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Hi,

I have a client hosting his website in a reseller account. His WordPress website was hacked and there were suspicious code and files added to his account. I was helping to him as we got a notice from the provider to fix this immediately. What is the best and fast way to clean hacked WordPress website.

Thanks,

You should reinstall WordPress as follow to clean the website:

- First secure full backup of your data (web contents and database).

- Remove/move all existing web contents and upload the fresh WordPress files/folders by downloading them from wordpress.org

- Connect it to your existing database by updating wp-config.php file.

- Download your plugins and themes and uploaded them.

- Upload your "/wp-contents/uploads" folder. Make sure there is no suspicious files in this directory.

- After login, save your permalink structure once again.

Hope this will help you cleaning your hacked WordPress website.

- Kailash