Title: Error — get_link.php not found
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error — get_link.php not found

 *  [susb8383](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susb8383/)
 * (@susb8383)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-get_linkphp-not-found/)
 * Hi,
 * On a few of my blogs that used to work fine, an error started popping up at the
   bottom:
 * Not Found
 * The requested URL /plugin/api/get_link.php was not found on this server.
 * It looks like it is in the footer where it usually says ‘proudly powered by WordPress.’
 * I googled this error message and I can see that lots of people’s blogs have this
   same error.
 * I’m using 2.9.2.
 * Any ideas what is causing this or how to fix it?
 * Thanks, Susie

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 *  [Edward Caissie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cais/)
 * (@cais)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-get_linkphp-not-found/#post-1703514)
 * My first thoughts would be this is related to a plugin, perhaps one that is using
   a deprecated function call. I searched the error message and looked at several
   sites where this message is occurring. There is a great deal of malformed code
   in the footer of these sites.
 * I would suggest deactivated your plugins either all at once then reactivating
   one at a time to find the plugin that may be causing this issue; or, check after
   deactivating each plugin until the error message goes away.
 * If you are able to pinpoint which plugin(s) is causing this issue I am certain
   the author would appreciate knowing about it.
 * PS: You might consider upgrading to the most current version of WordPress as 
   well, as of this writing it is version 3.0.1.
 *  Thread Starter [susb8383](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susb8383/)
 * (@susb8383)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-get_linkphp-not-found/#post-1703614)
 * Hi,
 * Nope, that didn’t do it. I deactivated all my plugins and I see get the error.
 *  [Edward Caissie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cais/)
 * (@cais)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-get_linkphp-not-found/#post-1703620)
 * Did you try a “hard-refresh” to force you browser to reload a fresh version of
   the page? There could be something cached causing issues … although deactivating
   ALL of your plugins should have removed the error message with a normal or soft-
   refresh of the page.
 *  Thread Starter [susb8383](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susb8383/)
 * (@susb8383)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-get_linkphp-not-found/#post-1703621)
 * Well I upgraded to WP 3.0.1 and that still didn’t fix it. Same error.
 * This is the full error:
    Not Found
 * The requested URL /plugin/api/get_link.php was not found on this server.
    A Thing
   or Two is proudly powered by Not Found
 * The requested URL /plugin/api/get_link.php was not found on this server.
    “>WordPress
   2.1 Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS). 16 queries. 1.039 seconds.
 * It’s interesting that part of the error says WordPress 2.1 when that isn’t my
   version. Is that a clue?
 *  Thread Starter [susb8383](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susb8383/)
 * (@susb8383)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-get_linkphp-not-found/#post-1703626)
 * Just tried clearing my browser cache. No change.
 *  Thread Starter [susb8383](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susb8383/)
 * (@susb8383)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-get_linkphp-not-found/#post-1703651)
 * Ah! I think the problem is in the theme itself and is related to my site being
   hacked. I found this in the footer.php:
    `get_wp_results('f')`
 * which seems to be related to a hack.
 * So my guess is that the hacked footer code had been doing something before but
   now it show the error.
 *  [Edward Caissie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cais/)
 * (@cais)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-get_linkphp-not-found/#post-1703657)
 * If you were “hacked” … well, anything is possible related to it. As to the reference
   to WordPress version 2.1, that is when the `get_link()` function was deprecated.

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 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Edward Caissie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cais/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-get_linkphp-not-found/#post-1703657)
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