Title: Sidebar code issue Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Sidebar code issue * [shadra-strickland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadra-strickland/) * (@shadra-strickland) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/) * Hi everyone, My sidebar is at the bottom of my posts. Can anyone tell me how to fix it? I am pretty ignorant of XHTML so please speak slowly 😉 * -Shadra * [my blog](http://www.shadrastrickland.com/wordpress/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 28 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/?output_format=md) * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751293) * Umm.. have you looked at the source of your blog? * If you are using Firefox: * Hit ctrl-u at the same time * OR * 1. Go to View in the top most menu 2. Scroll down to View Page Source * Unless you are doing free advertising, your blog is hacked BIG time. * I wont even comment on the 747 errors that the validator sees since a good deal of them are undoubtedly due to that. * Needless to say, you have more to fix than a fallen sidebar. * [mechx1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mechx1/) * (@mechx1) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751294) * It looks to me like there is a large amount of link spam injected into your index page. you should start by looking at the code for the file index.php, located in wp-content/themes/default if you are using the default theme, which it appears you are. * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751295) * its on permalink pages also, not just index.php * Either way, the sidebar is probably symptomatic of the larger issue. * Thread Starter [shadra-strickland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadra-strickland/) * (@shadra-strickland) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751315) * I saw the code. um
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yeah, I have NO IDEA where that came from or how o fix it. I looked at the index page and there is nothing there. How do I get rid of all of this? * I deleted spam through wordpress, but apparently this code still got in. * Thanks so much. * [mechx1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mechx1/) * (@mechx1) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751324) * The spam links won’t appear directly in your code. There will be some small piece of code that calls the ads in from a remote server when the page is accessed. You may have code injected in several of your files, I’m suggesting that you start by checking the code for index.php in your theme first. From the injection point in the source, it is likely that this code appears right after your `` tag * Thread Starter [shadra-strickland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadra-strickland/) * (@shadra-strickland) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751327) * * Thread Starter [shadra-strickland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadra-strickland/) * (@shadra-strickland) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751328) * this is my index code * [mechx1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mechx1/) * (@mechx1) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751331) * I believe that is your root index. I think your theme index should be at /wp- content/themes/default/index.php. That’s the code you want to check. * Thread Starter [shadra-strickland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadra-strickland/) * (@shadra-strickland) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751333) * * * ’,'’); ?> *
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* * * Thread Starter [shadra-strickland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadra-strickland/) * (@shadra-strickland) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751334) * this is it. thanks again for your help. * [mechx1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mechx1/) * (@mechx1) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751338) * There should be a file in the same folder called header.php. Look in there, especially for any code that appears right after the `` tag * Thread Starter [shadra-strickland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadra-strickland/) * (@shadra-strickland) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751339) * > * ; charset=” /> * <?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?><?php wp_title(); ?> * ” /> * * ” /> ” /> ” /> * ” /> *

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* Thread Starter [shadra-strickland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadra-strickland/) * (@shadra-strickland) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751341) * I’m not too familiar with code, but this looks okay to me. I randomly checked other files with no luck. I replaced the old Classic files earlier and that didn’t do anything either. *sigh * [mechx1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mechx1/) * (@mechx1) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751383) * How long have you had this blog? Did you recently upgrade to the latest version? * Thread Starter [shadra-strickland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadra-strickland/) * (@shadra-strickland) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/#post-751385) * I have had the blog for two years now. I just upgraded about a week ago. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 28 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Sidebar code issue’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sidebar/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 28 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [shadra-strickland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadra-strickland/) * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/#post-751459) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics