Tampa Forge
Full malware removal
We sweep files, database, and user accounts for injected code, backdoors, rogue admins, and spam content — the visible damage and the hidden hatches attackers leave so they can come back.
WordPress security
Hacked WordPress site? We clean it and find the way in.
Cleaning the malware is the easy half. If nobody finds the door, you get reinfected in a fortnight — and in WordPress that door is almost always an out-of-date or abandoned plugin. We clean the install, name the vulnerable plugin, and replace it with something maintained or with code you own.
What The Cleanup Includes
We don't just bail water — we patch the hull
Most WordPress hacks come through the same doors: outdated plugins or core, weak or reused passwords, or a cheap host with poor isolation. Deleting the ugly page only hides the leak. A proper cleanup removes the intruder's code everywhere it landed and closes the way in, or you'll be boarded again within weeks. And if nobody's been keeping the ship patched, our PHP maintenance & legacy support crew can stand watch after the cleanup so it stays closed.
Closing the hole it came through
We identify how they got in — a vulnerable plugin, an outdated core, a guessed password — and fix that specific entry point, not just the symptoms it caused.
Hardening against the next attempt
Updated core and plugins, strong credentials, tightened file permissions, login protection, and backups that actually restore — so the next probe bounces off.
Getting Google's warnings lifted
Once the site is clean, we submit reconsideration and review requests to Google and the major blocklists so the "deceptive site" warnings come down and your search results recover.
The First Hour
What to do right now, before anything else
A few calm moves in the first hour make the cleanup faster and cheaper. A few panicked ones make it harder.
Don't delete anything yet Deleting files and pages feels productive, but it destroys the evidence that shows how the attacker got in — and rarely removes the actual infection. Leave the wreckage in place for now.
Change your passwords From a device you trust, change your hosting, WordPress admin, and email passwords. If you reused any of them elsewhere, change those too.
Write down what you saw Screenshots of the defacement, the warning Google showed, the weird URL it redirected to, when you first noticed. Every detail shortens the hunt.
Send up a flare Tell us what happened and what you've seen. We reply within one business day — sooner if it's urgent — with an honest read on how bad it is and a fixed price to clean it up.
After the cleanup
Why WordPress sites get hit twice
Reinfection is a plugin problem far more often than a hosting problem. These are the four things we change so it doesn't happen again.
The abandoned plugin
A plugin whose author stopped shipping updates years ago is an unpatched vulnerability sitting in your admin. We find them and rip them out.
Too many plugins
Every plugin is attack surface. Consolidating a stack into one custom plugin shrinks what an attacker can reach.
Nulled or pirated plugins
Cracked premium plugins are the most reliable way to install a backdoor on purpose. If we find one, it goes.
Updates nobody applies
Staged updates on a schedule — tested before production — close the window attackers actually use.
Hacked right now? Send up a flare.
Tell us what you're seeing — warnings in search results, spam pages, a host suspension. We'll clean the install, find the plugin that let them in, and harden it so it doesn't repeat.
Request a free consultationNo ransom required. First conversation is free.