madflute

Yes, that was my original plan and hoping for an easier way out. I guess I have to do that way.

One big question remains. Plugins. There is a chance one of the plugins became the doorway so I must reinstall all the plugins.

Do I understand correctly Delete > Reinstall will not lose the plugin-specific data? Every document I found tells me
1) deactivate
2) delete
3) reinstall
Is this the way? And all plugin data should come back?

And Do I assume correctly the steps I should take are
1) reinstall all the plugins one by one
2) Unzip fresh core next to the public_html
3) copy config and content dir over to the fresh core
4) rename the new WP dir to public_html
5) delete old public_html

Thank you for your help!

Hi, I placed WordFence. I removed unused plugins. I also changed cPanel password and WP admin password. However, it seems I got malware again. My ISP says my WP instance is completely compromised and it needs to be clean-reinstalled.

Is there any easier way? If I need to reinstall keeping the db, uploads dir, and config.php, I am wondering what is the best way to proceed. Unzip a fresh WP to the root but then I don’t really know how to proceed for reinstalling plugins before moving db and config.php. Any advice would be appreciated.

Oh, I forgot to ask.
Is there any recommended anti-virus software to monitor daily so I can catch it before any visitor sees the warning?

-Hiro

Thank you so so so so so much! That solved the issue! I can’t thank you enough!