Elfatrany Design

WordPress hack recovery.

We clean out the malware, remove the backdoors, and get the injected spam pages back out of Google’s index. $125/hr, most recoveries from $625. Asheville and Western North Carolina, and remotely for clients anywhere.

A cleanup is not the same as a recovery

Most services stop when the malware is gone from your server. That is the easy half. If your site was compromised for any length of time, Google has already indexed the pages the attacker created, and those keep appearing under your domain long after the files are deleted. Search your own domain and you find product listings you never sold, pages in languages you do not speak, and query spam pointing at your homepage.

That is the half that costs you rankings, and it is the half we actually finish. We know because it happened to us. Our own site was compromised, and cleaning the server turned out to be the first week of a much longer job. We wrote up what the whole recovery involved so you can see the real scope before you hire anyone.

What a recovery includes

Every engagement covers the same ground. How long each part takes is what changes the price.

Full site and server scan.

Core files, themes, plugins, uploads, and the database, compared against clean WordPress checksums so we find what scanners miss.

Malware and injection removal.

Obfuscated PHP, injected scripts, fake product schema, cloaked redirects, and mail scripts pulled out at the source.

Backdoor and rogue user cleanup.

Attackers leave a way back in. We find the extra admin accounts, cron jobs, and dropper files that let them return after a password change.

Getting spam URLs out of Google.

The part most cleanup services skip. Removal requests, correct status codes, sitemap cleanup, and the Search Console work to drop the injected pages.

Manual action and blacklist recovery.

If Google flagged the site or your domain got blacklisted for email, we handle the reconsideration request and the delisting.

Host and hosting account work.

Suspended account, quarantined files, or a host demanding proof of cleanup. We deal with them directly so you do not have to.

Hardening so it does not repeat.

Entry point closed, credentials rotated, core and plugins updated, firewall in front of the site, and daily backups configured.

A written report of what happened.

What got in, how, what it did, and what we changed. Useful for your insurer, your board, or just your own peace of mind.

What it costs

We publish real numbers because almost nobody in this business does, and vague pricing is how people get taken advantage of when they are panicking. Everything is billed at $125/hr against a range we agree before we start.

Diagnosis

Free

Send us what you are seeing and we tell you what you are looking at: whether it is a hack, how deep it goes, and what cleanup would cost. No obligation.

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Full Recovery

From $625

Malware removed, backdoors closed, spam URLs pulled out of Google, host cleared, site hardened. Billed at $125/hr against a scoped range we agree up front.

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Recovery + Care

From $195/mo

Everything in Full Recovery, then ongoing updates, monitoring, off-site backups, and reinfection watch so you are not doing this again next year.

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Who calls us

Small businesses whose host just suspended them. Owners who searched their own name and found spam under their domain. Nonprofits and practices running a site somebody built years ago and nobody has updated since. Agencies who inherited a client site in bad shape and would rather hand the cleanup to someone who has done it before.

The one thing they have in common is that the site is generating real business and it is currently on fire. We are based in Asheville and work across Western North Carolina, but recovery is remote work, so where you are does not change the job.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to fix a hacked WordPress site?

We bill $125/hr. Most recoveries land between $625 and $1,500 depending on how long the site was compromised and how much of it Google indexed. A single-infection cleanup on a small brochure site is usually at the low end. A site with hundreds of injected spam URLs, a manual action, and a suspended host account takes longer. We quote you a range before we start, and we tell you if we think a rebuild is the cheaper answer.

How long does WordPress hack recovery take?

The cleanup itself is usually done inside 24 to 72 hours. Getting the injected URLs out of Google takes longer because that part is on Google's crawl schedule, not ours. Expect a few days for the bulk of them and up to a few weeks for the long tail. If there is a manual action on the site, the security review adds about a week after we submit it.

Can you get the spam pages out of Google?

Yes, and this is the part most cleanup services skip. Removing malware from your server does not remove the spam URLs Google already indexed. Those keep showing up under your domain in search results and keep dragging on your rankings. We handle the removal requests, the correct status codes, the sitemap cleanup, and the Search Console work to get them dropped, then monitor for reinfection.

Do I need to rebuild my site from scratch?

Usually not. Most infections can be cleaned in place. A rebuild makes sense when the site was running abandoned or nulled plugins, when the compromise has been sitting for months, or when the site was already due for a redesign. We tell you honestly which situation you are in. If cleaning costs almost as much as replacing, we say so.

My host suspended my account. Can you still help?

Yes. A suspension is common and it is usually lifted once the host can verify the malware is gone. We work with your host, clean the account, and provide whatever they need for the review. We have done this on WP Engine, GoDaddy, SiteGround, Bluehost, and standard cPanel shared hosting.

Will my search rankings come back?

In most cases yes, though not overnight. Rankings recover as Google recrawls the clean site and drops the injected pages. How fast depends on how long the hack ran. A site cleaned within days of infection typically recovers within a few weeks. A site that was compromised for six months takes longer, because Google has more bad signals to unwind.

Do you work with businesses outside Asheville?

Yes. We are based in Asheville and work with businesses across Western North Carolina including Hendersonville, Black Mountain, Waynesville, and Brevard. Hack recovery is entirely remote work, so location does not change anything. We take clients anywhere in the US.

How do I stop it from happening again?

Cleanup without hardening just resets the clock. Every recovery we do includes closing the entry point, removing backdoor admin accounts, forcing credential rotation, updating core and plugins, and putting a firewall in front of the site. We also offer ongoing maintenance if you would rather not track updates yourself.

Hacked Site or SEO Issues? Let Us Fix It.

If your website has been compromised, flagged by Google, or you’re seeing spam pages, suspicious redirects, or a sudden drop in rankings, we can help. We’ll audit your site, remove the threat, clean up the damage, and harden your security so it doesn’t happen again.

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