jeremybeck

I definitely don’t have any pirate themes or plugins! I reported the issue to Malwarebytes directly, and they said they’re satisfied it isn’t an issue and that they’ll be removing the block. Thanks for your help. https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/322598-website-improperly-blocked/

I think I figured it out. The alt-image text for my lead image (“Lily-Rose Depp in Nosferatu”) began with a hyphenated word. For whatever reason, the link card preview didn’t like the hyphen, so I took it out and it seems to work now. Bizarre, but I guess that’s technology for you.

Thanks. I did some Googling and found this: https://www.perryweb.com/mystery-file-ssv3_directory-php/

There’s also this comment near the bottom: “As for the ssv3_directory.php, yep you’re gonna want to leave that where it is, if on Bluehost. From what I can tell, what it does is detect whether or not the error documents are present or not and adds them in if they are not. If you were to delete the error documents (*.shtml files & cgi-bin directory), then this file would force them to re-generate.”

So, I don’t think I was hacked; I think Bluehost placed it there intentionally. But their malware scan is also flagging it, which is weird. I’m wondering if it has to do with their new two-step authentication procedure. I guess I’ll delete it for now, then see if it reappears?

I guess there’s nothing I can do, but given that my phone shows link previews for other websites, isn’t that evidence that the issue is with my site, not my phone? (If it’s helpful info, I have an android and use Messages.)

Ah, I see, thank you. I believe that I started showing excerpts because the homepage was cutting the posts off too early, and I wanted to choose where I could install the breaking point. When I set the excerpt length at something large (e.g., 700 words), then it deferred to where I placed the “More” block and started displaying as desired on the homepage. But now you’re telling me that, by doing that, I’ve interfered with the function of the “More” tag.

I guess what I’m asking is, can I do both of the following at the same time?

1. Insert a “Read More” link at a specific point (through use of the More block).
2. Have that “Read More” link include the fragment identifier.

Or are those two goals incompatible?

OK, so is there any way to fix it? To somehow add that fragment identifier back into the link? It just seems like the “Read More” option isn’t functioning as it’s designed to.

I understand what you’re saying, but I feel like the proof that Jetpack is causing the problem is pretty definitive. Again, the problem only presented itself when I upgraded to Jetpack 7.0, and more importantly, it went away when I rolled back to Jetpack 6.9. So I don’t really see the point in trying to control for other variables.

I suppose it’s possible that my THEME (Astrid) doesn’t like Jetpack 7.0 for some reason. But there’s no way that I can change my theme long-term, so that would just be a dead end.

Update: For whatever reason, UpdraftPlus wasn’t downloading to Google properly, so I switched to Dropbox and it worked. I’ll mark this as resolved. Thanks guys.

Thanks guys. Related question: Any recommendations for backup plugins? I installed UpdraftPlus, and I tried running backups, but it keeps saying that errors occurred and that the backups never finished. I’ll post a question on their support forum, but in the meantime, I figured I’d ask if you had any other suggestions for backups.

Thanks,
Jeremy

Thanks. That’s helpful advice. I appreciate it.

One complication: Many of my posts include hyperlinks to other posts, and obviously, those hyperlinks currently link back to Blogger. Originally, this wouldn’t have been a problem, because with redirects for those links in place, the reader would be taken back to WordPress immediately. But if I essentially disregard my Blogger page, I’d need to change all of those hyperlinks from Blogger to WordPress. Would there be a way to automate that process? Or would I need to go into every single post and edit the hyperlinks manually?

Alternatively, is there any other forum (besides Fixing WordPress) in the WordPress forums where someone might be able to help me? I posted on the plugin’s forum, but nobody there has responded to *any* posts in more than a year, so I’m skeptical that I’ll receive any help.

Thank you for the responses. I have submitted a request for help on the plugin support page, as suggested.

In the meantime, does anyone have a contact with an experienced Blogger developer who might be able to help me? Or any other suggested site that will respond? I still haven’t received any replies to my post on Blogger Support.

I apologize for continuing to post in this forum, as I know that this isn’t strictly a Fixing WordPress issue. I just don’t know what else to do. Nobody else will help me.

Thanks,
Jeremy

Argh, that’s disappointing. Thanks for investigating, appreciate it.

Thanks Steven. Here’s a sample paragraph with HTML (which I pulled by clicking on the “View Page Source” option from the actual post):

<p>This wide-ranging approach is nothing new to Lonergan, whose prior feature, the magnificently messy <i>Margaret</i>,<br />
 was made in 2005—it spent years in editing purgatory, finally dropped<br />
to middling reviews in 2011, and has since acquired cult status. <i>Margaret</i> was furiously compelling cinema with moments of utter brilliance, but it also felt haphazard; <i>Manchester by the Sea</i><br />
 is similarly expansive, but it never feels scattered. Whether it’s<br />
following Lee and Patrick’s squabbles about whether to sell or salvage<br />
Joe’s boat or dropping in on Patrick’s band practice, the movie remains a<br />
 cohesive portrait of two people struggling to comprehend their own loss<br />
 and learning how to move on.</p>

As you can see, the page source reveals that <br /> tags have been inserted at the end of each line, which I obviously don’t want. (It doesn’t appear that ” ” is being used in the HTML.)

I’ll also note that when I try to edit the post and click on the “Code Editor” option, it doesn’t reveal those <br /> tags; it just breaks to a new line in the text. Is there a way in WordPress to edit the HTML itself?

Thanks,
Jeremy

• This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata).

OK thanks, good to know that function. But when you say “both places”, what do you mean? Is there an additional file that I’d need to add the_author() to, beyond the single.php file?

And thanks, I’ve installed Show Current Template. Is it helpful just in that it shows which file is being called when I’m testing the site? Want to make sure I’m not missing anything.

Finally, a related question: Because my theme didn’t automatically allow its sidebar to appear for individual posts, I followed the instructions that I found at this link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/62fzsj/adding_a_sidebar_to_zillah_theme

That resulted in the sidebar appearing properly on posts. But it also means that my single.php file now includes quite a bit of code, and I’m not entirely sure how to maneuver around it. (I can paste the code if you’d like, but I’m not sure if that’s a no-no on the forums.) So, when I added the_author() to the single.php file as you suggested, it added the author name AT THE END of the post; I need it to appear after the headline but before the main text. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks.