Title: Problems with wordpress
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Problems with wordpress

 *  [gavinh32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavinh32/)
 * (@gavinh32)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpress-6/)
 * My website is using the Effective News theme and has got some weird text coming
   up all acrossed a website I manage. It only happens with various links on various
   pages and carousel items but they all seem to be related to pdf’s which we don’t
   even have on the website.
 * It even shows up in the scrolling bar at the top of the website.
 * Weird thing is that after reinstalling 4.4.1 version of wordpress it disappears
   for a few hours then returns.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpress-6/#post-6983500)
 * To rule out any theme/plugin issue, try:
    – deactivating ALL (yes all) plugins
   temporarily to see if this resolves the problem (plugin functions can interfere).
   If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to find the problematic
   plugin(s). – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients). Sometimes, an apparently inactive
   plugin can still cause problems. Also remember to deactivate any plugins in the
   mu-plugins folder (if you have created such folder). The easiest way is to rename
   that folder to mu-plugins-old. – switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty
   Sixteen, etc.) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific
   issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).
 *  Thread Starter [gavinh32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavinh32/)
 * (@gavinh32)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpress-6/#post-6983627)
 * Maybe but we’re also getting the weird text within the backend of wordpress, 
   for example the admin menus are showing the same problem as the website itself.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpress-6/#post-6983629)
 * Can you show[ a screenshot](http://snag.gy) of this text?
 *  Thread Starter [gavinh32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavinh32/)
 * (@gavinh32)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpress-6/#post-6983630)
 * [http://1drv.ms/1NwnOR6](http://1drv.ms/1NwnOR6)
 * You should be able to look at a screenshot using the link above.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpress-6/#post-6983656)
 * From what screenshot, what is the weird text?

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wordpress-6/#post-6983656)
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