Help Ultimate Blog Security Broke my site

  • I ran the UBS plugin and it told me that I had some security issues and it could fix them automatically. I okayed the fixes, but now I am unable to upload pictures, YouTube videos, etc. I uninstalled UBS, deleted its files, and to see if that would fix it. It did not I reinstalled WP 3.3.1 in the hopes that would fix it. It did not. Should I deactivate and delete all my plugins and then reinstall them? Or is there a simpler fix?

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  • Have you tried:
    – deactivating all plugins (yes, all) to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). Don’t forget the ones in mu-plugins. If you can’t get into your admin dashboard, try resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
    – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

    I may be mistaken, but that plugin edits your .htaccess file. You may want to check that as well.

    Thread Starter t34

    (@t34)

    Thank you for suggestions. Deactivating the plugins did not fix the problem. I tried switching to the Twenty Eleven theme as well and that did not solve the problem. I checked the .htaccess file and the one on the server is the same as the one I had on my local drive. Unfortunately, I cannot upload what I have on my local drive, as it does not have my latest posts. I am really at a loss. I don’t know PHP, so I don’t know how I can save my posts. I know they’re stored in the wp_posts file that accessible through MySQL, but I don’t know how to back them up from there. HELP!

    You may have a way to backup the database in the control panel at your hosted account. Otherwise you can ask your host to back up your db.

    I okayed the fixes, but now I am unable to upload pictures

    Do you get any error message?

    Thread Starter t34

    (@t34)

    No, I don’t receive an error message. When I upload pictures, they do not load. I have to use NexGen Gallery to get them uploaded. I think I can backup the database somewhere in the hosted account. I use Fatcow.

    Thread Starter t34

    (@t34)

    I backed up my DB. Then, I deactivated and deleted all the plugin, installed WP 3.3.1 again. I still had the problem. Also, it is affecting my other blogs. I used to be able to copy an email and keep the same formatting onto my posts or pages. Now, it all is pasted as plain text. I deleted the entire directory, installed WP again, pointing it to the same DB, but I still have the same issues. Any ideas? I emailed UBS and they said they had a way to undo the “fixes”, I have not found any place where I can undo them. Hopefully, they’ll tell me how. Thanks.

    Can you post a url?

    Thread Starter t34

    (@t34)

    The site’s url is https://www.photosurety.com/reflections.

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