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WordPress recovery guide

If you've ever opened your WordPress site to find a Russian pharmacy ad or a redirect to gambling, you know the panic. These guides are the same playbook our team runs internally when a customer messages us at 11pm with a broken site.

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  1. 01
    Security·6 min read

    Common website security mistakes small businesses make (and the 30-minute fixes)

    Most hacked small-business websites we recover were broken by the same five mistakes. Here is the audit checklist and the fixes you can ship in an afternoon.

  2. 02
    WordPress·4 min read

    Locked out of WordPress? Change your admin password through phpMyAdmin

    Lost admin email, broken SMTP, hacked account — when the WordPress reset link won't work, you can update your password directly in the database. Here's the safe way.

  3. 03
    WordPress·3 min read

    Restrict WordPress media library to each user's own uploads (no plugin)

    By default every WordPress user sees every uploaded file. Two lines in functions.php restrict the media library so each user only sees their own.

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