How to Keep Your WordPress Site From Being Hacked [Infographic]

How to Keep Your WordPress Site From Being Hacked [Infographic] Last Updated on March 17, 2020What if your WordPress gets hacked?One of the quotes that fit best into this kind of situation is:Being too busy to worry about your backup is like being too busy driving a car to put on a seatbelt  Here are some statistics about the amount of hacked WordPress blogs from 2009 to 2012 Disclosure As an independent review site, we get compensated if you purchase through the referral links or coupon codes on this page â€" at no additional cost to you. Dismiss alert 2009 81,0002010 98,0002011 144,0002012 170,000You might also like: Best WordPress hosting As you might have seen, Google search is filled with people who are desperately looking for helpSo how do WordPress blogs get hacked?  41% You are using poor hosting company your PC is infected with malware and/or viruses.29% You are using themes that are outdated and/or downloaded from untrusted sources.22% You have plugins that you no longer use, yet they still exist and are vulnerable.8% You r blog has too weak username and/or password.Infographic courtesy of StartBloggingOnline.comWhy do WordPress blogs get hacked?Hackers want to place links to your site, they want to get FREE traffic from your blogThey do it for FUN and for STATUSThey might want to get access to your personal data and filesTheres also the possibility that they just want to eliminate youHow much time and money is needed to recover your hacked blog?Approx. 1 day to figure out your blog is hackedApprox. 1 day to fully understand what just happened and ask for helpApprox. 3 days to fully clean and restore your blogAt least $100 has to be spent on technical supportTheres a 75% chance that you can get your blog up and running just like it was before the attack and whats most important: You will lose some of your visitors/readersThis is how to keep your WordPress site from being hackedBackup your blog regularlyKeep your WordPress blog updatedAvoid themes and plugins from untrusted sourcesUse well-established hosting companiesEnsure your PC is free of viruses and spywareUse strong passwords and usernames, or use a password managerInstall a security plugin(s) How to fix a 404 error in WordPress Best WordPress image optimizer