Security
Malware, SSL, backups, and uptime monitoring.
- Mixed Content Warning Fix
A mixed content warning means your site is loading some resources over HTTP while the page itself is HTTPS. Here is what causes it and how to find and fix every instance.
- WordPress Brute Force Attacks
How brute force login attacks target WordPress sites, how to tell if your site is being attacked, and how to stop them.
- Website Hacked — What to Do
Steps to take immediately when a contractor website has been hacked, compromised, or flagged by Google for malware.
- How to Fix the Not Secure Warning
The Not Secure warning in Chrome and other browsers kills visitor trust immediately. Here is what causes it and how to remove it.
- SSL Certificate Expired — What to Do
What to do when your SSL certificate expires, why it happens, and how to prevent it from taking your site offline again.
- The WordPress Japanese Keyword Hack — How to Tell If Your Site Has Been Compromised
A GTA web design agency had hundreds of Japanese product pages indexed under their own domain and had no idea. This is one of the most common and damaging WordPress hacks — and it is invisible without a site search.
- Backup Problems
No working backup means one bad update or hack could permanently delete your site. What backup failures look like and how to verify yours is actually running.
- Malware Infections
How contractor websites get infected with malicious code, what signs to look for, and what the cleanup and recovery process involves.
- SSL Errors
SSL errors show a Not Secure warning to every visitor and block clean Google indexing. What causes certificate failures and how to fix HTTPS permanently.
- Uptime Monitoring
What uptime monitoring catches, how to know when your site goes down before clients do, and why availability gaps cost contractors leads.
- Website Security Issues
What makes contractor websites a target, how vulnerabilities get exploited, and what to do when a site gets hacked or injected with malicious code.