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1. caseyaccidenta
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I updated my blog's (http://caseyaccidental.com) layout last night, and it looked fine. Today, however, I'm seeing this error:

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/content/25/4613425/html/wp-includes/default-filters.php on line 229

   I can't even login to the wp-admin, and I checked that line of php using the ftp, and it's blank. Any ideas on what"s going on? I tried resetting the layout on the ftp side, and that didn't work.

   EDIT: What I did: changed a bunch of colors, got rid of the banner at the top, and re-uploaded the kubrickbg-ltr.jpg in the ftp as a grey image instead of the default. It looked and worked fine after all of this until this morning.

2. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sudden parse errors in a core WordPress file can be a sign that your site is hacked. Check default-filters.php for any weird added code (compare to a freshly downloaded copy from wordpress.org).

3. caseyaccidenta
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Yeah, I see the weird code. What do I do now to fix it, and what caused me to get hacked?

4. caseyaccidenta
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Okay, I got to the point here where it says back up, and I don't know how. I use Go Daddy as my hosting and Filezilla as my FTP client. I clicked download from the main folder on the ftp, but I'm not sure that gets everything I need for a backup. I don't know how to change my passwords either.

5. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   See: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/377740

6. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Also: http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database

7. caseyaccidenta
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Okay, I'm making some headway, but am still nowhere near the end I'm afraid.

   None of those backup articles helped. I don't have phpmyadmin or know how to access the database. All I know how to access is the ftp.

   I tried those password resets, but I don't know if they worked because wp-admin and emergency.php are just error pages. I don't know how to change the FTP password yet.

   I checked .htaccess, and it was clean, so I used the tip here to disable the site to incoming traffic.

   That's about as far as I've gotten because it seems like in every article I should be backing up now, but I have no idea how to. Any pointers? I really appreciate the help.

8. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Contact your web host about obtaining a backup of your database and tell them what happened.

9. caseyaccidenta
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks, I'll do that today.

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