WordPress is the world’s most popular Content Management System with millions of websites using it. Its popularity makes it an easy target for hackers and malicious users alike — creating scripts to compromise WP websites and hampering WordPress security is a lucrative game.
As such, it is not uncommon for us to see several of our clients’ WordPress-powered sites getting compromised every now and then. Most of the time, the cause is something very basic — an out of date plugin, a bad theme, or a poorly-secured database. Continue reading