Malware Is Hidden Inside a WordPress Theme’s `functions.php`
Clean malicious code from a WordPress theme functions.php while preserving custom work, comparing trusted sources and finding reinfection.
SPECIALIST DIAGNOSTIC GUIDES
Cleanup guides for injected JavaScript, conditional redirects, SEO spam, phishing overlays, card skimmers and returning malware.
START WITH THE VISIBLE SYMPTOM
Choose the symptom closest to what you see, collect the evidence and follow a controlled route to verification.
Locate the source, delivery path and account responsible before removing the visible payload.
Explore the guides 02Test by device, referrer and route to expose behaviour hidden from administrators.
Explore the guides 03Map indexed URLs, database content, files and rewrite rules before requesting re-indexing.
Explore the guides 04Contain the sales journey and preserve payment-page evidence without exposing customer data.
Explore the guides 05Hunt persistence in tasks, accounts, data, build pipelines and external scripts.
Explore the guides 06Verify trusted files, accounts, traffic and integrity over an observation period.
Explore the guidesClean malicious code from a WordPress theme functions.php while preserving custom work, comparing trusted sources and finding reinfection.
Verify WordPress is clean, remove cached or selective payloads and request Google Safe Browsing review with defensible remediation evidence.
Respond to Plesk malware detections across subscriptions by mapping system users, shared access, server configuration and clean restoration.
Trace a recurring unknown WordPress administrator through database code, scheduled tasks, compromised sessions, plugins and external access.
Verify WordPress malware removal with package integrity, database and account checks, original-trigger tests and recurrence monitoring.
Scope and clean WordPress malware across an entire cPanel account, including shared users, permissions, cron, email and forgotten sites.
Find and remove injected JavaScript from WordPress posts, widgets, blocks and builder data without corrupting legitimate content.
Find why WordPress malware returns after backup restoration by checking backup age, vulnerable code, credentials, cron and account-wide persistence.
Separate WordPress SEO spam from legitimate posts, translations, metadata and redirects using evidence-led, reversible cleanup.
Inspect suspicious wp_options rows by owner, size, autoload, content and code references before making reversible targeted changes.
Plan credential rotation after WordPress malware across users, salts, database, hosting, email, APIs and deployment without causing reinfection.
Audit WordPress administrators, sessions and application passwords after malware and revoke unknown access without locking out verified owners.