• Due to my site being hacked awhile ago, I have three links on the home page that go back to the home page when clicked on instead of going to the pages they are supposed to go. The links do not show up in the text section Of Pages where I bring up the home page to edit. I ave no idea where these links would be. I am not a techie though I can make basic changes when necessary. Any help would be appreciated.

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by elfinforest.
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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    Try checking your active theme’s templates (e.g., header.php, home.php, etc.)

    Thread Starter elfinforest

    (@elfinforest)

    OK, Went into Appearance/Editor link and this is what I found:

    Templates
    This child theme inherits templates from a parent theme, Madison.
    • index.php
    (font/index.php)
    • Theme Footer
    (footer.php)
    • Theme Functions
    (functions.php)
    • index.php
    (lang/index.php)
    • Single Page
    (page.php)
    • index.php
    (plugin-features/index.php)
    Styles
    • Stylesheet
    (style.css)
    • RTL Stylesheet
    (rtl.css)
    • style-mobile.css
    • style-responsive.css
    • style-tablet.css

    After looking in each .php file, I saw nothing that related to links. Am I looking in the right place?

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    to rule out plugins/theme, 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).
    – switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Seventeen.) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

    Thread Starter elfinforest

    (@elfinforest)

    Before I do anything more,I had better explain that all the other links on the site work fine. The problem is all the links used to be named after the page content and somehow this got changed maybe by a hacker. For example, contact page link used to be website name/contact. Now it is website name/?page_id=1756. As I just stated, all the other links works fine with this kind of page ID thing. However, the misdirected links still have the former link name and that is what needs to be changed.I hope I am being clearAs to what the problem is.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    somehow this got changed maybe by a hacker.

    Carefully follow this guide. When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures.

    Thread Starter elfinforest

    (@elfinforest)

    Betweeen myself and and my webhost company, I have already addressed the security issues that led to site being compromised. The site is clean and has continuous scanning for malware,etc. Other issues that are mentioned in that article and may have been a problem have also been addressed. I also added ssl certificate to my wp login months ago and that alone made a differnce. All I want to do is find the section where I can change the links that need to be addressed.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    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).
    – switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Seventeen.) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

    Thread Starter elfinforest

    (@elfinforest)

    Deactivated all plugins, no difference. Switched to default theme again no difference.

    Hello There!

    I am facing login error. i cant login in my site from last hour, i don’t know why, check my site – https://www.imobetachat.com/

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    side note to @warner12587,

    please do not jump into other topics. If the troubleshooting already posted made no difference for you, then, as per the Forum Welcome, please post your own topic.

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