Title: Random code issue Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Random code issue * [lee.stanley3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leestanley3/) * (@leestanley3) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-code-issue/) * I have a random code issue. for some reason on my pages [http://www.hadfieldeducation.com/teaching-jobs-in-leicestershire](http://www.hadfieldeducation.com/teaching-jobs-in-leicestershire), [http://www.hadfieldeducation.com/nottinghamshire-teaching-jobs](http://www.hadfieldeducation.com/nottinghamshire-teaching-jobs) and [http://www.hadfieldeducation.com/teaching-jobs-lincolnshirethe](http://www.hadfieldeducation.com/teaching-jobs-lincolnshirethe) code is adding in extra code?? I have deactivated plugins and cleared the cache but it still happens. yet on the url [http://www.hadfieldeducation.com/derbyshire-teaching-jobs](http://www.hadfieldeducation.com/derbyshire-teaching-jobs) it all works fine?? * Any thoughts or suggestions. I am using wp 3.5 and viewing on win8 I have viewed in chrome, ff and safari (all the same issue). * Completely baffled? * Lee Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [Odai Athamneh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heyodai/) * (@heyodai) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-code-issue/#post-3398533) * Hi Lee, * This really looks like it’s being caused by a bad hook in a plug-in. It could even be that your website has been hacked and had some nefarious plug-in installed( I’ve heard of that, but never seen it happen). * Are you sure you tested every plug-in? I looked at the source code for [Teaching Jobs in Leicestershire](http://www.hadfieldeducation.com/teaching-jobs-in-leicestershire) and noticed you’re using [WordPress File Monitor](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-file-monitor/), which hasn’t been updated for 2 years. Could be that. * Thread Starter [lee.stanley3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leestanley3/) * (@leestanley3) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-code-issue/#post-3398572) * I have deleted the wordpress file monitor plugin like you say its way out of date. How do you detect a nefarious plugin? * Yes checked every plugin? * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-code-issue/#post-3398573) * Your theme’s is using the UTF-7 character-set to display the page. * ``` ``` * Try and change the character set to UTF-8 in wp-admin > Settings > “Encoding for pages and feeds”. * Thread Starter [lee.stanley3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leestanley3/) * (@leestanley3) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-code-issue/#post-3398574) * Changed to UFT-8 and the random symbols on one page has changed but the main pages are still showing this random code. * There is perhaps a clue or a hint in the fact of the random code (+ADw-h2+AD4-) happens around < symbols in the html or text view?? or the > symbols. Also the radmon code is not consistant it is different every time. * Is this a code issue or a hacker?? * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-code-issue/#post-3398576) * > Is this a code issue or a hacker? * Could be either one. * First try: – flushing any caching plugins you might be running, as well as server and/or browser caches. * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems. * Thread Starter [lee.stanley3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leestanley3/) * (@leestanley3) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-code-issue/#post-3398577) * It must be a hacker.. * I have activated twenty eleven and the main domain url redirects to a spanish website. Yet when I then re-activate the theme and child theme I am using it works normally (with the random code still there) * Also the random code is still there on all the other pages with twenty eleven as it was before. * Ill contact my host and inform them of this. * Any suggestions on what to do or how to identify it to clean the site code?? * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-code-issue/#post-3398578) * If you didn’t put the character set to UTF 7 yourself I think it’s a hacker, see for solutions here: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-repeatedly-hacked?replies=38](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-repeatedly-hacked?replies=38) * [edit] * > and the main domain url redirects to a spanish website… * Yes, I’m sorry but I think your site is hacked. * Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) * (@keesiemeijer) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-code-issue/#post-3398580) * Start by working your way through these resources: [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked) [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779) [http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/](http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/) [http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/](http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/) * Additional Resources: [http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/](http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/) [http://www.unmaskparasites.com/](http://www.unmaskparasites.com/) [http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html](http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html) * Thread Starter [lee.stanley3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leestanley3/) * (@leestanley3) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-code-issue/#post-3398583) * Arh that seems very very similar to mine… Ill have a read through and see if there is anything that I can change remove etc. * I did initially build the site using twenty ten and did used to use text widgets. I was hacked in August/Sept 2012 but it was just a redirection of the main page. I followed the wordpress codex suggestions and moved on to buy a theme as I felt this would be more secure. * It is interesting how the domain redirects as twenty eleven and not at the main theme I am using?? * Ill keep people posted on how it goes as this may be helpful to others if this is the problem * … and thanks [@keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) for the link … hopefully this will help. 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