Self destruct

  • So what’s going on here? I installed word press. I spent days customizing it, adding themes, writing aritcles, and it started to slowly self destruct.

    First, posting you tube videos quit imbedding you tube. You can clearly see on the same page it worked at first.

    Next it won’t accept image any more, and gives the super helpful error message ‘HTTP Error’.

    Next it does not even format links I add to an article.

    So, I now have a blog that I can not add media to, or add links – what the hell?

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  • Thread Starter spiked3

    (@spiked3)

    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.

    Have you tried:

    – deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

    – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

    – re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a fresh download of WordPress.

    Thread Starter spiked3

    (@spiked3)

    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).

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