djcayenne

Thanks, all. I replaced the wp-blog-header.php file from my backup, and everything is now fine. I scrupulous about updating to most current versions, but this has now happened to me several times. I’m going to read through the recommended link to figure out how to stop this from happening.

Found the error log in my root directory in the handy file named “logs” – it is blank.

Hmmm, I hadn’t made any changes that I am aware of. How do I generate error logs?

Due to lack of interest, I had to sort this one out myself and wander outside of my comfort zone, but all is well.

I solved the problem by reinstalling 2.6.3 according to the longer instructions, and it all worked out.

Or maybe not…I’ve been searching through the comments and it appears that others have had this same error message and it was unrelated to hacking. (I’ve been hacked twice this week, so I am a little gunshy maybe.) Anyway, I’ve read through the fixes for the error message and have two problems (1) I don’t understand them and (2) I am wondering why this happened weeks after I upgraded???

Moshu – the file that I edited to fix the problem was the wp-blog-header.php file. Sorry for the confusion.

Thanks, Moshu. I will check out my other files to see what else may be lurking.

I was definitely hacked and a little freaked out about it.

Everything is back to normal. Thanks to terriann, I simply deleted all the stuff before the <?php and that did the trick.

Thanks for the feedback. How do I prevent this type of attack in the future?

It looks like I’ve been hacked. Here’s what my header.php feel looks like (can I just simply replace from my backup?):

[spam code moderated]

Sorry for violating protocol and not searching first for a solution. I am a little unsure how to access the file if I can not reach the login screen, but will try going through my FTP server for access. Also, I am curious why this issue would suddenly appear. I have not made any changes to that file, and things were working well earlier today.

How should I go about debugging an unspecified “fatal error”?

Thanks for the quick feedback. It’s nice to know that I didn’t do anything wrong. I’ve contacted my host (DreamHost). Hopefully this will be resolved quickly.

Sorry, site is at https://babygotbooks.com if you want to see what the site looks like now…

I’ll do that. I just checked it out on a third machine, same problem. Thanks.

If you would like to have a box where your readers submit their info and comments and have it sent to a hidden e-mail address, install the plug in called WP-Contact Form. It was easy enough that even I was able to handle it. The directions are pretty straight forward.

https://ryanduff.net/projects/wp-contactform/