dash board problems

[frog88]

Hi I have a blog that I haven’t looked at for awhile.In W/P admin The dash board left column shows post,media,comments,profile,tools But it doesn’t show links,pages,appearance,plugins,users ? Ive tried screen options. How can I get those other categories to show ? or have I been hacked?

[esmi]

Is this a wordpress.com site or a self-hosted site?

[frog88]

Hi a self-hosted site? >> thanks

[esmi]

Are you sure that you are logged in with full admin status. Sounds like you only have Editor status or below.

or have I been hacked

I’m afraid that’s a distinct possibility. This is why you should always ensure that you are running the latest version of WordPress. See these resources for recovering after a hack:
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked
http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/268083#post-1065779
http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/
http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/

http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/

[frog88]

Hi How do make sure I logged in with full admin status ?

[esmi]

Using PhpMyadmin (or another MySQL management tool), first backup your database. Then navigate to your wp_usermeta table and locate the meta_key called “wp_capabilities” for your user_id. Change the meta-value for this record to:

a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}

[frog88]

I check wp log/in details they are correct. Thank you for your time and reply !! frog88