Title: Website hacked
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Website hacked

 *  [favour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/favour/)
 * (@favour)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-hacked-1/)
 * Hi,
 * Our blog was hacked somehow where the index.php files were modified (in root 
   folder – an where it appears in any sub-folders). Our backup on the hosted site
   also seems to have been hacked so it looks like some auto procedure.
 * My question: is there a way to re-install our obtain copies of just the index.
   php files? And are the php files standard, or are they generally modified as 
   part of an installation?
 * Thanls

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-hacked-1/#post-1487190)
 * There are few key steps to take first in order to secure your WordPress install:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
 * But, to answer your question, you can download a fresh copy of WordPress and 
   replace all of the .php files. This is one of the steps in the above guide.

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 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-hacked-1/#post-1487190)
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