Error in Wordpress Theme

by Mike Hlatky

Posted: 14 years ago 15 replies

WEB DESIGN

I am getting the following error in my underneath my sidebar:

Not Found
The requested URL /wp_links/wp_links.php was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

The following is shown in the source code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>404 Not Found</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Not Found</h1>
<p>The requested URL /wp_links/wp_links.php was not found on this server.</p>
<p>Additionally, a 404 Not Found
error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.</p>
</body></html>

I cannot where that is being done anywhere in the Theme Editor. I tired Googling it but to no avail.

Has anyone seen this before?

Here is the theme I am using - http://www.web2feel.com/engamer/

It isn't live on my site yet, so a URL is pointless

#error #theme #wordpress

shqipo

14 years ago

1. The requested URL /wp_links/wp_links.php was not found on this server. - your answer may just be in front of you. See if that file is missing from your server (hosting account). login via FTP or control panel and see if it's missing.
2. I think the theme developer can be more helpful. Try contacting them first.

Thanks
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frenchsquared

14 years ago

Originally Posted by shqipo

That is not a wordpress file. It will not be there. It is also not in the correct location for the theme. That means a plugin or theme has an incorrectly coded path.

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shqipo

14 years ago

Originally Posted by frenchsquared

That is not a wordpress file. It will not be there. It is also not in the correct location for the theme. That means a plugin or theme has an incorrectly coded path.

You're right, I didn't pay close attention to the actual file name

Thanks

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frenchsquared 14 years ago

has to be a plugin or the theme causing it.
Disable your plugins and re-enable them one at a time.
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- Mike Hlatky 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by frenchsquared
  
  has to be a plugin or the theme causing it.
  Disable your plugins and re-enable them one at a time.
  
  I already tried to disable them all and the error didn't go away.
  
  Any other suggestions?
  
  Thanks
  
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frenchsquared 14 years ago

I sent you a pm... get me a login and I will figure it out.
I may or may not need ftp access.
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frenchsquared 14 years ago

I cant get to the PM's keep getting a server timeout error.

I would not use that theme. I wrapped the error in a display:none div to hide it, but I cant get rid of it. Something strange is going on in the header of that theme. there is some eval(base64_decode(..... code in the header. You don't hide code like that.

Again in the footer a lot of data is being passed to: intensedebate.com/js/wordpressTemplateLinkWrapper2.php

There is no way I would let that theme run on my server. It is just bad practice
to encode stuff like that. You only do it to hide your intentions. Addin the fact that
there is no function for wp_code, yet that is not throwing an error. That means that function is hidden somewhere.
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frenchsquared 14 years ago

I have decoded that crap they added in the header. It is actually pretty smart. They look to see if you are an admin, if not they add a bunch of spam links. They are getting the links from:

www.webspacehosting.com/wp_links/wp_links.php
nolimitswebdesign.com/wp_links/wp_links.php

the first link is broken.
The second link is a site that sells backlinks.

Basically you get a free theme, they get millions of links.
Your header will be filled with back links, if you are not an admin.

I stripped all that crap out of the theme and it is working fine.
You can use it, but I still would not.

That is just shady practice.
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Fernando Veloso 14 years ago

Just this week saw something similar, but it seems the code was injected into header.php. Truth be told the owner was using a combo like: admin/123... that's why he got hacked.

OP, where are you hosting this particular site, if you don't mind sharing details? The one I saw hacked was in hostgator (not their fault).
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Mike Hlatky 14 years ago

Thanks for your help, I sent a response via PM.

Fernando - I use Webhostingpad for my hosting.
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- Fernando Veloso 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Mike Hlatky
  
  Thanks for your help, I sent a response via PM.
  
  Fernando - I use Webhostingpad for my hosting.
  
  Cheers Mike, hope you get this solved fast. Don't forget to check all your other sites hosted there, just as a safety measure. Grab all the header.php files from your sites, and check them one by one.
  
  @frenchsquared, great job man. Kudos!!
  
  Thanks
  
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frenchsquared 14 years ago

Glad to help...

I dont think he got hacked, the theme was not active.
and it was in multiple file locations.

I think the themes distributor is adding that code.
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frenchsquared 14 years ago

The themes devloper says he did not code it that way.
I asked him for a link to a clean theme. If he sends it I will check it and post it here.

The developer gave me a clean copy. Download: engamer

Where did you get your copy from?
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- Anne M 14 years ago
  
  Hi!! I keep getting this error message when I try to access my blog and WP dashboard:
  
  Not Found
  
  The requested URL / was not found on this server.
  
  Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
  
  Apache Server at greeneggsandmoms.com Port 80
  
  --
  I am not techie at all! Did not mess with my folders or files, nor did I install any new plugin or theme the past week. If anything, I deleted a plugin 15 hours ago and the blog was working fine after that. Now it isn't
  
  Thanks
  
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Anne M 14 years ago

Oh great, now when I type in my URL I'm directed to drupal

Help please
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Error in Wordpress Theme

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