So I got hacked a couple of weeks ago. <\/p>\n
After my host resolved the issue they recommended I update my WordPress install to the latest version to boost up security. So, I upgraded, only to find that my servers database won’t support the new version of WordPress. My service package is now on a “Legacy server” which my host isn’t bothering to upgrade, so if I want to upgrade WordPress I have to subscribe to a new more expensive package. Oh joy.<\/p>\n
The long story even longer, is that to upgrade WordPress I had to turn off all plug-ins including my spam filter plug-in. By the time I’d decided to re-install the older version of WordPress and was able to get back into my control panel I had well over 800 pages of spam comments and counting. I spent about 2 hours clicking on the “select all comments” button then the “mark as spam” button. By the time I was nearing the end I was a little punch drunk and I accidentally selected a bunch of legitimate comments and deleted them with the spam. Oops!<\/p>\n
Anyhoo, if your comment was one of the ones deleted, my apologies. <\/p>\n
I’m trying to keep on top of the robot spam going forward so I won’t accidently delete real comments in a batch frenzy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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