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 šŸ˜‰ * -Shadra * [my blog](http://www.shadrastrickland.com/wordpress/) Viewing 13 replies - 16 through 28 (of 28 total) [ā†](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/?output_format=md) [1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/?output_format=md) 2 * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/#post-751393) * well your version in your source says 2.5.1. * 2.5.1 wasnt out a week ago ā€¦ * However thats neither here nor there. * 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/page/2/#post-751405) * I tried upgrading last week unsuccessfully. I just d-loaded the most recent version and uploaded successfully on Friday. Apologies for the lack of clarity. * [mechx1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mechx1/) * (@mechx1) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/#post-751411) * If it has been a long time since you changed your system password, you should do that right away. * 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/page/2/#post-751416) * I just changed it this morningā€¦ You are speaking of my wp login and pass yes? Or do you mean my domain login and pass? * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/#post-751419) * Like I said, it doesnt matter. What you need to be doing is deciding what to do with your current situation. * Your options are limited.. * There are a good # of posts already here that address recently exploited installs. Depending on what you upgraded from, you may or may not have been a victim of the same exploit as someone else. Consequently, you pretty much have to do everything mentioned. * Everything means going through and auditing, specifically, files that cannot just be replacedā€¦that would be any theme files that contain custom code, and more importantly, your wp-config.php * Depending on how attached you are to your plugins, that might also include your plugins. * By auditing, I dont mean random, I mean all, and I mean looking for **anything** that looks suspicious.. long strings of javascript that contain whats best described as just lots of letters, for instance. * Files that can be easily be replaced need to be completely deleted off your web space, and fresh ones uploaded in their place. * Additionally, you need to follow the instructions here: * [http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/has-your-wordpress-been-hacked-recently/](http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/has-your-wordpress-been-hacked-recently/) * Again, youā€™re covering all of your bases since there is no telling when your site was exploited or how many different exploits youā€™ve been a victim of. * If you cant do that, or dont want to do that, then you can shitcan the database, shitcan the files, and start fresh. Or you can pay someone with a lot of patience to do the work for you. * Your call.. * , * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/#post-751420) * Oh, and once you do decide what to do and have done it.. make sure that you change all of your passwords. * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/#post-751426) * On a similarly hacked blog I have seen a lot of folders in the wp-content/uploads/ folder where normally your images and other uploaded stuff sits. When organized by months you may have subfolders like 2007/01, 02, 03ā€¦12. However, if you have subfolders like 1, 2, 3, 24, 35 etc. check EVERYTHING, all those folders! On the site Iā€™ve checked they were full of ad codes and files. * (just a tippā€¦) * 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/page/2/#post-751428) * thanksā€¦I found this on my serverā€¦I Think this is still old blog stuffā€¦. [http://www.shadrastrickland.com/news/](http://www.shadrastrickland.com/news/) * this is where my old blog lived. I will delete this directory and see if things work outā€¦ * ā€™cause I really donā€™t wanna start from scratch. * thanks for all of the help * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/#post-751434) * Forget that old stuff. READ before jumping around on all the places. The garbage code is in your brand new blog, not on that old greymatter install. * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/#post-751438) * yes, what moshu said also applies.. you need to check all of your directories. I believe thats covered in the link I provided as well. * And you are going to have to read. * 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/page/2/#post-751439) * looks like itā€™s gonna be a long night. I can see what looks to be some random links to pharmacy blogs when I view the code through foxfire, but thereā€™s nothing in the index file. * Thereā€™s no other way to accurately pinpoint which files are hacked without opening each one? Not that Iā€™m whining, but I donā€™t wanna screw up something else accidentally, and I looked through the default files earlier and didnā€™t see anythingā€¦.okay, maybe Iā€™m whining a little. * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/page/2/#post-751443) * > Thereā€™s no other way to accurately pinpoint which files are hacked without > opening each one? * As I previously stated, unless you are hellbent on finding the offending code, you go through ALL of the files you intend on keeping. That narrows things things considerably, dont you think? * WordPress 2.5.1 consists of over 400 files. Most of those, if, you read my post above, will be deleted and replaced fresh. Youā€™re using the default theme, even that can be replaced. * And no, there isnt. * 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/page/2/#post-751459) * When I upgraded I did delete and replace the admin and includes folders. I donā€™t really know what else to replace or look for specifically so I will just delete the blog and start all overā€¦*sigh. * Thanks for everyoneā€™s help. Viewing 13 replies - 16 through 28 (of 28 total) [ā†](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/?output_format=md) [1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-code-issue/?output_format=md) 2 The topic ā€˜Sidebar code issueā€™ 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