is your WordPress site a security risk?

WordPress itself is well maintained. The plugins and themes most small business sites depend on are not. Security firm Patchstack counted 11,334 new vulnerabilities in the WordPress ecosystem in 2025, 91% of them in plugins, and 46% had no fix available when they went public.1

where the risk comes from

  • Plugins. 91% of new WordPress vulnerabilities in 2025 were in plugins, and 9% in themes. WordPress core had six, all low priority.1 The average small business site runs a stack of plugins for forms, sliders, SEO, galleries and backups, and each one is code someone else has to keep secure.
  • No patch to install. 46% of vulnerabilities had no developer fix by the time they were disclosed.1 “Just keep everything updated” doesn’t help when there’s no update.
  • Old PHP and abandoned sites. WordPress runs on PHP. Older PHP versions stop receiving security fixes, and many small business sites haven’t been touched since the developer who built them moved on.

what a hacked site costs a small business

Spam pages injected into your site, redirects to sketchy sites, Google warnings that scare customers off, and days of lost calls while someone cleans it up. None of it shows up on an invoice until it happens.

if you’re staying on WordPress, do this now

  1. Delete every plugin and theme you aren’t using.
  2. Update WordPress, your plugins, and your theme.
  3. Ask your host which PHP version your site runs, and whether it still gets security fixes.
  4. Make sure you have a recent backup stored somewhere other than your hosting account.
  5. Confirm you, not a former developer, control the admin login and the domain.

how a MOCO™ site is different

MOCO™ sites are built from scratch in modern code. There are no plugins, no themes, no PHP, and no WordPress admin login for attackers to target. There’s nothing for you to patch, and updates are part of the monthly service.

questions

Is WordPress insecure?

WordPress core is well maintained. Most risk comes from plugins and themes, which made up nearly all new vulnerabilities in 2025.1

Can’t I just update my plugins?

Updating helps, but 46% of vulnerabilities in 2025 had no patch available at disclosure.1

What happens to my content if I switch?

We move the content worth keeping to your new site and set up redirects so search history carries over.

retire the plugins for good.

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sources

  1. Patchstack, State of WordPress Security in 2026 (data from 2025)

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