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Why, what’s your issue with it? What do you prefer and why? I like WordPress-- it’s hugely popular, easy to use, completely configurable, and works great for high-volume sites. It’s easy to install and there’s tons of help available online. Most hosting companies are extremely familiar with it. There hasn’t been a serious attack on WP itself in quite some time.

In my case above, I deliberately and knowingly installed a sketchy theme that wouldn’t have survived past go-live, and I didn’t secure it. Entirely my fault. I was stupid and lazy, and I know better. It was not at all a complicated fix. I nuked the site (overkill, but you know the saying about the only way to be sure) restored from my backup, was back in business in an hour, and that included half an hour of watching to make sure the bad guys didn’t get back in.

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