Input placeholders turned to Japanese language

Hello @wpdevs2022

Thanks for reaching out. You mentioned that the title and meta description in search results also show as Japanese text. This is commonly called the Japanese Keyword Hack.

What should you do next?
We recommend having your web host run an audit on your server. Once the audit is complete, your web host will make appropriate recommendations on fixing and securing your site. If your web host can’t assist, we recommend you get professional help from companies like?Sucuri?or any other companies that provide website security services.

What should you do after the hack has been cleaned up?
Our SEO experts wrote an article covering the five things you should do right after you find your site to be hacked. You can read it here: 5 things to do after a hack

We also recommend reading up on this type of Japanese Keyword Hack using the articles below as Google has some specific information on it (as it is not uncommon).

• https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/hacked/fixing_the_japanese_keyword_hack
• https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/17280843/how-to-fix-japanese-keywords-hack?hl=en
• https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/hacked/clean_site

Here are a few more articles we recommend reading:

• www.ads-software.com’s FAQ My site was hacked
• Sucuri’s How to Clean a WordPress Hack
• WPBeginner’s 11 Top Reasons Why WordPress Sites Get Hacked (and How to Prevent it)

I hope this points you in the right direction.

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