How to clean an XML post backup

  • terrimac001

    (@terrimac001)


    10 years ago

    My site has been badly hacked and I am doing a clean install. I have exported my posts to XML but wondered do I need to check the XML is clean from viruses? If so how would I go about this.

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    10 years ago

    look through for <script> tags. Those would be suspicious.

    You can’t really “restore” from an XML file as it’s usually used to transfer stuff from a live site to another live, empty one. You may be missing your media and you won’t get the plugin and theme settings.

    If the site is still up, use a plugin like backupwordpress to get a backup so you get get the database as well as the files and textual content.

    https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/backupwordpress/

    Thread Starter terrimac001

    (@terrimac001)

    10 years ago

    Great thanks – are the virus and malware able to get into the database backups? Just worried I will be bringing the problems into the fresh install.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    10 years ago

    Potentially, yes. But the same problem exist in importing the XML.

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