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Is it better to redirect the domain to an affiliate offer since my website has been hacked 4 times now in one month?
Is it better to redirect the domain to an affiliate offer since my website has been hacked 4 times now in one month?
I'm not sure exactly what you're asking?! It's a bit worrying that your site has been hacked 4 times. It sounds like a dodgy theme or plugin is letting them in. WordPress is *opensource* and there is some deliberate malware out there. I'm also assuming you have a secure login, not just "admin"?! If not, I'd recommend following Dean's (@apina) training on his site here: http://www.apinapress.com/security :) Rich.
Yes I have had wa delete the admin user and I have changed the user name and password 4 times now. But some how they seem to be able to hack it. I just wonder if I should have go daddy redirect the domain to wa affiliate offer and just get another domain for the site that I want to create.
Then my guess would be that it's a dodgy theme or plugin that's opened a backdoor for them. I'm not sure I really see any great value in doing a 301 redirect of a domain name with your affiliate code attached to Wealthy Affiliate, but if you're going to do nothing else with the domain, then I guess it's worth a shot. I'm assuming you've opened a Support Ticket here and asked them about this "hacking" as the hosting team are really hot about this usually and take a lot of preventative measures to prevent WA sites getting attacked. Rich.
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I'm not sure exactly what you're asking?! It's a bit worrying that your site has been hacked 4 times. It sounds like a dodgy theme or plugin is letting them in. WordPress is *opensource* and there is some deliberate malware out there. I'm also assuming you have a secure login, not just "admin"?! If not, I'd recommend following Dean's (@apina) training on his site here: http://www.apinapress.com/security :) Rich.
Yes I have had wa delete the admin user and I have changed the user name and password 4 times now. But some how they seem to be able to hack it. I just wonder if I should have go daddy redirect the domain to wa affiliate offer and just get another domain for the site that I want to create.
Then my guess would be that it's a dodgy theme or plugin that's opened a backdoor for them. I'm not sure I really see any great value in doing a 301 redirect of a domain name with your affiliate code attached to Wealthy Affiliate, but if you're going to do nothing else with the domain, then I guess it's worth a shot. I'm assuming you've opened a Support Ticket here and asked them about this "hacking" as the hosting team are really hot about this usually and take a lot of preventative measures to prevent WA sites getting attacked. Rich.