Help! Is there a WordPress Doctor in the House?

There are few things that are worse than going to your blog and see that it’s going extremely slow, or even worse… it’s not loading at all! Among other problems, you always have the disasters of coding problems, plugins and database updates leaving you open to malware and security issues. When something like this happens and you don’t know how to fix the problem on your own, you can feel very helpless and vulnerable.

My Disaster with Blog Malware

This is exactly what happened to me on one of my other blogs, which was injected with some nasty malware! I didn’t even see the injected links on my browser as I was ip blocked, but it wasn’t til a few other people told me about the garbage on the site that I would be able to fix it. I tried to get my web host to fix it, but they didn’t know exactly what to do, so they were just making backups and trying to find the latest uninfected version. At first I thought this worked, but it didn’t.

Then Daniel Scocco from DailyBlogTips.com recommended I contact Sucuri.net. After working with the team at Sucuri, I quickly had my blog back in order and running without any problems. It’s very scaring to have something go wrong with a web site or blog, but having a great team of web doctors to work whatever disaster comes up is a great security to have.

Run a Free Malware Security Check

When working with the Sucuri team, the first thing they did was run a security check on their site, which let them know what malware was placed on the blog. The screenshot below was the diagnosis and Sucuri quickly went into action. You can also run a free security scan to see if your web site has any blacklist or malware problems.

Keeping a Web Doctor & Security Team at All Times

I never want to be stuck in the mud again with any of my sites, so I made sure to signup with Sucuri to have them continually monitor all of my sites. Depending on the plan you choose, they will monitor your sites every few hours and work on different amount of cases or problems that you may come up with over the course of the year. I went with the $289.99 “Business” annual package, as you get to monitor 10 sites and receive 5 clean up cases.

A great value in my opinion, and I know who exactly to run to should I have a problem with any of my sites again. If you ever find yourself in a malware situation and need a quick fix, Sucuri also offers one time fixes for $89.99 and have your site cleaned within 4 hours.

When running sites with a platform such as WordPress, make sure you always have backups handy, keep all of your updates in order and always have a backup contact and resource for when things go crazy!

Run a free site check on Sucuri right now.