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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Self destruct](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/self-destruct/)
 *  Thread Starter [spiked3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spiked3/)
 * (@spiked3)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/self-destruct/#post-2650283)
 * OK, thanks for posting that. I know how frustrating it can be to support a product
   when something else is messing it up.
 * I followed your steps.
 * Turning off the Stat tracker plugin, and links began showing up again. They started
   failing after the last update, I guess in retrospect. you should probably blacklist
   them, if possible – at least not help promote them.
 * I reloaded the directories as you suggested, but was still not able to show images
   or you tube.
 * I found these lines in my php.ini;
    upload_tmp_dir=”C:\tmp” session.save_path
   =”C:\tmp” error_log=”C:\tmp\php-errors.log” cgi.force_redirect=0 extension_dir
   =”C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\ext”
 * I did not put them there. They were in a spot by themselves, with no comments.
   I would have never done that. I assume some plugin or chinese/russian hacker 
   has found a way in (do they have anything else to do?).
 * I commented them out then received (when trying to add media);
    500 – Internal
   server error. There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it
   cannot be displayed.
 * the default upload path does have proper security – so whatever added those lines,
   they are indeed needed? So i uncommented them and set up a c:\tmp directory and
   set permissions. Image uploads now worked again.
 * youtube video still does not – it posts as a link only, different than described(
   and as it worked at first).
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Self destruct](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/self-destruct/)
 *  Thread Starter [spiked3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spiked3/)
 * (@spiked3)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/self-destruct/#post-2650202)
 * And yes, it is the latest WP, and the latest mySQL, and the latest PHP, on the
   latest Windows server. Oh, and the problem above occurred maybe a day apart each,
   so its like a multiple day self destruct sequence. I can see things failing all
   at once if something is set wrong, but this almost acts like a worsening database
   corruption error or something.

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