Hyperlink chain/post date edit not working on admin post screen

  • Ever since the update to 3.1 I have not been able to edit the post date (publish immediately – edit), or use the hyperlink “chain icon” to post. I have deactivated all plug-ins, moved it to another server (not because of these issues- just a coincidence) and it still doesn’t work. On another WordPress site (same local computer etc) it works fine!

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  • Thread Starter billysurf

    (@billysurf)

    UPDATE: With new update/same problems (both), although it IS allowing me to click the chain icon (before it was static)- but nothing actually opens! Error from ie:

    Message: Object doesn’t support this property or method
    Line: 19
    Char: 1036
    Code: 0
    URI: https://licketypick.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce/wp-tinymce.php?c=1&ver=3393a

    I’ve had similar problems after upgrading to 3.1. Javascript was causing problems in admin area, e.g. edit post button and insert image buttons weren’t working. Disabling all plugins didn’t help.

    Then I discovered a strangely named directory in wp-content – “…” – that is three dots for the dir name. After I checked it’s content, it seemed as some plugins were using this directory as cache or backup. After deleting the directory “…” and deleting the browser cache everything started working. I didn’t find such directory on my other WordPress sites.

    Maybe worth mentioning: the server was hacked a few months back and it’s admins installed a bunch of WordPress security plugins. However, WordPress wasn’t the issue, it was a case of stolen FTP passwords, but those plugins remained installed. Here’s a list of all installed plugins:

    Akismet
    AntiVirus
    Configure SMTP
    Contact Form 7
    Event Calendar
    Event Calendar Widget
    Flexible Lightboxe
    Google Analytics for WordPress
    New Tag Cloud
    Really Simple CAPTCHA
    Scissors
    WP Security Scan

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