Password protected wordpress hack
How annoying is it to have the wordpress we use daily, hacked and messed up to a point that it is time to reinstall? This post by Otto makes for good reading, removing wordpress hacks , and is very informative , and give the main reasons why the upgrade does not necessarily get rid of the hack. It can be in the theme , or in the widgets ( a good reason not to use too many!), or in your php config file.
I myself have complained that everytime I get hacked, it must be something on my site that has triggered a particular person to keep hacking , but really I guess it is more likely that a hack was never overwritten in the upgrades, and the hacker has exploits this at their whim.
So great post by Otto if you have been hacked , check it out ! .
