Jess

Basic spam — not much that can be done except to warn people about it.

Did you make a backup before updating the theme? WordPress_Backups

If you didn’t, then the update overwrote the theme files, and any changes you made to them, and you probably can’t recover them.

If you didn’t make any changes and just want the old version of the theme, contact the developer and ask nicely.

In the future, to avoid losing customizations that you make to a theme, make sure to use a child theme – Child Themes. And always make a backup before doing anything new to your site like adding plugins, updates, or changing your theme.

florisvc – Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post

“Unless you are using the same version of WordPress on the same physical server hosted by the same hosts with the same plugins, theme & configurations as the original poster, do not post in someone else’s thread. Start your own topic.”

Farid Gruber

Try these steps first:

• flush any caching plugins you might be running, as well as server and/or browser caches.
• deactivate 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). Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
• If you can’t get into your admin dashboard, try resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin (read this page if you need help).
• switch to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
• If you can’t log in to change themes, you can remove the theme folders via FTP so the only one is twentyeleven. That will force your site to use it.
• manual upgrade. When all else fails, download a fresh copy of the latest.zip file of 3.5 (top right on this page) to your computer, and use that to copy up. You may need to delete the wp-admin and wp-includes folders on your server. Read the Manual Update directions first.
• check the Master List to see if you’re experiencing a known issue: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/troubleshooting-wordpress-35-master-list

Edited to update Forum Welcome quote – Esmi, you’re fabulous.

Your best bet is to start going through the Theme and Plugins directories and asking questions of the developers when you find things that look like what you need.. A blanket request like this is much too broad to ask volunteers to do all of your research for you! I would start with searches for ecommerce, as many of those tools have review functions.

In general, Themes provide style to your site, and Plugins supply additional functionality, though the are some themes developed specifically for certain tasks, like ecommerce.

Don’t be embarrassed – often it’s just about knowing what to look for. If you found a solution, please mark this topic as resolved. 🙂

I wouldn’t call it spam, no, because you’re obviously a real person and not a bot, and presumably not a shill for that particular company, either. 🙂

Try the steps here: Resetting_Your_Password

Also, if you were hacked, you’ll need to make sure your site is completely clean to avoid future problems. Start here: FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

When you do get back in to WordPress, consider changing your username from admin – keeping the default is an invitation to hackers. As is posting the username and your email address, with your url, on forums like this. See this page for details on how to make your site more secure: Hardening_WordPress

Wow, that is super slow.

I have found this site to be very helpful in diagnosing where things break down:

http://gtmetrix.com/wordpress-optimization-guide.html

For your site, are you using a lot of scripts? Because where they are placed in the code can determine whether or not they hold up the site’s load time.