Cloning your site is another level in fix hacked wordpress database which can be useful. Cloning simply means that you've backed up your site to a completely different location, (offline, as in a folder, so as to not have SEO problems) where you can get it at a moment's notice if necessary.
I protect an access to important files on the blog's server by putting an index.html file in the particular read the article directory, which hides the files from public view.
Move your wp-config.php file one directory up from the WordPress root. WordPress will search for it there if it can't be found in the main see this website directory. Also, nobody else will have the ability to read the file unless they have SSH or FTP access.
Now we are getting into things. You have to link rename it to config.php and alter the document config-sample.php, when you install WordPress. You will need to deploy the database facts there.
Change admin username and your WordPress password, or at least your password and collect and use other good WordPress safety tips to keep hackers out!