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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Genesis Pagination issueWhen you buy a premium theme, the assumption is that support comes with the price. It’s best to go to the source to get the answers you need, since these forums are for WP core, and themes and plugins found in the repository. No one knows your theme as well as its authors. Best of luck!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Cannot update to Wordfence 6.0.16Your best bet is to continue with the Wordfence support team in their dedicated forum. They may not notice your post here in this one. Good luck!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Update to 4.3Have you tried just disabling the plugin first? If that doesn’t work, contact the plugin authors on their support forum: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-smushit if you’re using the free version.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: can not login, only getting white screenNot necessarily, but you really only need one: for use in cases like this. When you deactivate an active theme, WP uses a default theme as a temporary replacement. I would upload a more recent one like Twenty Fifteen and delete the rest. That way there’s no chance of malware hiding in a theme folder. Also replace Bloggie with a fresh copy.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: can not login, only getting white screenTwo things: is there a default theme like Twenty Fifteen in your themes folder? The other, sorry to say, is that a site scan shows you have some malware (spam links) on your site.
To get going on clean up, start with this Codex page, with special attention to some of the included links.
If you want to start with replacing your WP core files, I’ll post that part next, but you still need to go through the details of the cleanup instructions above because replacing core files is only part of it. It’s possible that a re-installation could get you back in to admin but really hard to say.
Before you do any replacing, make sure you have backups of your site files and your database as well. All of your posts, pages, and settings are stored in the database, so they shouldn’t be affected by replacing WP files and directories. Your images though are in the
wp-contentdirectory along with themes and plugins.With that in mind, for a manual installation you can download a fresh version of WP and unpack it. On your server, delete (first) and then replace all WP files and folders with new copies except for:
do not touch
wp-config.php(it has your database settings)
do not touch thewp-contentdirectory (for reasons stated above)Sorry about the new twist. Take it slow and you’ll be back up again. If you do a re-install, try running the site scan again and see what it says. Good luck!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: can not login, only getting white screenLeave them disabled, and rename only your active-theme’s folder (not the folder containing all themes). Your theme is Bloggie. The login address above should be fine to use.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to i add custom fonts when making a new post?That doesn’t seem to be a Google font. Per the plugin’s page:
“This plugin simply activates, and makes accessible the ENTIRE Google Webfonts repository.”Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to i add custom fonts when making a new post?According to the plugin’s page, there’s a checklist in Settings > Writing options where you can add to your drop-down list. If it’s not there as an option, check with them on their support forum.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I don't want a blog, just a website. Am I in the wrong place?Yes, sometimes theme developers like to hard-code stuff into their themes when they shouldn’t/needn’t. Anyway, I hope you like your new choice of themes; and, you’re welcome!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Where is the Title Attribute?You can use this plugin to restore link title attributes. And you can peruse this thread for some background around the change and the plugin.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Fatal ErrorYou need to disable that plugin as a test.
If you can’t access your admin pages, you’ll need to use an FTP client (like FileZilla), or your host’s cpanel (or File Manager) and navigate to the files on the server.
In your WP installation there, find
wp-content/plugins/broken-link-checkerand rename that plugin’s folder to something likebroken-link-checker-hold. That will disable it and hopefully allow you to get back into WP admin.Don’t forget to first clear your browser cache and cookies before trying to log in again.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I don't want a blog, just a website. Am I in the wrong place?Picking a good theme can be very time consuming (given the vast numbers of them out there) and wrought with unexpected differences between a demo and reality. It’s worth sticking it out, though, and making sure you’re happy with a choice before putting in too much work.
The Categories and Archives widgets are likely found (and removed) in admin: Appearance > Widgets. You may even find some other widgets more suited to your site to replace them with.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: SubtitlesThe easy way might be to use one of the plugins that take care of it for you. Otherwise I think you’ll have to adapt your theme and styles to display them as you like.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I don't want a blog, just a website. Am I in the wrong place?I took a look at the theme demo. Their pages, as you said, don’t have that meta widget, so I’m guessing that you created your ‘home’ using a post instead of page. In your admin, does ‘Home’ exist under Pages>All Pages or Posts>All Posts?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I don't want a blog, just a website. Am I in the wrong place?If you just create Pages and not Posts, and not enable commenting, you’ll have created a static website. But in this case one whose content is much easier to update than a standard html site, and one whose appearance is very easy to alter by merely selecting a new theme.