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How to Prevent Reinfection Why cleaned sites get hit again within weeks, and the five things that stop it. Malware 17 Jun 2026, 2 min Should You Delete Inactive WordPress Plugins? Deactivated is not the same as gone. What an inactive plugin can and cannot do. Plugin Security 17 Apr 2026, 2 min Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in WordPress, Explained Stored, reflected and why “it only affects admins” is the wrong conclusion. Vulnerability Types 8 Apr 2026, 2 min Securing wp-config.php The one file that holds your database credentials — permissions, constants and salts. Hardening 26 Mar 2026, 2 min SQL Injection in WordPress, Explained What SQL injection is, why WordPress plugins keep producing it, and what it means when your site has one. Vulnerability Types 19 Mar 2026, 2 min Signs Your WordPress Site Has Been Hacked The symptoms owners actually notice first, and what each one usually means. Malware 12 Mar 2026, 2 min How to Check If a WordPress Plugin Is Safe Five checks, in order of usefulness, before you install a WordPress plugin. Plugin Security 4 Mar 2026, 2 min How to Detect WordPress Malware What to look at, in what order, when you suspect a WordPress site is infected. Malware 27 Feb 2026, 2 min A Plugin Was Removed From WordPress.org. What Does That Mean? Closed, removed, or just gone — how to read a missing plugin listing, and what to do. Plugin Security 20 Feb 2026, 2 min The WordPress Security Checklist Fourteen items, ordered by how much risk each one removes per minute spent. Hardening 11 Feb 2026, 2 min