26May

WordPress hacked with Zend encoded script

PHP, Wordpress

This time happened on Hostgator, I found the following code in my footer.php file: 1 2 <?php @include_once(ABSPATH . "/wp-includes/wp-vars.php"); ?> <?=@get_wp_results(’f');?> This totally screwed my footer section and above that it made my website traffic go to zero. I immediately removed the code and discovered two files: wp-includes/wp-vars.php encoded with Zend which I am [...]

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31Dec

wp-admin/post-new.php redirects to blog index

Wordpress

After I upgraded the blog to wordpress v 2.9 I noticed something went wrong, both my post-new.php and edit.php pages were redirecting to the blog index with a 302 redirect (HTTP/1.x 302 Moved Temporarily). The first thing I did was to check the htaccess file from the index and from the wp-admin directory but the [...]

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10Nov

Remove WordPress version tag from header

Wordpress

Since version 2.5 WordPress inserts the version meta tag <meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress 2.5″ /> automatically without you having the possibility to remove it from the header file. WordPress now uses <?php wp_head(); ?> a function that if you remove you’re removing more than just the wordpress version. So the solution is to add something to [...]

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24Oct

WordPress 2.6.3 is available!

Wordpress

WordPress just launched a new version, thank god i have the automatic upgrade plugin because they launch new versions every month. I’m just a click away of the new wordpress. Hmmm lets see what this new wordpress brings to the table. late update: I’ts curious though that my other wordpress blogs think their up to [...]

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29Mar

WordPress 2.5 launched

Wordpress

Finally wordpress 2.5 was launched. I haven’t made the upgrade yet, since i’m not in the mood for upgrading 12 blog’s but i will do it tomorrow for sure. I think the most interesting features of the new wordpress are : the dashboard widgets, the multi-file upload with progress bar and the few click plugin [...]

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