Title: Loss of Widget Functionality
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Loss of Widget Functionality

 *  Resolved [jonny brush](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonny-brush/)
 * (@jonny-brush)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loss-of-widget-functionality/)
 * Help. Recently A lot of spam has been getting through.And now I have discovered
   that it is because the entire widget section of my site has ceased to function!
   Unfortunately before I discovered that I tried to install a ‘Change your Username’
   widget, as a warning in red said that to use ‘admin’ as my user name was dangerous.
   However, I must have done something wrong when trying to install this and now
   it appears to have taken over my complete site and a load of writing is superimposed
   on my page. But much worse than that, nobody can log in- INCLUDING ME! I can’t
   access my admin page so there is nothing I can do about my problem. I seem to
   be requiring some sort of remote help. I have no idea why or when my entire widget
   section lost it’s functionality but that is the root cause of my problem. I think
   that my version is 3.3.1 but I can’t get in to check. I will include below the
   email I got alerting me to various problems, I don’t even know what ‘your DNS
   records have changed’ means let alone how to fix it!
 * Wordfence found the following new issues on “Cymdeithas Rhandiroedd Maesgeirchen&
   Tan y Bryn Allotments Association”.
 * Critical Problems:
 * * WordPress core file modified: wp-content/index.php
    * The Plugin “Author Avatars
   List” needs an upgrade. * The Plugin “Jetpack by WordPress.com” needs an upgrade.*
   The Plugin “Login Logo” needs an upgrade. * The Plugin “Uber Login Logo” needs
   an upgrade. * The Plugin “Wordfence Security” needs an upgrade. * The Plugin “
   WP-PostViews Plus” needs an upgrade. * The Plugin “WP Google Fonts” needs an 
   upgrade.
 * Warnings:
 * * Your DNS records have changed
 * **Please do what you can to help.**
    The site is: [http://www.allotmentsmaesg.co.uk/](http://www.allotmentsmaesg.co.uk/)

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 * [widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widgets/)

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 * Last reply from: [jonny brush](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonny-brush/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loss-of-widget-functionality/)
 * Status: resolved

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