

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