How to Protect Your WordPress Website from Hackers

There’s nothing more frustrating than dealing with malicious activity on your website. Cyberattacks don’t just disrupt your website’s traffic—they damage your business, tarnish your reputation, and create immeasurable harm to your brand. No matter the size or purpose of your site, cleaning up after a security breach is the last thing you want to spend your time on.

The unfortunate reality is that cyberattacks are becoming more common. But here’s the good news: we have a solution that protects your website from these threats automatically, in real time, so you can focus on what matters most—running your business.

Over 20,000 Attacks Stopped in 24 Hours

In the past 24 hours, one of our internal servers recorded over 20,000 security incidents, preventing 47,600+ malicious requests. These attacks were automatically blocked without any disruption to legitimate traffic.

Understanding These Attacks

The attacks we see range from simple annoyances to serious threats. The most common include Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which aim to overwhelm your server and take your website offline, and brute force attempts to crack login credentials on platforms like WordPress.

Without strong security measures, these attacks would have made their way through, wreaking havoc on your website. At the very least, they’d waste your server resources and bandwidth, slowing down your site for legitimate visitors. At worst, they could let hackers in through your WordPress admin panel, giving them complete control over your website.

Imagine a hacker gaining access to your WordPress dashboard. They could change anything—your content, products, user data—essentially holding your site hostage. For businesses, this could mean devastating downtime, customer data leaks, and damage that could take months or years to recover from.

What About Malware?

Beyond surface-level attacks like DDoS or brute force, there are more targeted and insidious threats like malware injections. Malware, short for malicious software, is designed to infiltrate your website and steal sensitive information—like customer names, emails, or payment details.

Malware can also turn your website into a launchpad for further attacks, causing more widespread damage. The consequences don’t stop there. Once your website is compromised, your server’s reputation can suffer, leading to blacklisting, blocked emails, and restrictions from service providers.

Real-Time Malware Protection

Our security suite stops these attacks in their tracks. In the screenshot below, you can see a series of SQL injection attacks—a common method hackers use to take control of a website’s database—automatically mitigated in real time. These kinds of attacks can give hackers access to your entire website’s data, from user credentials to financial transactions.

For WordPress sites, an SQL injection is especially dangerous because it can expose your database—the heart of your website. Hackers gaining access to this data could mean devastating breaches of personal and financial information.

PHP Exploits

Another common vulnerability is through PHP exploits. Hackers attempt to use your site’s PHP files—the code that makes your WordPress site run—to upload malicious files or execute harmful scripts. Left unchecked, this could lead to full control of your site or even using your server to carry out attacks on others.

Our system detects these threats the moment they arise, blocking malicious IPs and securing your site in real time—without affecting your legitimate visitors.

More Than Just a Firewall

All of this protection is provided by the Imunify360 Security Suite, which comes standard with all of NameHero’s web hosting packages, reseller hosting, and now our CloudShield Virtual Private Servers. Unlike traditional firewalls that only block based on basic parameters like connection counts or open ports, Imunify360 uses advanced machine learning to make intelligent, real-time decisions based on actual data.

With Imunify360, you’re not just getting a firewall—you’re getting an entire suite of tools, including:

• An advanced Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention
• Real-Time Malware Scanning and Mitigation
• DDoS Detection and Protection

Security That Gives You Peace of Mind

Over the course of my nearly three decades in the industry, I’ve seen how much time and effort it takes to clean up after attacks like these. But with our advanced security solutions, all of that is handled automatically. You no longer have to worry about hackers, malware, or brute force attempts—our system takes care of it all.

If you’re on the fence about investing in our new CloudShield product, let me assure you—these security features alone are worth 100 times the cost of your subscription. With CloudShield, your WordPress website is protected 24/7, leaving you to focus on what you do best: running your business.