I've had two WordPress blogs hacked into previously. That was in a time when I was doing virtually no internet marketing, and until I found time to handle the situation (weeks later), these sites were penalized at the major search engines. They weren't eliminated, no matter how the ratings were reduced.
I back up my blogs frequently using a free plugin WP DB Backup. I will always restore my blog to the last 13, if anything happens. I use WP Security Scan plugin that is free to scan my site frequently and WordPress Firewall to block requests that are suspicious-looking to how to fix hacked wordpress site.
Basically, it all will start with the basics. Try using passwords. Use special characters, numbers, letters, and spaces and combine them to make a password that is special. You could also use.
1 thing you can take is to delete the default administrator account. This is important because if you do not do it, malicious user know a user name that they could try to crack.
Now we're getting into matters. Whenever you install WordPress, you have to edit the file config-sample.php and rename it to config.php. You need to set up the database details there.
There are always going to be risks being online (or even just being alive!) And it's easy to get caught up in the fear. We put the breaks on, As soon as we get caught up in the panic. This isn't a response. Simply take some common sense precautions, then forge ahead. If something bad does happen, it is going to need to be addressed then and no amount of quaking in your boots before-hand will have helped. If nothing does, company website all is good and you have not made yourself ill.