Today we will be taking a look at what steps you can take should you discover your WordPress site is undergoing a security attack, as well as how you can start the recovery process to bring your site back online and restore its content.
While no one who has suffered from forced downtime, or had their site hacked wants to hear that it could have been prevented, or at least had the effects mitigated with a few free plugins, we will also take this opportunity to highlight a few key steps that can be taken to prevent such an attack succeeding in the future.