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5 posts tagged security.
EMCP 3.21.0: tools for cleaning up a hacked site
EMCP 3.21.0 adds incident-response tools for a compromised WordPress site: a compromise scan, quarantine, hardening, access log search and process control. Plus binary file writes, new tools that stay on after updates and fixes from your reports.
EMCP Tools 3.14.0: build on BeTheme, with BeBuilder
BeTheme ships its own page builder, which left an AI agent able to read a BeTheme site but not build on it. Two new tools cover both halves: Theme Options through a curated allowlist, and BeBuilder pages as a real structure. Plus tool cards that say why they cannot be switched on, and a malware-scanner false positive settled.
EMCP Tools 3.13.0: finish a theme template without Elementor Pro
Nine new Themer widgets and dynamic data on free Elementor. Pick the post title, featured image or a custom field from the field itself, in Elementor or the block editor. Plus a rewritten read-only SQL guard and a fix for command-line AI apps that could not sign in.
Is my WordPress site hacked? How to check, and how to clean it
The signs that a WordPress site is compromised, how to confirm it rather than guess, and a realistic cleanup order, including why paying for a cleanup service is sometimes the right call.
WordPress security hardening checklist
A practical hardening checklist ordered by what actually prevents compromises, not by what's easiest to write about. Most WordPress sites are broken into through four doors.