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From business sites to online stores, we keep the websites we build safe from the WordPress attacks hitting South African businesses every day.
Security audits, hack cleanup and ongoing hardening for South African WordPress websites. We find the holes before attackers do, and fix them fast if they already have. From R850 once-off.
WordPress powers most South African small-business websites, and its huge plugin ecosystem makes it the most-targeted website platform in the world. We audit, clean up and harden WordPress websites so yours is not the one that gets hacked, blacklisted by Google, or taken offline.
In our experience, most hacked WordPress sites did not fail because of one big mistake. It is usually a combination of an out-of-date plugin, a weak password and no one watching for the warning signs, until traffic drops or a client mentions a scary browser warning. A proper security audit closes those gaps before they cost you customers.
If your site is already showing signs of a hack, we can move fast: most cleanups are completed within 24 to 48 hours of getting access, followed by hardening so it does not happen again.
This is not a theoretical risk. New WordPress vulnerabilities are being found faster every year, and the ecosystem South African businesses rely on is the one most exposed.
new WordPress vulnerabilities disclosed in 2025 alone, up 42% year-on-year.
Source: Patchstack, State of WordPress Security 2026of those vulnerabilities are in third-party plugins, not WordPress core itself.
Source: Patchstack, State of WordPress Security 2026median time from a vulnerability going public to it being exploited at scale.
Source: Patchstack, State of WordPress Security 2026South Africa is consistently ranked among Africa's most-targeted countries for cyberattacks, and small and medium businesses, most of them running WordPress, are a frequent target because they typically have the least security monitoring in place. For background on the vulnerability data above, see Patchstack's State of WordPress Security 2026 report. If you believe your business has been targeted or want to understand the national threat picture, South Africa's Cybersecurity Hub (the national CSIRT) is a useful resource, alongside WordPress.org's own hardening guide.
From a one-time audit to full-time monitoring, here is how we keep WordPress websites out of attackers' hands.
A full scan of your WordPress core, themes and plugins to find the exact holes attackers could use, before they find them.
Complete removal of malicious code, hidden backdoors and unauthorised admin accounts, so attackers cannot walk straight back in.
A web application firewall and login protection that blocks the automated attacks hitting WordPress sites around the clock.
File permission fixes, disabling risky features like XML-RPC, forced strong passwords and two-factor login protection.
If Google, Chrome or your host has flagged or blacklisted your site, we get the warnings and blacklisting lifted once it is clean.
Continuous scanning and alerts, so a new attack is caught and stopped before it becomes a full-blown hack.
A clear process whether your site is already hacked or you want to stop it happening in the first place.
We scan your WordPress core, themes, plugins and hosting environment to find every existing vulnerability and, if applicable, confirm what has already been compromised.
Any malware, backdoors or unauthorised users are removed, and we work with Google and your host to lift blacklist or "hacked site" warnings.
We lock down file permissions, passwords and risky WordPress features, and put a firewall and login protection in place so the same attack cannot work twice.
For clients on our monitoring plan, we keep watching, scanning and reporting every month, so problems are caught while they are still small.
Google blacklists hacked sites, browsers show "Dangerous site" warnings, and rankings you have spent months earning can vanish within days. Because we are an SEO agency first, our security work protects both your business and the Google rankings you have already built.
A hacked or blacklisted site can be deindexed by Google within days, undoing months of SEO work.
A one-time audit, an urgent cleanup, or ongoing monitoring. Pick what your site needs right now.
A full scan and report before anything goes wrong.
Full cleanup and hardening for a compromised site.
So a hack doesn't happen again.
Whether we built your site or not, and wherever it is hosted, we can audit and secure it. Security Monitoring pairs well with our Hosting & Care plans, but works just as well on its own.
Most agencies install a security plugin and call it done. We audit, harden and monitor the exact platform we build websites on every day, so we know precisely where WordPress sites are weak and how attackers actually get in.
A hacked website is stressful and time-sensitive. You get a real person handling your cleanup, not a ticket queue, with priority turnaround for anyone whose site is compromised right now.
A one-time WordPress security audit starts at R850, with hack cleanup and hardening from R1,850. Ongoing security monitoring, including a firewall, malware scanning and monthly reporting, is R450 per month plus a once-off setup fee from R850. Every job gets a fixed quote before we start.
Common signs include unexpected pop-ups or redirects, new admin users you did not create, a "This site may be hacked" warning in Google search results, your hosting account being suspended, or a sudden drop in traffic and rankings. If you notice any of these, get in touch immediately. The faster a hacked site is cleaned, the less damage it does to your rankings and reputation.
Hosting & Care covers general upkeep for any website: updates, backups, uptime and content changes. Website Security is a WordPress-specific service focused on finding and closing security holes, removing malware and hacks, and actively monitoring for attacks. Many clients run both together, Hosting & Care for day-to-day upkeep and Website Security for dedicated protection and hack recovery.
Yes. Most of our security clients come to us with a site someone else built. We start with a full audit, clean up anything malicious, harden the site against future attacks, and can hand it back to you or take it onto an ongoing monitoring plan.
Most hack cleanups are completed within 24 to 48 hours of us gaining access to your site. Blacklist and Google Safe Browsing removal can take a further few days once the malware is gone, since that step depends on Google re-scanning your site.
Yes. Our Security Monitoring plan adds a firewall, brute-force login protection and continuous malware scanning, with a monthly report so you always know your site is safe. It runs alongside our Hosting & Care plans, or independently if you host elsewhere.
From business sites to online stores, we keep the websites we build safe from the WordPress attacks hitting South African businesses every day.
Tell us about your website, including whether it is hacked right now, and we will send you a free quote and the right security plan, most often within one working day.
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