Remove ALL Theme Codes and Files
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I have some infected php files in my WordPress theme. I changed my theme and then deleted the one I had been using. Then I downloaded a fresh copy of the theme and installed it on my WP site. I figured I would have to start from scratch with that theme, creating menus, arranging information to be where I wanted it to be, placing widgets where I wanted them, and so on. However, when I installed the fresh copy of the theme and went to customize the theme, it was all back to exactly what it had been: same menus in same places, same articles featured on the home page, even the text widgets had the exact same text in them.
That tells me that something is left on the site even after a theme is deleted. Maybe that always happens with a theme someone has used, deleted, and then reinstalled. If that’s the case, then I sure would like to know just where those files are stored because I’d like to delete them as well. If it’s not files that belong to the theme itself that stored all that information, it must have something to do with the infection being somewhere else on the site, not just this theme’s files.
One other aspect of this issue is that the theme was in two different places on my site: the main folder and a subfolder. I deleted the theme from both places. One in the main folder, I could delete from the WP admin area. The other one I deleted through the cPanel. When I reinstalled the theme, I did the same thing: installed it to the main folder from the WP Admin area and to the subfolder through the cPanel.
I’m resigned to the idea that I might have to get some professional help with this infection. And if that’s true, does anyone have any recommendations? I’m old and have a pretty limited income, so hundreds of dollars is out of the question. It’s not like I make a fortune from my website. (I wish!)
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