Comments on: Oops… http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2008/03/31/oops-2/ Peace, Justice and Hockey Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2008/03/31/oops-2/#comment-17711 Steve Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:08:33 +0000 http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2008/03/31/oops-2/#comment-17711 Well, <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/141041" rel="nofollow">mystery solved</a>. If you're running WordPress, update to 2.5 ASAP. Also, make sure to lock down file and directory permissions, and check /tmp on your machine for files written by the account that your Web server runs as, e.g. wwwrun. I think I've fixed things here, but we'll just have to wait and see if other exploits are discovered in WP, or if there will be lingering damage. Well, mystery solved. If you’re running WordPress, update to 2.5 ASAP.

Also, make sure to lock down file and directory permissions, and check /tmp on your machine for files written by the account that your Web server runs as, e.g. wwwrun.

I think I’ve fixed things here, but we’ll just have to wait and see if other exploits are discovered in WP, or if there will be lingering damage.

]]> By: TriMetiquette http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2008/03/31/oops-2/#comment-17710 TriMetiquette Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:24:19 +0000 http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2008/03/31/oops-2/#comment-17710 Hey Steve, Man, that's a doozy. I would probably just get your theme files, write down your plugins you're using, anything else... then just exporting your file, uninstall, and reinstall everything and import your stuff. Maybe that will switch everything around? Toughie. Good luck... Hey Steve,

Man, that’s a doozy. I would probably just get your theme files, write down your plugins you’re using, anything else… then just exporting your file, uninstall, and reinstall everything and import your stuff. Maybe that will switch everything around?

Toughie. Good luck…

]]> By: Steve http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2008/03/31/oops-2/#comment-17702 Steve Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:52:09 +0000 http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2008/03/31/oops-2/#comment-17702 Thanks Jon, but no dice. The plugins magically disabled themselves, probably about the same time the pages converted to posts, and I hadn't upgraded or changed anything. Honest! Anyway, I just upgraded to 2.5, and the old page permalinks now redirect auto-magically to the pages-as-posts. But I don't see any way to change the post-status field (without dorking with the database in SQL). I'll live with it as it is for now. Big improvements in 2.5, by the way. Thanks WP community! Thanks Jon, but no dice. The plugins magically disabled themselves, probably about the same time the pages converted to posts, and I hadn’t upgraded or changed anything. Honest!

Anyway, I just upgraded to 2.5, and the old page permalinks now redirect auto-magically to the pages-as-posts. But I don’t see any way to change the post-status field (without dorking with the database in SQL). I’ll live with it as it is for now.

Big improvements in 2.5, by the way. Thanks WP community!

]]> By: Jon Tillman http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2008/03/31/oops-2/#comment-17695 Jon Tillman Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:27:34 +0000 http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2008/03/31/oops-2/#comment-17695 per above, the rewrite rule may not be necessary since they were pages first...test and see per above, the rewrite rule may not be necessary since they were pages first…test and see

]]> By: Jon Tillman http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2008/03/31/oops-2/#comment-17694 Jon Tillman Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:26:37 +0000 http://morehockeylesswar.org/blog/archive/2008/03/31/oops-2/#comment-17694 Did your plugins magically disable themselves as well? Did you recently update to 2.3 or2.3.3 without disabling plugins? That can cause problems with plugins that use the wp_terms table. Find out what plugin is causing this and disable it. To turn them back into pages, change the posts table column "post_status" from "publish" to "static" and make sure there's an apache rewrite rule to reflect the slug of the page. Did your plugins magically disable themselves as well? Did you recently update to 2.3 or2.3.3 without disabling plugins? That can cause problems with plugins that use the wp_terms table. Find out what plugin is causing this and disable it.

To turn them back into pages, change the posts table column “post_status” from “publish” to “static” and make sure there’s an apache rewrite rule to reflect the slug of the page.

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