Title: Multiple problems, probably related.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Multiple problems, probably related.

 *  Resolved [hlazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hlazer/)
 * (@hlazer)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-problems-probably-related/)
 * 1. Not able to save/modify posts.
    2. Pages won’t display, but posts will. 3.
   Database was hacked. multiple instances of spam links inserted, but I can get
   rid of them through the WP admin, or through cpanel. I haven’t tried modifying
   the SQL database manually yet (something I do with other sites quite frequently),
   but I’m willing to bet I can’t upload the database again as well.
 * Any thoughts?

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 *  Thread Starter [hlazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hlazer/)
 * (@hlazer)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-problems-probably-related/#post-1016281)
 * Hm.
 * On further investigation, I can’t modify ANYTHING through the WP Admin. Every
   UPDATE button just takes me to my 404 page.
 *  Thread Starter [hlazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hlazer/)
 * (@hlazer)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-problems-probably-related/#post-1016284)
 * Oops…
 * probably should have saf what the site is…sigh…
 * [http://www.hartlazer.com](http://www.hartlazer.com)
 *  Thread Starter [hlazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hlazer/)
 * (@hlazer)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-problems-probably-related/#post-1016289)
 * Yup. I can’t upload a clean copy of the database.
 * Rats.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-problems-probably-related/#post-1016299)
 * what exactly are you asking? “any thoughts” on what?
 * you say the site was hacked? how did you discover this? tell us everything you’ve
   done since then… or at least mention the highlights.
 *  Thread Starter [hlazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hlazer/)
 * (@hlazer)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-problems-probably-related/#post-1016303)
 * 1. Not able to save/modify posts.
    2. Pages won’t display, but posts will. 3.
   Database was hacked. multiple instances of spam links inserted, but I can’t get
   rid of them through the WP admin, or through cpanel. I haven’t tried modifying
   the SQL database manually yet (something I do with other sites quite frequently),
   but I’m willing to bet I can’t upload the database again as well.
 * I can’t modify ANYTHING through the WP Admin. Every UPDATE button just takes 
   me to my 404 page.
 * In the SQL databse are several entries where there were lists of spam links from
   different sources. I cleaned these out manually.
 * I can’t upload the clean copy of the database.
 *  Thread Starter [hlazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hlazer/)
 * (@hlazer)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-problems-probably-related/#post-1016311)
 * All of the spam started with:
 * <!– manager-start –>
 * if that’s of help to anyone.
 *  Thread Starter [hlazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hlazer/)
 * (@hlazer)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-problems-probably-related/#post-1016325)
 * Deleted the spam from some posts using phpAdmin and at the same time noticed 
   that the ‘post_type’ for all my PAGES had been changed to _post_. Changed them
   back to _page_ and everything is working fine now.
 * Changed all my passwords as well while I was at it.

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 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [Modify](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/modify/)
 * [pages](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pages/)
 * [save](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/save/)

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 * Last reply from: [hlazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hlazer/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-problems-probably-related/#post-1016325)
 * Status: resolved

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