Get a fresh cup of coffee, take a deep breath and carefully follow this guide. When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures
https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/article/faq-my-site-was-hacked/
https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/article/hardening-wordpress/
If you’re unable to clean your site(s) successfully, there are reputable organizations that can clean your sites for you. Sucuri and Wordfence are a couple.
hostgator is telling me that you upgraded WordPress caused this . . . here, take a look at this graphic (sorry graphic didn’t work)
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What does that tell you? I cannot get rid of it because the login page when I try to log in is simply a page full of code, much like this.
Your site looks fine to me, but if users are being added, then you’ve been hacked.
Okay . . . we got the problem, thanks to the HostGator geek.
Funny we got in, but he said he cannot help me with WordPress.
The conflict was with the THEME vs. some Plugin, according to him. It happened when WordPress did an automatic update. BOOM.
The THEME was a custom design and the developer is gone to parts unknown, since COVID. For all I know he died.
So I’m helpless, and will have to hire someone to help me fix the site. He did put in a “placeholder” theme . . . which sucks
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I’ve published 60-Seconds every month since 1988. We moved it to Drupla which was a huge failure. We moved it to WordPress, after a muslim hacker took it out, and we were able to recover about 20% or the articles. WordPress has been the bane ever since.
Good day.
A quick note @60secondz please stop continually repeating your URL here, it’s common spam behavior. The forum software is treating you as a spammer because of it, and it could escalate to a ban.
If you need to update your custom theme, please try https://jobs.wordpress.net/ (and do not accept any hire or direct access offers posted to these forums, as that is against the forum guidelines and not a great way to start a business relationship).
Personally, I recommend starting over with a new block theme, these are all free: https://ww.wp.xz.cn/themes/tags/full-site-editing/
Block themes use the new Site Editor, meaning that how you can modify a theme is now almost limitless without even having to touch CSS: https://ww.wp.xz.cn/documentation/article/site-editor/
There’s also a video tutorial https://learn.ww.wp.xz.cn/tutorial/intro-to-the-site-editor-and-template-editor/ and a full course https://learn.ww.wp.xz.cn/course/simple-site-design-with-full-site-editing/ if you prefer those styles.
In particular, the new default theme, Twenty Twenty-Four, ships with a ton of pre-done templates to get you even closer to what you want before you start customizing it: https://ww.wp.xz.cn/documentation/article/twenty-twenty-four/
You may also want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures and start backing up your site.
WOW . . . I posted to the JOBS site you suggested and got 30 responses . . . how the heck do I decide???
Pick the one who seems the most trustworthy and reliable, and who can do the work within your budget, bonus points if they’re well-established in the WordPress community (search their name and see what comes up).
Hey James . . . thanks for replying . . . i cannot see a way to TURN OFF the job I posted. I got sixteen new responses this morning.
As you suggested I’ve searched for several — there’s no way to tell how “established” they are in the WordPress community . . . they all turned up ZERO in the search.
But it’s time to delete that ad, and I cannot seem to figure out how to do that
