After a very long web hibernation, here I am again… blogging with just about anything.. yet again.
I casually check my website from time to time and on one occasion I was shocked when I found out that my website is defaced by some pranksters !Luckily, I managed to save a backup copy of my website. I restored the backup and all is up and running like it’s supposed to.
Or at least I think.. There are more problems than meets the eye. I was again shocked when I cannot access the Dashboard links. And the following error shows up :
Not Found, Error 404
The page you are looking for no longer exists.
I get this error whenever I try to access the internal Wordpress links :
* Write * Manage * Design * Comments * Live * Security * Plugins
I can access my pre-published articles, no problem there. Only the Wordpress Dashboard links. That’s strange…
After asking around at WebtalkForums, I was informed of the possibility that my wp-admin folder is corrupted and that I need to upload a fresh copy of wp-admin folder and overwrite the existing wp-admin folder. I don’t know how it got corrupted but following the advice, I proceeded to download the whole WP 2.5.1 zip file and extracted and uploaded the wp-admin folder to my server.
After doing that, I logged in to my website and was glad that the issue was fixed.
I noticed an upgrade for the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade in the plugin list so I automatically upgraded the plugin as an initial step to my Wordpress upgrade.
Upgrading from Wordpress 2.5.1 to Wordpress 2.7 is quick and easy after that. No hassle, just pure contentment and satisfaction.
Here are some of the Wordpress Plugins I use :
Akismet – a free and automated spam killer that you could use to protect your blogsite.
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade – allows a user to automatically upgrade the wordpress installation to the latest one provided by wordpress.org using the 5 steps provided in the wordpress upgrade instructions.
Platinum SEO Pack – Complete SEO solution for your Wordpress blog.
Google XML Sitemaps – generates a XML-Sitemap compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog. This format is supported by Ask.com, Google, YAHOO and MSN Search.
Dagon Design Sitemap Generator – This plugin creates a sitemap for your WordPress powered site. This is not just another XML sitemap plugin, but rather a true sitemap generator which is highly customizable from its own options page in the WordPress admin panel.
WP Security Scan -Scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions.
-passwords
-file permissions
-database security
-version hiding
-WordPress admin protection/security
If you are currently using any useful plugins, please take time to leave a comment regarding that plugin.
